Actress. Born Bayla Wegier of French/Polish descent. At the age of twelve, she was sent to a concentration camp when the Germans invaded France. In 1952, she moved to Hollywood at Darryl F. Zanuck's invitation. Signed to 20th Century-Fox, she had her big screen debut as 'Denise Montel' in "Hell and High Water" (1954), followed by the most remembered 'Nefer' in "The Egyptian." Sadly, she committed suicide, on the same day that Pier Angeli also took her own life. Her body was found one week later in her Monte Carlo apartment.
Actress. Born Bayla Wegier of French/Polish descent. At the age of twelve, she was sent to a concentration camp when the Germans invaded France. In 1952, she moved to Hollywood at Darryl F. Zanuck's invitation. Signed to 20th Century-Fox, she had her big screen debut as 'Denise Montel' in "Hell and High Water" (1954), followed by the most remembered 'Nefer' in "The Egyptian." Sadly, she committed suicide, on the same day that Pier Angeli also took her own life. Her body was found one week later in her Monte Carlo apartment.
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