Tela Tchaï
Martha Noémi Winterstein was a French actress, painter, model, and dancer of Romani origin.
Biography
Tela Tchaï was born and raised in Roubaix. 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: Zinzara
- 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 film by Christian-Jaque: Mayena
- 1943: Les Mystères de Paris by Jacques de Baroncelli: La Punaise
- 1945: Farandole by André Zwobada: ''the fortune teller''