Loránd Rudolf Lohinszky (; 25 July 1924 – 22 June 2013) was a
Romania
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n Merited Artist and university professor of
Hungarian ethnicity.
Personal life
Lohinszky was born in
Cluj
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. From 1954 until his death, he was professor of the University of Arts from Targu Mures. In 1957 he married actress Farkas Ibolya. Their child, Lohinszky Júlia, was born in 1958.
He died on 22 June 2013 in
Târgu Mureş Târgu (Romanian for "the market") starts off the names of several places in Romania:
*Târgu Bujor
*Târgu Cărbunești
*Târgu Frumos
* Târgu Gânguleşti
*Târgu Jiu
*Târgu Lăpuș
* Târgu Logreşti
*Târgu Mureș
*Târgu Neamț
*Târgu Ocna
...
, after a short illness. The burial took place on 26 June 2013 in the reformed church's graveyard, in Targu Mures.
Awards, prizes
*
Merited artist of Romania (1964)
* The Award of the "Magyar Művészetért Alapítvány" (1995)
* The "Magyar Köztársasági Érdemrend tisztikeresztje" (1995)
*
Order of the Star of Romania
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, Officer rank (2000)
*
Uniter Lifetime Achievement Award (2000)
* Honorary Doctor of the National Theater and Film Academy, in Bucharest (2005)
Principal roles played in theatre
*
Szép Ernő: ''Lila ákác''
*
Ion Luca Caragiale
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: ''
O scrisoare pierdută
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It was adapted into a 1953 film ''A Lost Letter''.
Characte ...
''
*
Romulus Guga
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: ''Egy öngyilkos világa'' – Ignatiu
*
Kovács Levente: ''Az emlékek kávéháza''
*
George Bernard Shaw
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: ''
Mrs. Warren's Profession
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'' – Praed
*
Mihail Bulgakov
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: ''A divatszalon titka''
*
Jean Racine
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Phèdre
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Composition and premiere
With ...
'' – Thésée
*
Aleksei Arbuzov
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Biography
Arbuzov was born in Moscow, b ...
: ''Régimódi komédia''
*
Kovács Levente: ''Mi van a padláson''
*
Maxim Gorky
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: ''
The Lower Depths
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'' – Luka
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Székely János: ''Irgalmas hazugság'' – Dr. Bálint Ákos
*
William Somerset Maugham
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: ''Színház'' – Michael Gosselyn
*
Kincses Elemér: ''Maraton'' – Első koldus
*
Sütő András: ''Az álomkommandó'' – Manó
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Vaszary Gábor: ''Az ördög nem alszik'' – Gróf Boroghy Gedeon
*
William Shakespeare
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: ''
Romeo and Juliet
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'' – Lőrinc
*
Edward Albee
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: ''
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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'' – George
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Friedrich Dürrenmatt
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: ''
The Visit'' – Ill
*
Bornemisza Péter: ''
Magyar Elektra'' – Mester
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Békés Pál: New Buda – Pulszky Ferenc
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Anton Chekhov
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: ''
The Seagull
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'' – Trepljov
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Heltai Jenő: ''A néma levente'' – Beppo
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Anton Chekhov
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: ''
Three Sisters (play)
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'' – Kuligin
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Gyula Illyés
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: ''
Fáklyaláng'' – Görgey
*
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: ''
Különös történet'' – Filiberto
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William Shakespeare
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: ''
King Lear
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'' – King Lear
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József Katona
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Biography
József Katona was born and died in Kecskemét. He studi ...
: ''
Bánk bán
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'' – Biberach
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Sütő András: ''Vidám sirató egy bolyongó porszemért'' – Prédikás
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Nagy István: ''Özönvíz előtt'' – Darkó
*
Anton Chekhov
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Platonov (play)
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'' – Platonov
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Sütő András: ''Csillag a máglyán'' – Kálvin; Szervét
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Németh László: ''
A két Bolyai'' – Bolyai Farkas
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István Örkény
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Biography
He was born to a wealthy ...
: ''
Tóték (The Tóth Family)'' – Őrnagy
*
Friedrich Schiller
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: ''
Don Carlos (play)
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'' – II. Fülöp
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Krúdy Gyula –
Kapás Dezső: ''A vörös postakocsi'' – Alvinczy Eduárd
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Imre Madách
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: ''
The Tragedy of Man
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'' – Lucifer
Filmography
* ''
Egy hétköznapi történet'' (1957)
* ''
Nincs idő'' (1973)
* ''
Holnap lesz fácán'' (1974)
* ''
Álmodó ifjúság'' (1974)
* ''
A szegények kapitánya'' (1976)
* ''
Apám néhány boldog éve'' (1977)
* ''
Naplemente délben'' (1979)
* ''
Kereszt és láng'' (1979)
* ''
Ítélet után'' (1979)
* ''
Naplemente délben'' (1980)
* ''Anna'' (1981)
* ''
Vörös vurstli'' (1991)
* ''
A három nővér'' (1991)
* ''Köd'' (1994)
* ''
Ábel a rengetegben'' (1994)
* ''Csendélet'' (1994)
* ''
New Buda'' (1995)
* ''
Retúr'' (1996)
* ''
A nagy fejedelem'' (1997)
* ''
In memoriam Mándy Iván'' (1998)
* ''
Színészfejedelem'' (1998)
* ''
Pejkó'' (2003)
Resources
* Imdb, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0517838/
References
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1924 births
2013 deaths
Actors from Cluj-Napoca
Romanian male stage actors
Romanian people of Hungarian descent
Romanian male film actors