Bella Darvi

International actress Bella Darvi, led a tragic, tempestuous life. She was born Bayla Wegier in Poland but raised in Paris. When she was 12, she was sent to a concentration camp when the Germans invaded France. For much of her adult life, Darvi was a gambler unable to resist the lure of casinos, and even as a young woman racked up many gambling debts. It was in such a place, in 1951 Paris, that Darryl F. Zanuck, the head of 20th Century-Fox, and his wife Virginia met Darvi. Feeling she had potential as an actress, they paid her debts and took... Full Bella Darvi Biography