Bella Darvi[2] (born Bajla Węgier; 23 October 1928 – 11 September 1971) was a Polish[3] film actress and stage performer who was active in France and the United States.

[14] Eventually, she became Zanuck's mistress, although she reportedly dated other men including Robert Stack and Brad Dexter.

[9] In December 1953 she was announced for the role of Nefer, the seductive Babylonian courtesan, in The Egyptian (1954) over Ava Gardner.

[17] The International Press of Hollywood announced she was one of their "stars of tomorrow" along with Hugh O'Brian, Pat Crowley, Steve Forrest, Barbara Rush and Richard Egan.

[25] According to Ephraim Katz, her "three disappointing Hollywood films" were followed by a "number of undistinguished French and Italian productions".

Darvi returned to Hollywood briefly to make her TV debut in "Blind Drop: Warsaw" an episode of the show Conflict with Keith Andes.

[29] Instead, she was in Sinners of Paris (1958) (Rafles sur la ville), The Mask of the Gorilla (1958) with Lino Ventura,[30] and Pia of Ptolomey (1958).

Despite liaisons with extremely wealthy men, she was unable to establish a permanent relationship or to curb her gambling habit.

On November 13, 1960, Darvi married Claude Rouas, a restaurant waiter, in Las Vegas; the marriage was annulled less than a year later.

In 1961 Hedda Hopper reported Darvi was living in Monte Carlo "gambling like mad, and losing every night, but is still wearing fabulous furs and jewels.

"[35] In early 1962 she guest starred on an episode of The Dick Powell Theatre, "View from the Eiffel Tower".

In August 1962 she was found unconscious in her hotel room in Monte Carlo after taking an overdose of barbiturates.

[37] Her final roles were in Le bourgeois gentil mec (1969) and Good Little Girls (Les Petites Filles Modèles) (1971).