Margit Lukács (1914–2002) was a Hungarian
stage
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and
film actress. In her early career she played
female lead
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s in a number of films, notably ''
Dankó Pista'' (1940) which was screened at the
Venice Film Festival
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.
[Laura p.81] Onstage she was a longstanding member of the
National Theatre in
Budapest
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.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Poor Rich'' (1938)
* ''
Dankó Pista'' (1940)
* ''
Matthew Arranges Things'' (1940)
* ''
Silent Monastery'' (1941)
* ''
Silenced Bells'' (1941)
* ''
Black Dawn'' (1943)
* ''
A Plane Has Not Returned'' (1944)
* ''
Centaurs
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'' (1978)
* ''
Oh, Bloody Life'' (1984)
References
Bibliography
* Fekete, Márton. ''Prominent Hungarians: Home and Abroad''. Szepsi Csombor Literary Circle, 1979.
* Laura, Ernesto G. ''Tutti i film di Venezia, 1932–1984''. La Biennale, Settore cinema e spettacolo televisivo, 1985.
* Nemeskürty, István & Szántó, Tibor. ''A Pictorial Guide to the Hungarian Cinema, 1901-1984''. Helikon, 1985.
External links
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1914 births
2002 deaths
Hungarian stage actresses
Hungarian film actresses
Actresses from Budapest
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