Anny Ondra
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Anny Ondra was a Czech film actress. She began her career in 1920 and appeared in Czech, German, Austrian, French and English films. In 1933, she married German boxing champion Max Schmeling.
Ondra c. 1930
Wedding of Anny Ondra and Max Schmeling (1933)
Plaque marking Max Schmeling's and Anny Ondra's house in Berlin
In Blackmail (1929)
Max Schmeling
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Maximilian "Max" Adolph Otto Siegfried Schmeling was a German boxer who was heavyweight champion of the world between 1930 and 1932. His two fights with Joe Louis in 1936 and 1938 were worldwide cultu
Anny Ondra
…actress. She began her career in 1920 and appeared in Czech, German, Austrian, French and English films. In 1933, she married German boxing champion Max Schmeling. Ondra was born in Tarnów to Czech parents, Bohumír Ondrák, an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army, and Anna Ondráková (née Mracek). She had two…
Schmeling in March 1930
Max Schmeling on the cover of TIME Magazine. June 24, 1929
Max Schmeling with his mother Amanda Schmeling (née Fuchs) in 1931