Sari Maritza

Sari Maritza

Deceased · Born: Mar 17, 1910 · Died: Jul 1, 1987

1934
1933
1932

Personal Details

BornMar 17, 1910 Tianjin, China

Biography

Dora Patricia Detering-Nathan, later known as Sari Maritza, was born in Tientsin, China, to British Army Major Walter Nathan and his Austrian wife. Her upbringing in England, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland granted her a linguistic proficiency that enabled her to excel in films across the continent and in England. She adopted the stage name Sari Maritza, a fusion of two popular operettas, Sari and Countess Maritza, both composed by Emmerich Kalman.

Sari made her screen debut in Vienna, followed by appearances in Budapest, Berlin, and London. The majority of her films were low-budget productions, such as Monte Carlo Madness, a 1931 film made simultaneously in English and German by Ufa. In this film, she portrayed a queen, and her fluent English and attractive appearance earned her praise from critics.

Forgotten Commandments, a 1932 film, featured Sari Maritza as a vamp and re-used left-over footage from Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments. Although her makeup did not favor her, she delivered a competent performance, according to the New York Times. The connection between Ufa and Paramount led to her brief Hollywood career, where she was often cast in femme fatale roles.

Paramount, seeking to find another Greta Garbo or Marlene Dietrich, invented an exotic background for Sari Maritza, despite her being first and foremost English. Her subsequent films and performances did not suggest major star potential. In 1934, she married Paramount employee Sam Katz, and four years later, she confessed to a reporter that she was, in fact, British, not Austrian, and that she was quitting films due to her realization that she couldn't act.

During World War II, Sari Maritza worked for a lens manufacturer, and her second husband was an Air Force navigator.

Career

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1934
Crimson Romance
Crimson Romance as Alida Hoffman
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1933
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International House
International House as Carol Fortescue
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1932
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The Water Gipsies
The Water Gipsies as Fred Green
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Evenings for Sale
Evenings for Sale as Lela Fischer