Martha Noémi Winterstein (née Famin; known as Tela Tchaï;Other spellings of her name: Tela Tschaï or Tela-Tchaï August 10, 1909 – July 15, 1993) was a French actress, painter, model, and dancer of Romani origin.
Biography Tela Tchaï was born and raised in Roubaix.Birth certificate No. 1622 (view 9/347) with marginal note of recognition. Archives départementales du Nord online, civil status of Roubaix, birth register of 1909. She was a model for several painters, including André Derain. As an actress, she starred in a dozen films, before becoming a painter herself. One of her paintings, entitled Bouquet de fleurs, was acquired in 2019 by the La Piscine Museum. Filmography 1932: L'Atlantide by Georg Wilhelm Pabst: Tanit Zerga 1932: Gitanes / Les Deux routes, by Jacques de Baroncelli: Tela-Tchaï 1932: Bolero by Max Reichmann 1934: Roi de Camargue by Jacques de Baroncelli: ZinzaraAlgiers shows. At the Trianon-Cinema: "Roi de Camargue". L'Écho de la presse musulmane, December 27, 1935, p. 8, . 1937: La Symphonie des brigands / Peppino by Friedrich Fehér: the servant 1937: Les Secrets de la mer Rouge by Richard Pottier: Sultana 1939: Tourelle 3, unfinished filmDue to the declaration of war. Jean Chevrier, Andrex, and Bernard Blier were also part of the cast. by Christian-Jaque: MayenaTela-Tchaï will be the heroine of Tourelle Trois. Le Figaro, August 13, 1939, p. 4, . 1943: Les Mystères de Paris by Jacques de Baroncelli: La Punaise 1945: Farandole by André Zwobada: the fortune teller
Bibliography Gérard Gartner: Les sept plasticiens précurseurs tsiganes. Otto Mueller – Serge Poliakoff – Helios Gomez – Tela Tchaï – Django Reinhardt – Constantin Nepo – Yana Rondolotto, Marinoel editions, Paris, 2011. Germain Hirselj, "Tela Tchaï, la vamp des grands chemins", in People and stones of Roubaix, No. 31, November 2021, p.14-23.
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