Erzsi Máthé (born Erzsébet Mertz; 16 May 1927 – 8 May 2023) was a Hungarian stage, film and television actress.
Life and career
Born in
Budafok
Budafok (; literally "Promontory near Buda, or Buda Point") is a neighbourhood in Budapest, Hungary. It is situated in the southwestern part of Buda, near the Danube, and belongs to District XXII. Budafok was an independent municipality before ...
into a family of
Swabian origins, Máthé made her acting debut in 1945 in a local amateur theatre company, and then she enrolled at the National Actors' Association's School of Acting, graduating in 1948.
She adopted her stage name in 1949.
Mainly active on stage, for over three decades she was a member of the
National Theatre of Pécs stage company, and in 1983 she co-founded the Katona József Theater in Budapest.
During her career Máthé received various honours and awards, including a
Kossuth Prize
The Kossuth Prize (, ) is a state-sponsored award in Hungary, named after the Hungarian politician and revolutionist Lajos Kossuth. The Prize was established in 1936, by the Hungarian National Assembly, to acknowledge outstanding personal and grou ...
, two
Jászai Mari Award
The Jászai Mari Award is a state award, which was created by the Hungarian government in 1953 as an award for theatrical arts. The award was named in honour of the Hungarian actress Mari Jászai
Mari Jászai (born Mária Krippel; 24 February ...
s, and the title of Actress of the Nation.
She died on 8 May 2023, at the age of 95.
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1927 births
2023 deaths
Actresses from Budapest
Hungarian film actresses
Hungarian television actresses
Hungarian stage actresses
20th-century Hungarian actresses
Artists of Merit of the Hungarian People's Republic
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