Gizi Bajor, or Gizi Bayor (born Gizella Beyer;18 May 1893,
Budapest
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- 12 February 1951, Budapest) was a
Hungarian actress.
Life
Gizi Bajor born on 18 May 1893, in Budapest. Her father, a former mining engineer, and her mother of Italian ancestry were operating ''Café Báthory'' on the
Kálvin Square, where Bajor first met the nightlife of the city, her later audience. After studying in a girls' school operated by nuns of ''Institutum Beatae Mariae Virginis'', she completed the
Academy of Drama in Budapest between 1911-14. Praised by teachers and critics, she was allowed to join the
National Theatre immediately after the academy, where she (except for the 1924-25 season, joining the ''Magyar'' theatre) remained until her death.
During
World War II
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, she hid deserted soldiers and families in her resort, including her later third husband, prof. Tibor Germán.
In 1951, the mentally ill Tibor Germán, fearing that his wife was threatened by various diseases, killed Gizi Bajor and himself.
Theater roles
*Annuska (
Géza Gárdonyi
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)
*Erzsébet (
Sándor Bródy: A dada)
*Juliet (
Shakespeare
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:
Romeo and Juliet
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)
*Titania (
Shakespeare
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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)
*Minna (Gotthold Ephraim Lessing:
Minna von Barnhelm
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)
*Anna (Niccodemi: Hajnalban, délben, este)
*Leila (
Ernő Szép
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* Ernő Balogh (1897-1989), Hungarian pianist, composer, editor, and educator
* Ernő Bánk (1883-1962), Hungarian painter and teacher
* Ernő Bà ...
: Azra)
*ZÃlia (
Jenő Heltai
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: A néma levente)
*Cecile (Ferenc Herczegh: Kék róka)
*Donna Diána (Moreto)
*Marguerite Gauthier (Alexandre Dumas:
Lady of the Camellias
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)
*Cleopatra (
Shakespeare
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:
Anthony and Cleopatra
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)
*Diana (
Lope de Vega
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: The Gardener's Dog)
*Anna (Tolsztoj–Volkov: Karenina Anna)
*Lady Milford (
Friedrich Schiller
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:
Intrigue and Love
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)
Legacy
Gizi Bajor is regarded as being one of the most influential Hungarian actors in the 20th century. She was committed to the National Theatre's Hall of fame in 1925, and she was one of the first to receive the prestigious
Kossuth Prize
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in 1948. Her former resort is now home to the ''Bajor Gizi SzÃnészmúzeum'', an actor's museum.
Sources
- Gizi Bajor in the Hungarian Theatrical Lexicon (György, Székely. ''Magyar SzÃnházművészeti Lexikon''. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1994. ), freely available on mek.oszk.hu
External links
Biography of Gizi Bayor on szineszkonyvtar.hu*
Hungarian Theater Database
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Hungarian film actresses
Hungarian stage actresses
1893 births
1951 deaths
Actresses from Budapest