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Narda Onyx (20 December 1931 – 18 March 1991[1]) was an Estonian-born naturalized American film and television actress.

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Narda Onyx
Narda Onyx in The Beverly Hillbillies (1963)
Born	(1931-12-20)20 December 1931 Estonia
Died	18 March 1991(1991-03-18) (aged 59) Ventura, California, USA
Years active	1956-1966
Spouse	George Virand

At the age of eleven, Onyx escaped along with her family (her grandparents, mother, and two-year-old brother) through Soviet lines and deceived her would-be German captors near the end of World War II. The Onyx family made their way to the American occupied forces at Bonn, Germany, and sought refuge with the Swedish Red Cross. Later the family moved to Sweden, where Narda resumed her acting career. She travelled to England, where she worked for the Old Vic Company. She later moved to Canada.^{[citation needed]}

She appeared in dozens of supporting roles on television and in motion pictures during the 1950s and 1960s. Shows in which she appeared include The Beverly Hillbillies, Have Gun - Will Travel, and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. In addition, she played Gretl Braun in Hitler (1962) and Maria Frankenstein in Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966).

In 1964, she authored a biography of Johnny Weissmuller entitled Water, World & Weissmuller.[2]

Personal life

On 20 October 1961, she became an American citizen. While in Canada she met and married George Virand, also an Estonian refuge, and they moved to Hollywood.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• Media related to Narda Onyx at Wikimedia Commons
• Narda Onyx at IMDb

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