the box office hit The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) with Robert Donat. Her contract with Fox was abruptly cancelled in 1936 when she refused a particular role. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer signed her, and after a couple of romantic dramas, she played the cousin of Myrna Loy in the very popular After the Thin Man (1936). She retired from acting in 1943, after making only two more films. Landi became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1943 and dedicated herself to writing, producing six novels and a series of poems. She had published her first novel as early as age nineteen. She continued writing novels at the height of her movie fame and for the rest of her short life. She died from cancer in Kingston, New York, at age 43 and was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Elissa Landi has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to Motion Pictures, at 1611 Vine Street. Filmography Radio appearances References External links Photographs of Elissa Landi 1904 births 1948 deaths American film actresses Austrian film actresses Austrian silent film actresses Austrian emigrants to the United States Deaths from cancer in New York (state) 20th Century Studios contract players 20th-century American actresses 20th-century Austrian actresses Naturalized citizens of the United States Austro-Hungarian expatriates in Italy Austrian expatriates in the United Kingdom