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- Marion Palfi was born on October 21, 1907 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Wie bleibe ich jung und schön - Ehegeheimnisse (1926). She was married to Martin Magner, Benjamin Weiss and Erich Abraham. She died on November 4, 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpousesMartin Magner(1954 - November 4, 1978) (her death)Benjamin Weiss(1940 - 1944) (divorced)Erich Abraham(1934 - 1938) (divorced)
- In 1955 Edward Steichen selected several of Palfi's photographs for his "Family of man" exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
- Her close ties with Langston Hughes allowed her to establish a circle of friends that included John Collier Sr., Eleanor Roosevelt, Edward Steichen, and Lisette Model. A Ministry of Education Award and Julius Rosenwald Fellowship followed in 1945 and 1946 respectively. Palfi used the money from the Rosenwald Fellowship to travel throughout the United States photographing examples of racial discrimination.
- She was an instructor in Photographic Social Research at the Inner City Institute in Los Angeles, from 1971 until her death there in 1978.
- In 1967 she received the Guggenheim Fellowship to document the lives of Native Americans.
- She also worked as a freelance photographer for various German magazines, before being forced to leave Germany. Her portrait studio in Amsterdam was successful, but, as political events in Europe worsened, Palfi was determined to find more meaningful work elsewhere.
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