Hanna Honthy
Career
Hügel was born on 21 February 1893, in Budapest. From age 10, she was a ballet student at the Opera. She finished her training as a private student and learned acting with Szidi Rákos between 1914 and 1915, then from Ödön Bárdi between 1915 and 1917, and singing from renowned tenor Georg Anthes. After appearing as an actress in Pozsony, Fiume, and Szombathely by the name of Hanna Honthy, she returned to Budapest in 1920. In Budapest her first success came in the Blaha Lujza theatre. She appeared in numerous theaters during her career including the Vígszínház, Városi Színház, achieving fame as a 'prima donna'. Her critically acclaimed voice and acting talent bore fruit for many years. She was the member of the Fővárosi Operettszínház [Budapest Operetta] between 1925-1927 and 1949. She also appeared in film.
Filmography
=Movies=
- Budapesti hangos filmkabaré (1931)
- Régi nyár (1941)
- Déryné (1951)
- Díszelőadás (1955)
- Bástyasétány '74 (1974)
=TV movies=
- Csárdáskirálynő (1963)
- Nyolcvanéves Cecília
Gallery
File:Honthy Hanna-1.jpg|Hanna Honthy
File:Honthy Hanna – A régi nyár (Színházi Élet, 1928).jpg|Hanna Honthy in performance
File:Honthy Hanna-Törzs Jenő-1933.jpg| Hanna Honthy and Jenő Törzs
File:Honthy Hanna sírja.jpg|The grave of Hanna Honthy at the Farkasréti Cemetery in Budapest
Sources
- Gál Péter Molnár. Honthy Hanna és kora Budapest: Magvető, 1997. {{ISBN|978-963-14-2066-1}}.
- Hanna Honthy in the Hungarian Biographical Lexicon freely available online at [http://mek.niif.hu/00300/00355/html/ABC05727/06444.htm mek.niif.hu]
External links
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Category:20th-century Hungarian women opera singers
Category:Hungarian film actresses
Category:Hungarian stage actresses