Loránd Rudolf Lohinszky (; 25 July 1924 – 22 June 2013) was a

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

n Merited Artist and university professor of Hungarian ethnicity.

Personal life

Lohinszky was born in

Cluj Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade ( ...

. From 1954 until his death, he was professor at the from

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. In 1957 he married actress Ibolya Farkas. Their child, Júlia Lohinszky, was born in 1958. He died on 22 June 2013 in Târgu Mureș, after a short illness. The burial took place on 26 June 2013 in graveyard of the city's reformed church.

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 The Order of the Star of Romania (Romanian: ''Ordinul Steaua României'') is Romania's highest civil Order and second highest State decoration after the Order of Michael the Brave. It is the oldest Order of Romania. It is awarded by the Preside ...

, Officer rank (2000) * Uniter Lifetime Achievement Award (2000) * Honorary Doctor of the I. L. Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film, in Bucharest (2005)

Principal roles played in theatre

* : ''Lila ákác'' *

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: '' O scrisoare pierdută'' * Romulus Guga: ''Egy öngyilkos világa'' – Ignațiu * : ''Az emlékek kávéháza'' *

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Mrs. Warren's Profession ''Mrs. Warren's Profession'' is a play written by George Bernard Shaw in 1893, and first performed in London in 1902. It is one of the three plays Shaw published as ''Plays Unpleasant'' in 1898, alongside ''The Philanderer'' and '' Widowers' H ...

'' – Praed *

Mikhail Bulgakov Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov ( ; rus, links=no, Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪdʑ bʊlˈɡakəf; – 10 March 1940) was a Russian and Soviet novelist and playwright. His novel ''The M ...

: ''A divatszalon titka'' *

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Phèdre ''Phèdre'' (; originally ''Phèdre et Hippolyte'') is a French dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by Jean Racine, first performed in 1677 at the theatre of the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris. Composition and premiere With ...

'' – Thésée *

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: ''Régimódi komédia'' * : ''Mi van a padláson'' *

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'' – Luka * : ''Irgalmas hazugság'' – Dr. Bálint Ákos *

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: ''Színház'' – Michael Gosselyn * Kincses Elemér: ''Maraton'' – Első koldus * András Sütő: ''Az álomkommandó'' – Manó * Gábor Vaszary: ''Az ördög nem alszik'' – Gróf Boroghy Gedeon *

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Romeo and Juliet ''The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'', often shortened to ''Romeo and Juliet'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare about the romance between two young Italians from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's ...

'' – Lőrinc *

Edward Albee Edward Franklin Albee III ( ; March 12, 1928 – September 16, 2016) was an American playwright known for works such as ''The Zoo Story'' (1958), ''The Sandbox (play), The Sandbox'' (1959), ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' (1962), ''A Delicat ...

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'' – George *

Friedrich Dürrenmatt Friedrich Dürrenmatt (; 5 January 1921 – 14 December 1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant- ...

: '' The Visit'' – Ill *

Péter Bornemisza Péter Bornemisza (c. 1535 – 1584) was a Hungarian Lutheran bishop of noble birth. His father was killed by the Turks around the time he was six years old. A scholar from England, at the University of Cracow, first interested him in Protestantism ...

: '' Magyar Elektra'' – Meșter * : New Buda – Pulszky Ferenc *

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'' – Trepljov *

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: ''A néma levente'' – Beppo *

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'' – Kuligin *

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: '' Fáklyaláng'' – Görgey *

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: '' Különös történet'' – Filiberto *

: ''

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'' – King Lear *

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'' – Biberach * András Sütő: ''Vidám sirató egy bolyongó porszemért'' – Prédikás * : ''Özönvíz előtt'' – Darkó *

: '' Platonov (play)'' – Platonov * András Sütő: ''Csillag a máglyán'' – Kálvin; Szervét * László Németh: '' A két Bolyai'' – Farkas Bolyai *

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: '' Tóték (The Tóth Family)'' – Őrnagy *

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Don Carlos (play) ''Don Carlos'' (,Schiller replaced the Portuguese spelling "Dom" with the Spanish "Don" in 1801, after Christoph Martin Wieland had made him aware of the difference. ) is a historical tragedy in five acts by Friedrich Schiller. It was written be ...

'' – II. Fülöp *

Gyula Krúdy Gyula Krúdy (21 October 1878 – 12 May 1933) was a Hungarian writer and journalist. Biography Gyula Krúdy was born in Nyíregyháza, Austria-Hungary. His father was a lawyer and his mother was a maid working for the Krúdy family. His ...

– Kapás Dezső: ''A vörös postakocsi'' – Eduárd Alvinczy *

Imre Madách Imre Madách de Sztregova et Kelecsény (20 January 1823 – 5 October 1864) was a Hungarian people, Hungarian aristocrat, writer, poet, lawyer and politician. His major work is ''The Tragedy of Man'' (''Az ember tragédiája'', 1861). It is a dr ...

: '' The Tragedy of Man'' – Lucifer

Filmography

* '' Egy hétköznapi történet'' (1957) * '' Nincs idő'' (1973) * ' (1974) * '' Álmodó ifjúság'' (1974) * '' A szegények kapitánya'' (1976) * ''

My Father's Happy Years ''My Father's Happy Years'' () is a 1977 Hungarian drama film directed by Sándor Simó. It was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Eszter Szakács - Anya, Törökné * Loránd Lohinszky - Apa, Török János * Irm ...

'' (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) * ' (1994) * ''Csendélet'' (1994) * '' New Buda'' (1995) * ' (1996) * '' A nagy fejedelem'' (1997) * '' In memoriam Mándy Iván'' (1998) * '' Színészfejedelem'' (1998) * '' Pejkó'' (2003)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lohinszky, Lorand 1924 births 2013 deaths Actors from Cluj-Napoca Romanian male stage actors Romanian people of Hungarian descent Romanian male film actors Officers of the Order of the Star of Romania Recipients of the Order of Cultural Merit (Romania)