Mari Jászai

• Name — Mari Jászai • Birth Name — Mária Krippel • Born — 24 February 1850 • Birthplace — Ászár, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire • Died — 5 October 1926 • Place of death — Budapest, Hungary • Resting Place — Fiume Road Graveyard • Spouse — Kassai Vidor • Occupation — Actor Mari Jászai (born Mária Krippel; 24 February 1850, Ászár – 5 October 1926, Budapest) was a Hungarian actress.

Mari Jászai 24 February 1850 in Ászár, Komárom county, as a daughter of a carpenter. She worked from age 10 as a maidservant, both in Budapest and Vienna, assisting soldiers as a sutling wench in the Battle of Königgrätz. In 1866, aged 16, she fled to the touring company of Gusztáv Hubay in Székesfehérvár, and began to work as an extra. By 1867 she already acted on stages of Buda, and from 1868, in the theatre of Kolozsvár. She met her first husband, comedian Vidor Kassai during her time in Buda, whom she divorced two years later, never marrying again. Jászai became a member of the National Theatre in 1872, where she remained until her death (except for the 1900 season, working in Vígszínház theatre).

• Bánk Bán (1914) • The Exile (1914)