Viola was born in 1908. Viola's father was Miklós Magyary-Kossa and her mother was Ella Weifert. Her paternal grandparents were Károly Kossa and Konstancia Tompa. She had two brothers and a sister, named Zoltán, Tibor and Jolánta. She was the youngest of the four children. She died at the age of 46 on August 27th, 1954.