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Ferenc Bessenyei

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Hungarian actor (1919-2004)

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Ferenc Bessenyei was a Hungarian actor and singer. He began his career in the choir at National Theatre of Szeged in 1940 and became one of Hungary's most respected stage performers. As singer he appeared in My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof and Zorba the Greek. He was a tall man with a deep, powerful voice.

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Filmography 40

Professor Hannibal1956
Hugo the Hippo1975
The Aga's Testament1967
The Brute1961
Be Good All Your Life1960
Dreams of Love1970
A Hungarian Nabob1966
Skylark1965
Judgement1970
Penny1953
Zsaruvér és Csigavér I.: A királyné nyakéke2001
The Sea has Risen1953
The Widow and the Police Officer1967
Underground Colony1951
The Golden Kite1966
Abhorrence1965
The Tragedy of Man1969
Extinguished Flames1956
Fig-Leaf1966
Just a Joke1961
The Day of Wrath1953
The Last Circle1968
Fever1957
Guns and Doves1961
The Bitter Truth1956
Abyss1956
The Other Person1987
Evidence1964
Young at Heart1953
Alba Regia1961
I Lived under Thirty Two Names1972
A Strange Mark of Identity1955
Full Steam, Ahead!1951
Under the City1953
Sunshine on the Ice1961
Our Kid1959
A helyseg kalapacsa1965
A Fond Farewell to the Prince1987
Hail Days1962
The Storm1952

66 credits on file

Television 6

the famous escapes1972
The Black City1972
Egy óra múlva itt vagyok…1971
A falu jegyzője1986
Beszterce ostroma1976
In einer Stunde bin ich wieder da1975

Awards 10

2004honorary citizen of Hódmezővásárhely
2000The Nation's Actor
1994Commander Cross of the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic
1989Order of the Flag of the People's Republic of Hungary
1988eMeRTon Award
1978SZOT prize
1970Great Artist of Hungary Award
1955Kossuth Prize
1954Meritorius Artist of Hungary
1953Kossuth Prize

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Ferenc Bessenyei was a Hungarian actor and singer. He began his career in the choir at National Theatre of Szeged in 1940 and became one of Hungary's most respected stage performers. As singer he appeared in My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof and Zorba the Greek. He was a tall man with a deep, powerful voice. He was elected to the Revolutionary Council of the Hungarian Intelligentsia in the 1956 revolt and was not allowed to perform for two years. He was awarded the "Actor of Nation" in 2000. He appeared in 75 films between 1960 and 2001. His second wife was Hédi Váradi actress.

Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1919 to 2004 · aged 85
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