On the evening of May 8, at the age of ninety-five, Máthé Erzsi Kossuth and Mari Jászai prize-winning actor, worthy and excellent artist, actor of the nation, fell asleep quietly – reports MTI following the Index.
Erzsi Máthé lived in retirement for many years, she would have been 96 years old on May 16. He played at the National Theater for three decades and was a founding member of the Katona József Theater, but the audience could also see him in several films and several TV shows.
He received the Jászai Mari Award twice, in addition to being a worthy and excellent artist, a permanent member of the National Theater and the Society of the Immortals, the Actor of the Nation. He received the Kossuth Award, the Middle Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civilian category), the PUKK Award, the Vastaps Award, the Film Review Lifetime Achievement Award, the Hazám Award and the Ferenc Kállai Lifetime Achievement Award. Honorary citizen of Budapest.
I want to be on stage again. I miss the limelight. The viewers, the colleagues, but the environment as a whole. I would so much like to talk about work, but unfortunately I can’t do it anymore to go on stage. Now all I have left are my memories from this period, which will exist in a special place in my brain and in my heart for the rest of my life. I am especially happy when my friends are with me, when they call me on the phone. It makes me feel like I’m not completely cut off from life. It would be better if I didn’t necessarily have to do this in my home. I would like to play my roles again, and although I know that I probably won’t have the opportunity to do so, I miss being able to talk about my experiences on stage…
– he told Bors back in January.
