Vilma Medgyaszay
Vilma Medgyaszay (3 May 1885 – 5 April 1972) was a Hungarian actress and theatre director.
Vilma Medgyaszay
![Medgyaszay Vilma (Arad, 1885. máj. 3. – Bp., 1972. ápr. 5.) színésznő sírja Budapesten. Kerepesi temető: 34/1-1-35 [szobrász: Kunvári Lilla, 1952, felállítva 1974].](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Medgyaszay_Vilma_s%C3%ADrja.jpg/600px-Medgyaszay_Vilma_s%C3%ADrja.jpg)
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- Name
- Vilma Medgyaszay
- Born
- 3 May 1885
- Birthplace
- Arad, Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 5 April 1972
- Place of death
- Budapest, Hungary
- Occupation
- Actress and theatre director
- Full name
- Stand Vilma.
- Nationality
- Hungary.
- Honours
- Kossuth Prize and Great Artist of Hungary Award.
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Vilma Medgyaszay (3 May 1885 – 5 April 1972) was a Hungarian actress and theatre director.
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Vilma Medgyaszay (1885–1972) was an actress, musician and singer, among other activities, of Hungarian nationality. The actress was born Stand Vilma in Arad and died in Budapest. Vilma Medgyaszay worked in Budapest. Honours include Great Artist of Hungary Award and Kossuth Prize.
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• Name — Vilma Medgyaszay • Born — 3 May 1885 • Birthplace — Arad, Austria-Hungary • Died — 5 April 1972 • Place of death — Budapest, Hungary • Occupation — Actress and theatre director
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'Medgyaszay is responsible for the popularizing of melodized poems by Hungarian poet Endre Ady. From 1913 to 1915, Medgyaszay operated the theatre that is currently the Budapest Puppet Theatre, naming it Medgyaszay Cabaret and singing folk songs on stage. She had a role in the 1938 film Rézi Friday and the 1941 film Háry János.
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On origins, the institutional record states the following. Medgyaszay died in 1972 at Budapest. Institutional cataloguing adds that vilma Medgyaszay was born in 1885 at Arad. The record continues: vilma Medgyaszay is recorded at birth as Stand Vilma.
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