Misplaced Pages

Teréz Csillag

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Teréz Csillag in 1901

Therese Csillag, or Hungarian: Teréz Csillag, Csillag Teréz, born Stern; August 17, 1859 in Duna-Adony – July 9, 1925 in Budapest) was a Hungarian Jewish actress.

For many years she was a popular comedian at the National Theater in Budapest. At the age of 13 she attended the dramatic school in that city.

In 1879 she was engaged at the National Theater, where she played in ingénue rôles up to 1898. Nearly all Hungarian playwrights of her day wrote special rôles for her, among them being Gregor Csiky, in whose plays she always excelled. Since 1899 she was engaged at the Vígszínház in Budapest.

She embraced the Christian faith.

References

Bibliography of Jewish Encyclopedia

External links



Stub icon

This article about a Hungarian actor is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: