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Péter Halász
Film director
1943 – 2006
Who was Péter Halász?
Péter Halász was a Hungarian actor and director. In 1993 he won the Hungarian Film Critics award for Best Actor. He founded several theater companies in Budapest and New York City including the Kassák Studió, the "appartement theatre", Squat Theater, Love Theater and Varosi Szinhaz. As an actor he appeared in Fat Man and Little Boy, Sunshine, and The Breed among others. In February, 2006 his terminal liver cancer led to his final performance, which involved lying in an open coffin in a Budapest art museum. He died a month after this, at the age of 62. He had four children: Judith Halasz, Cora Fisher, Gabor Halasz, and David Halasz.
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- Born
- Aug 20, 1943
Budapest - Spouses
- Ágnes Sántha
( - 2006/03/09)
- Ágnes Sántha
- Children
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Profession
- Died
- Mar 9, 2006
New York City
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on July 23, 2013
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