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name: "Tala Birell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tala-birell"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 September 1907"
died: "17 February 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:18:19.731656+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Tala Birell

Actor. Born 10 September 1907 in Bucharest, Romania. Died 17 February 1958.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 September 1907, Bucharest, Romania
- **Died:** 17 February 1958
- **Also known as:** Natalie Bierle

## Biography

Tala Birell, born Natalie Bierle, was a Romanian-born stage and film actress. She began her career on the European stage, appearing in Vienna and Berlin, where she made her debut in a production of the operetta *Madame Pompadour* and doubled for Marlene Dietrich in the 1928 revue *Es liegt in der Luft*.

Birell moved to the United States in the early 1930s and appeared in Hollywood films including *Crime and Punishment* (1935) as Antonya Raskolnikov, *Bringing Up Baby* (1938) as Mrs. Lehman, and *The Song of Bernadette* (1943) as Madame Leontine Bruat. She also performed on Broadway in *Order Please* (1934) and *My Dear Children* (1940).

She continued working in supporting roles through the 1940s and into television in the 1950s. Birell died on 17 February 1958 in Landstuhl, West Germany.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Bringing Up Baby* (1938), Fi1m 88, as Mrs. Lehman — [page](https://film.one/film/bringing-up-baby.md)

## Also known for

- *The Song of Bernadette* (1943), Madame Leontine Bruat
- *Crime and Punishment* (1935), Antonya Raskolnikov

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