{{Short description|Hungarian actress (1901–1965)}} {{Eastern name order|Vaszary Piri}} {{Expand Hungarian|topic=bio|Vaszary Piri|date=July 2023}} [[File:Vaszary Piroska.jpg|thumb|Piri Vaszary before 1930]]
'''Piroska "Piri" Vaszary''' (19 May 1901 – 2 October 1965) was a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[film actress]].
== Life == === Family === Born 19 May 1901 in [[Budapest]], Piroska's father was Gábor Vaszary (born in [[Kaposvár]], on 13 March 1866) main-notar of Budapest, her mother was Auguszta Csipka. Her brothers were [[Gábor Vaszary]] (or Gábor von Vaszary) (7 June 1897 in Budapest – 22 May 1985) a Hungarian novelist and screenwriter, who emigrated to Switzerland and [[Johann von Vásáry]] or János Vaszary (1899–1963) a Hungarian actor, screenwriter, playwright and film director, [[Lili Muráti]]'s husband. Her uncle was [[János Vaszary]] (30 November 1867 – 19 April 1939) a Hungarian painter and graphic artist. Her grand-grandfather's half-brother was [[Kolos Ferenc Vaszary]], O.S.B. (12 February 1832 in Keszthely, Hungary – 3 September 1915 in Balatonfüred, Hungary) a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, archbishop of [[Esztergom]].
=== Career === She has been close her studies in [[Szidi Rákosi]]'s Academy of Theatre in 1920. After she played in a lot of theatres in Budapest. In the end of 1944 she emigrated to [[Austria]], after to [[Germany]]. She lived in [[France]], in [[Spain]], in [[Argentina]], in [[Venezuela]] and in [[Canada]]. From 1948 until 1954 played in Argentinian Hungarian Society of Theater, in 1959 also in Venezuela.
She has already starred in silent films, "The Miracle Doctor" and "The Lady of the East," as well as in an audio film initiative, "Laughing Lady." He became a constant comedian in Hungarian films. She shaped her roles with exceptional caricature. She also appeared in the German film "Spring Parade" in 1935. She was also popular with her cabaret couples. She has appeared in many audio films.
=== Private life === She was married three times. In 1924 she married Andor Feld, an industrialist, from whom she divorced in 1926. Her second husband from 1929, was Árpád Horváth became the director of [[National Theatre (Budapest)]], from whom she also divorced in 1932.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hangosfilm.hu/filmenciklopedia/vaszary-piri | title = Vaszary Piri | access-date = 2016-05-23 | surname = | first = | work = audio film | language = Hungarian}}</ref> Thirdly, she married the physician Endre Bodócsy (in Budapest, Erzsébetváros, on 14 June 1932). They had two children, Piroska (26 April 1933) and in 1942 Endre.<ref>Picture of his children: [http://drda.cobra.hu/vaszary_piroska.html Piroska Vaszary] - 2 May 2014</ref>
She died on 2 October 1965 in [[Palma de Mallorca]], [[Spain]].
==Selected filmography== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''[[Kiss Me, Darling]]'' (1932) * ''[[Spring Parade (1934 film)|Spring Parade]]'' (1934) * ''[[Hello, Budapest!]]'' (1935) * ''[[Kind Stepmother]]'' (1935) * ''[[Address Unknown (1935 film)|Address Unknown]]'' (1935) * ''[[I Can't Live Without Music (film)|I Can't Live Without Music]]'' (1935) * ''[[The Empress and the Hussar]]'' (1935) * ''[[It Was Me]]'' (1936) * ''[[All Men Are Crazy]]'' (1937) * ''[[Tokay Rhapsody]]'' (1937) * ''[[Mother (1937 film)|Mother]]'' (1937) * ''[[Sweet Revenge (1937 film)|Sweet Revenge]]'' (1937) * ''[[I May See Her Once a Week]]'' (1937) * ''[[Family Bonus]]'' (1937) *''[[Sister Maria]]'' (1937) * ''[[Help, I'm an Heiress]]'' (1937) * ''[[The Borrowed Castle]]'' (1937) * ''[[The Poor Rich (1938 film)|The Poor Rich]]'' (1938) * ''[[Rosemary (1938 film)|Rosemary]]'' (1938) * ''[[The Henpecked Husband]]'' (1938) * ''[[The Wrong Man (1938 film)|The Wrong Man]]'' (1938) * ''[[The Witch of Leányvár]]'' (1938) * ''[[Barbara in America]]'' (1938) * ''[[Stars of Variety]]'' (1939) * ''[[Money Is Coming]]'' (1939) * ''[[The Five-Forty]]'' (1939) * ''[[On the Way Home (film)|On the Way Home]]'' (1940) * ''[[Castle in Transylvania]]'' (1940) * ''[[You Are the Song]]'' (1940) * ''[[Haunting Spirit]]'' (1940) * ''[[Closed Court]]'' (1940) * ''[[The Last of the Vereczkeys]]'' (1940) * ''[[The Bercsenyi Hussars]]'' (1940) * ''[[Yes or No? (1940 film)|Yes or No?]]'' (1940) * ''[[Seven Plum Trees]]'' (1940) * ''[[The Chequered Coat]]'' (1940) * ''[[Duel for Nothing]]'' (1940) * ''[[Shako and Hat]]'' (1941) * ''[[Today, Yesterday and Tomorrow]]'' (1941) * ''[[Left-Handed Angel]]'' (1941) * ''[[The Marriage Market (1941 film)|The Marriage Market]]'' (1941) * ''[[Property for Sale]]'' (1941) * ''[[Europe Doesn't Answer]]'' (1941) * ''[[Entry Forbidden (film)|Entry Forbidden]]'' (1941) * ''[[Sister Beáta]]'' (1941) * ''[[Kádár Versus Kerekes]]'' (1942) * ''[[The Talking Robe]]'' (1942) * ''[[The Perfect Family (1942 film)|The Perfect Family]]'' (1942) * ''[[Magdolna (film)|Magdolna]]'' (1942) * ''[[Dr. Kovács István]]'' (1942) * ''[[Borrowed Husbands (1942 film)|Borrowed Husbands]]'' (1942) * ''[[Katyi]]'' (1942) * ''[[Quite a Lad]]'' (1943) * ''[[Kerek Ferkó]]'' (1943) * ''[[Mouse in the Palace]]'' (1943) * ''[[Orient Express (1943 film)|Orient Express]]'' (1943) * ''[[African Bride]]'' (1944) * ''[[Wildfire (1944 film)|Wildfire]]'' (1944) * ''[[I'll Make You Happy (1944 film)|I'll Make You Happy]]'' (1944) * ''[[Wildfire (film)|Wildfire]]'' (1944) {{div col end}}
==Bibliography== * Simon, Andrew L. ''Made in Hungary: Hungarian Contributions to Universal Culture''. Simon Publications, 1998.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0890887}}
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