GABY DESLYS
The father and two sisters of MU®Gaby Dcslyfl, thp aotress, who died five years ago, are taking steps to preas their claim to a large share of her estate, according to the Hungarian laws of inheritance. Gaby Deslys was born in Moravia (then part of Austria) in 1884. Her real name was Hedwig Nawratil. She was brought up in Hungary, near Budapest, and afterwards became a searnstrees in Vienna, theii a dancer in small cabarets. She was later adopted by a Mme. Cairo, at Marseilles, and became a naturalised Frenchwoman. Except a legacy to her dancing partner, Ml’ Harry Pilcer, she deft, all her wealth to the city of Marseilles, which le disputing the relatives’ claim. At first the French authorities would not believe that the Nawratil family had anything to do with her, but there is now no doubt that Gaby Deslys was Hedwig Nawratil. At the time of her death it was reported in Paris that Gaby Deslys left about £200,000.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12163, 13 June 1925, Page 9
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