Tibor Feheregyhazi, CM (February 14, 1932,

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– July 10, 2007,

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) was a Hungarian-

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actor and director. He attended the National Theatre School in

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. Feheregyhazi went on to become a resident director at the Manitoba Theatre Centre in

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, as well as artistic director of

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and lastly, artistic director of the

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in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Background

Tibor Feheregyhazi grew up in Budapest. Feheregyhazi's parents worked for the Hungarian National Radio. His mother was executive producer of music programming and his father was an economic journalist. When Feheregyhazi was 4 years old, he had his first radio performance at the station where his parents were employed. He attended a private Jesuit school in Danube before switching to a public high school. He enrolled at the National Hungarian Film and Theatre Academy and acted on stage and radio while at school. He graduated from high school in 1956. In 1956, Feheregyhazi was one of thousands of young Hungarians who fought in the Hungarian Revolution, which failure forced him to flee Hungary, first to

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and then to Canada. In 1957, Feheregyhazi went to Canada where he worked in a camera shop, cleaning floors in a hospital and also worked part-time in a theatre. After three years in Ottawa, he moved to Montreal and studied at the

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. After graduating, he was a stage manager for the Canadian Players Company in Toronto. In 1969, he joined the

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as a production manager. He then worked freelance before going to

in 1978 as an artistic director of the

. Four years later, Feheregyhazi went to

to join the Persephone Theatre. In 2004, he was made a member of the

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in recognition of his work at the Persephone. He celebrated the 50th anniversary of his arrival in Canada on July 1, 2007.

Death

Tibor Feheregyhazi died on July 10, 2007, in Saskatoon at age 75, following a lengthy battle with

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. He was married twice and was survived by a wife and five children. Following his death, the City of Saskatoon named Feheregyhazi Boulevard in the Aspen Ridge neighbourhood in his honor.

References

External links

Biography of Tibor Feheregyhazi
{{DEFAULTSORT:Feheregyhazi, Tibor 1932 births 2007 deaths Canadian theatre directors Canadian male child actors Canadian people of Hungarian descent Members of the Order of Canada Male actors from Budapest Male actors from Saskatoon Deaths from prostate cancer Deaths from cancer in Saskatchewan