Emília Márkus


Emília Márkus,, was a Hungarian aristocrat, politician and the most renowned actress of her time in Hungary, known for her roles in a number of Hungarian theatrical and film productions, including Three Spinsters, A táncz and Az aranyhajú szfinksz.

Biography

Emília Márkus was born in Szombathely, Hungary as the sixth child of József Márkus and Anna Horvát. One of her brothers was József Márkus, the Mayor then Lord Mayor of Budapest.
In 1878 she graduated from the Actor's Academy and was immediately contracted by the National Theatre, where she was engaged until her death in 1949. On June 7, 1882 she married Károly Pulszky, a Hungarian art collector, politician, member of Parliament and director of the Hungarian National Gallery of Art and founder of the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest. Károly's family came from Poland and were of French Huguenot descent, but had converted to Catholicism. Her first daughter, Terézia Pulszky was called Tessa. Her second daughter, Romola de Pulszky, born on February 19, 1891, married Vaslav Nijinsky. Károly Pulszky went into exile because of a political scandal associated with art purchases for the gallery, first to London and then to Australia. After 17 years of marriage, he committed suicide at the age of 45 in Brisbane, Australia. Emília was remarried to Oscar Pardany in 1903.

Cultural depictions

In film