Bela Lugosi

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Biography

The man known to the world as Bela Lugosi was born Bla Blask, October 20, 1882, in a small town in southern Hungary called…more

Born

Lugos, Austria-Hungary [now Romania]

Died

8/16/1956

Birth Name

Béla Ferenc Dezsõ Blaskó

Gender

Male

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  • Trivia

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    • Bela's marriages: 1917 – married Ilona Szmik (divorced Bela to return to Hungary) 1920s – married Ilona von Montagh (divorced) 1920s – married Beatrice Weeks (divorced after only three days) 1932 – Lillian Arch (nearly 30 years younger than Bella; divorced, later married actor Brian Donlevy) 1955 - Hope Lininger (married until Bela's death)
    • Lugosi never learned how to drive an automobile.
    • According to Bela, Jr., his father's favorite actor of the 1950's time period was Marlon Brando.
  • Quotes

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    • Lugosi: I guess I'm pretty much a lone wolf. I don't say I don't like people at all but, to tell you the truth, I only like them if I have a chance to look deep into their hearts and their minds.
    • Lugosi: A screen actor is compensated in the knowledge that millions will see his performance at one time when only hundreds will see it on stage.
    • Lugosi: Because of my language and pantomime with which almost all Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.
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