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Hilda Gobbi

1913 - 1988

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Hilda Emília Gizella Gobbi (6 June 1913 – 13 July 1988) was an award-winning Hungarian actress, known for her portrayals of elderly women. One of her most beloved performances was as Aunt Szabo in the radio soap opera The Szabo Family. A resistance member during World War II, she attempted to facilitate the reconstruction of the National Theatre by sponsoring a fundraising drive. Committed to her craft, she founded the Árpád Horváth Actor's College (1947), a home to care for elderly actors named after Mari Jászai (1948), a second actor's home named after Árpád Ódry (1950), the Gizi Bajor Actor's Museum (1952), and bequeathed her Patkó Villa to the National Theater for the purposes of creating a theater. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hilda Gobbi is the 5,822nd most popular actor (up from 5,943rd in 2019), the 693rd most popular biography from Hungary (down from 668th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Hungarian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Hilda Gobbi ranks 5,822 out of 13,578Before her are Tim Holt, Pauline Collins, James Marshall, Robert Alda, Richard Tyson, and Heinrich Schroth. After her are Krystyna Feldman, Vladimir Ilyin, Samantha Bond, Ki Hong Lee, Ned Luke, and Azra Akın.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Hilda Gobbi ranks 313Before her are Vojtěch Bradáč, Armand Lanoux, Bertalan Papp, Jiří Weiss, Gerard Wodarz, and Walter Winterbottom. After her are Fred Agabashian, John Kitzmiller, Mary Carew, Theo Helfrich, Claude Renoir, and Walt Ader. Among people deceased in 1988, Hilda Gobbi ranks 228Before her are Ralph Meeker, Aya Kitō, Thawan Thamrongnawasawat, Näcip Cihanov, Max Black, and Harry Lundahl. After her are Irene Manton, Victorio Unamuno, Bent Peder Rasch, Judith Barsi, Gerd Hornberger, and Marta Abba.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Hilda Gobbi ranks 693 out of 1,077Before her are József Várszegi (1910), Olga Tass (1929), Rudolf Illovszky (1922), Géza Csapó (1950), Lőrinc Szabó (1900), and Gábor Benedek (1927). After her are Victor Basch (1863), Sándor Kisfaludy (1772), Tibor Klampár (1953), Vilmos Varjú (1937), Cécile Tormay (1876), and Károly Takács (1910).

Among ACTORS In Hungary

Among actors born in Hungary, Hilda Gobbi ranks 22Before her are Katalin Karády (1910), Paul Hörbiger (1894), László Szabó (1936), Victor Varconi (1891), Zoltán Latinovits (1931), and María Corda (1898). After her are S. Z. Sakall (1883), Violetta Ferrari (1930), Magda Gabor (1915), Eva Henger (1972), Zoltán Várkonyi (1912), and Erika Marozsán (1972).