Ilona Massey (born Ilona Hajmássy, June , â€" August , ) was a
Hungarian film, stage and radio performer.She was born in Budapest,
Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Hungary). Billed as "the new Dietrich",
she acted in three films with Nelson Eddy, including Rosalie (), and
with Lon Chaney Jr. in Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man () as Baroness
Frankenstein. In , she appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies.In , she
starred with Eddy in Northwest Outpost, a musical film composed by
Rudolf Friml. In , she starred in Love Happy with the Marx Brothers.
She played Madame Egelichi, a femme fatale spy, and her performance
inspired Milton Caniff in the creation of his femme fatale spy, Madame
Lynx, in the comic strip "Steve Canyon". Caniff hired Massey to pose
for him.In , Massey was one of the stars of the NBC spy show Top
Secret on radio. In she began starring in Rendezvous on ABC
television. The program was described in a magazine article as "a
mystery-drama with plenty of glamour thrown in."
Hungarian film, stage and radio performer.She was born in Budapest,
Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Hungary). Billed as "the new Dietrich",
she acted in three films with Nelson Eddy, including Rosalie (), and
with Lon Chaney Jr. in Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man () as Baroness
Frankenstein. In , she appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies.In , she
starred with Eddy in Northwest Outpost, a musical film composed by
Rudolf Friml. In , she starred in Love Happy with the Marx Brothers.
She played Madame Egelichi, a femme fatale spy, and her performance
inspired Milton Caniff in the creation of his femme fatale spy, Madame
Lynx, in the comic strip "Steve Canyon". Caniff hired Massey to pose
for him.In , Massey was one of the stars of the NBC spy show Top
Secret on radio. In she began starring in Rendezvous on ABC
television. The program was described in a magazine article as "a
mystery-drama with plenty of glamour thrown in."
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