Iván Darvas

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Iván Darvas (born Darvas solid, [1] Beje , 1925 . June 14 - Budapest , 2007 . June 3 ) , the National Actor of distinguished title, twice Kossuth - and double Jászai Mari-winning Hungarian actor, worthy and excellent artist. His first wife was Klári Tolnay's Kossuth Prize-winning actor, his second wife was Erzsébet Házy Kossuth- and Liszt's Ferenc Prize-winning soprano opera singer, actress.

Darvas Szilárd was born in Beyon (currently Slovakia ). He spent his childhood in Prague (1926-1939) where his father worked as a journalist. His mother was Russian by origin, and since he went to school in Germany, he learned to speak German. They spoke Hungarian at home and between them, which for a long time Iván Darvas thought to be a secret language they only understood. He also spoke English and Czech at a conversational level.

In 1939 he moved to Hungary. He graduated in 1943. In 1945 he was an interpreter of a Soviet military unit. He studied at the Academy of Sciences, where he was under Ferenc Kállai, but did not complete it, partly because of the Second World War, partly because he was already at the age of 21 (1946) at the Art Theater in Zoltán Várkonyi , until 1949. Then he picked up Ivan's name to distinguish himself as a humorist poet, Szilárd Darvas.

Between 1949 and 1956 he played at the Madách Theater.

During the 1956 Revolution, he organized a revolutionary committee to bring his brother (Attila Darvas design engineer) out of prison. Therefore, after the revolution was overthrown, he was sentenced to 32 months in prison (1957-1959), Kistarcsa came together with Miklós Szakáts in 1957, and he could not play for years. As an auxiliary worker in a VII. District worked Damjanich street plastic molding factory from 1959 to 1963.

In 1963 he could be played again. For the 1963-64 season, he signed into the National Theater of Miskolc and then to the József Attila Theater in 1964-65. Here is the II. He could play Joseph's title role and Fred (I love to marry).

Between 1965 and 1989 he contracted to Zoltán Várkonyi at Vígszínház. From 1990 he was a freelance actor.

In 1990, he took on a political role and became a Member of Parliament in the colors of the Alliance of Free Democrats. He filled his mandate until 1994. Between 1993 and 1995 he played again at the Art Theater. From 1995 he performed at Szigliget Theater in Szolnok. [3]

In his last years, he became a lot sick, completely retired from the public. He also underwent severe kidney and heart surgery. [6]

He died in Budapest 12 days before his 82nd birthday. There was no funeral, the ashes were taken home by the family.