Marianne Krencsey (9 July 1931 – 30 March 2016) was a Hungarian stage, film and television actress.

Life and career

Born in

Rákoscsaba Rákoscsaba is a former town in Hungary now part of District XVII of Budapest. Rákoscsaba was united with Budapest on 1 January 1950. The Hijackers Bike Park was opened in 2013 in Rákoscsaba. See also * Rákosmente * Budapest External links

, Krencsey graduated as a theater director, but she was eventually mainly active as an actress thanks to her breakthrough performance in the 1954

Károly Makk Károly Makk (December 22, 1925 – August 30, 2017) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Five of his films were nominated for the ''Palme d'Or'' at the Cannes Film Festival; however, he won lesser awards at Cannes and elsewhere. He wa ...

's drama film ''

Liliomfi ''Liliomfi'' is a 1954 Hungarian romantic comedy film directed by Károly Makk. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Iván Darvas - Liliomfi * Marianne Krencsey - Mariska * Margit Dajka - Camilla * Samu Balázs - Szilvay ...

''. Also active on stage and on television, in 1966 she married her second husband, moving to the United States and basically retiring from acting. In 2008 Krencsey received the Officer's Cross of the

Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic The Hungarian Order of Merit ( hu, Magyar Érdemrend) is the fourth highest State Order of Hungary. Founded in 1991, the order is a revival of an original order founded in 1946 and abolished in 1949. Its origins, however, can be traced to the ...

Selected filmography

* '' Ward 9'' (1955) * ''

Leila and Gábor ''Leila and Gábor'' (Hungarian: ''Gábor diák'') is a 1956 Hungarian historical musical film directed by László Kalmár and starring Ferenc Zenthe, Marianne Krencsey and Imre Sinkovits. An operetta film, it is inspired by the 1905 stage wo ...

'' (1956) * '' Summer Clouds'' (1957) * ''

The Poor Rich ''The Poor Rich'' is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick and written by Ebba Havez and Dale Van Every. The film stars Edward Everett Horton, Edna May Oliver, Andy Devine, Leila Hyams, Grant Mitchell and Thelma Todd. ...

'' (1959) * '' Young Noszty and Mary Toth'' (1960)

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* * 1931 births 2016 deaths Actresses from Budapest Hungarian film actresses Hungarian television actresses Hungarian stage actresses 20th-century Hungarian actresses Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary Hungarian emigrants to the United States {{Hungary-actor-stub