When word of her death came last month, few remembered Vilma Banky. Most of the papers didn’t even know if she was 89 or 92 or 94. The story that ran in the Chicago Tribune said she was “about ...

Showbiz historian Alex Ben Block continues his tour of the obscure stars of the Hollywood Walk of Fame with an intimate look at Vilma Banky. Samuel Goldwyn dubbed her "The Hungarian Rhapsody" and ...

Banky was best known for her roles in The Eagle ... The couple had no children and remained together until his death in 1969. Vilma Bánky died on March 18, 1991, aged 90.

LOS ANGELES — Hungarian-born Vilma Banky reigned as a top film star of the 1920s, playing opposite Rudolph Valentino and Ronald Colman until the advent of talkies ended her career. Falling ill ...

Alan Trent (Ronald Colman), his cousin Gerald Shannon (Wyndham Standing) and neighbor Kitty Vane (Vilma Bánky) have grown up together, as close playmates When World War I starts, both Alan and ...

in reality, a millionaire. Silent temptress Vilma Banky's first talkie marked the beginning of her demise.