Ahna Capri | |
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Born |
Anna Marie Nanasi July 6, 1944 Budapest, Hungary |
Died | August 19, 2010 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
(aged 66)
Cause of death | auto accident |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1956–1979 |
Spouse(s) | never married |
Anna Marie Nanasi (July 6, 1944 – August 19, 2010), better known by her professional name Ahna Capri (also as Anna Capri), was an American film and television actress best known for her role as Tania (secretary of Han) in the classic martial-arts film Enter the Dragon. She was born to Hungarian parents in a displaced persons camp in West Germany, and arrived in the United States with her family as a refugee 1950.
Capri started her career as a child actress, appearing on such series as Father Knows Best, The Danny Thomas Show, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin and a recurring roll as Edie Westrope on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show in 1958. She made her film debut at the age of thirteen in Outlaw's Son. She appeared thereafter in more films and television series, including roles in two CBS westerns in 1959, as Dolly Cleary in "The Littlest Client" on Wanted: Dead or Alive, starring Steve McQueen, and as Debbie McCallin in "McCallin's Daughter" on Trackdown, with Robert Culp.
In 1962, she was cast in a recurring role as Mary Rose in the ABC/Warner Brothers sitcom, Room for One More. She appeared on other ABC/WB series, including Maverick, Sugarfoot, Cheyenne, Bronco, 77 Sunset Strip, The Invaders and Adam-12.