Therese Csillag, or , born ''
Stern
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''; August 17, 1859 in
Duna-Adony – July 9, 1925 in
Budapest
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) was a
Hungarian Jewish
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actress
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.
For many years she was a popular
comedian
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at the
National Theater in Budapest. At the age of 13 she attended the dramatic school in that city.
In 1879 she was engaged at the National Theater, where she played in
ingénue
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rôles up to 1898. Nearly all Hungarian playwrights of her day wrote special rôles for her, among them being
Gregor Csiky
Gergely Csiky (also Gregor Csiky; 8 December 1842 – 19 November 1891) was a Hungarian dramatist of Armenian ancestry (his mother's family is of the Verzár family that was initially called as Stefanian).Gudenus János József: Örmény e ...
, in whose plays she always excelled. Since 1899 she was engaged at the
Vígszínház
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in Budapest.
She embraced the
Christian
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faith.
References
*
Bibliography of Jewish Encyclopedia
* ''
Magyar Szalon'', 1886
External links
Magyar Színházmûvészeti Lexikon / Csillag Teréz; Sternat mek.oszk.hu
Hungarian Jews
1859 births
1925 deaths
Hungarian stage actresses
Jewish actresses
19th-century Hungarian actresses
20th-century Hungarian actresses
Actresses from Austria-Hungary
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