Teréz Csillag

Therese Csillag, or Hungarian: Teréz Csillag, Csillag Teréz, born Stern; born May 17, 1862, Duna-Adony - July 9, 1925, Budapest) was a Hungarian Jewish actress.

For many years she was a popular comedienne 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 rôles up to 1898. Nearly all Hungarian playwrights of her day wrote special rôles for her, among them being Gregor Csiky, in whose plays she always excelled. Since 1899 she was engaged at the Vígszínház in Budapest.

She embraced the Christian faith.

References

• This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, a publication now in the public domain., by Isidore Singer, Max Weisz ([1])

Bibliography of Jewish Encyclopedia

• Magyar Szalon, 1886

External links

• Magyar Színházmûvészeti Lexikon / Csillag Teréz; Stern at mek.oszk.hu (Hungarian)

See also: Csillag

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