Erzsi Péchy
Vintage Hungarian postcard. Photo by Angelo Fotografia. City, No. 124, edited by the magazine Shinhazi Elet (Theatre Life).
Erzsi Péchy (Székelyhíd, 26 April 1888 - Budapest, 19 July 1933) was a Hungarian stage and screen actress and operetta primadonna.
Born in Székelyhíd in an old noble family, Péchy went to school in Oradea and Cluj, then went to Budapest and studied singing with Vilmos Vilmos Maleczky and later with Teréz V. Krammer. In 1912 she graduated from the acting school of Kálmán Rózsahegyi and was then engaged by László Beöthy to the King's Theatre, where she had her first successes as Mimosa in The Geisha on 4 June 1912 and later in Die Kinokönigin. She then became a member of the Modern Stage. On 21 June 1918, she had great success at the Vígszínház Comedy Theatre as Madi/Mady in Das Dreimäderlhaus, and at the Városi Színház, where she was a decisive success in the operetta Baroness Lili. In September 1920 she was back at the King's Theatre, where she made her first appearance in The Utah Girl. She was also primadonna of the Revue Theatre.
On 13 March 1923, the Royal Hungarian Opera House staged Péchy in the role of Rózsi Friquet in "The Hermit's Bell", and here too she was an excellent member of the ensemble. By this time her reputation had spread abroad and on 14 September this year she was invited to the Johann Strauss Theater in Vienna, where she delighted the Viennese in the operetta "Ein Märchen aus Florenz".She also performed at the City Theatre, the Scala Theatre and the Blaha Lujza Theatre.On 23 May 1925, she performed Offenbach's "La belle Hélène" in French at the soirée of the French Embassy in Budapest.For this great artistic success she was appointed an officer of the French Academy by minister Daladier.
In 1927 Péchy was a guest at the King's Theatre in London, then again a member of the King's Theatre. She was then back in London as a member of the Royal Opera House in 1927. In February 1928 she triumphed with the operetta "Countess Eve" at the King's Theatre. She performed there until 1931. In 1932 she made a guest appearance in Berlin, and retired that year. In the summer of 1930 she was on his way to Fonyód in her new car when she had an accident. Paramedics from Kanizsa took the primadonna to the hospital in Székesfehérvár. After her hospital treatment she recovered in her villa in Fonyód. She died at the Verebély Clinic on the evening of Wednesday 19 July 1933.
Péchy's first husband was Károly Jónás, a Hungarian State Railways officer, whom she met in Székelyhíd. From this marriage she had a daughter, Juci Jónás. After divorcing her first husband, she married Baron Leó Garibaldi in Budatétény on 19 November 1931. The wedding took place in complete secrecy, to the complete exclusion of the public, and was a surprise not only in the theatre world but also in the society of Pest. Her sisters were Maca Péchy Maca and Babi Péchy.
Péchy acted in three films: Autogram Lili (Jenõ Gábor, 1917), starring Sundi Toronyi, Tüzpróba/ Fire test (Lajos Lázár, 1918) with Ottó Torday and Helene von Bolvary, and Nevetö Budapest/ Laugh Budapest (Gusztáv Mihály Kovács, 1930).
Sources: IMDb, Hungarian WIkipedia.
Erzsi Péchy
Vintage Hungarian postcard. Photo by Angelo Fotografia. City, No. 124, edited by the magazine Shinhazi Elet (Theatre Life).
Erzsi Péchy (Székelyhíd, 26 April 1888 - Budapest, 19 July 1933) was a Hungarian stage and screen actress and operetta primadonna.
Born in Székelyhíd in an old noble family, Péchy went to school in Oradea and Cluj, then went to Budapest and studied singing with Vilmos Vilmos Maleczky and later with Teréz V. Krammer. In 1912 she graduated from the acting school of Kálmán Rózsahegyi and was then engaged by László Beöthy to the King's Theatre, where she had her first successes as Mimosa in The Geisha on 4 June 1912 and later in Die Kinokönigin. She then became a member of the Modern Stage. On 21 June 1918, she had great success at the Vígszínház Comedy Theatre as Madi/Mady in Das Dreimäderlhaus, and at the Városi Színház, where she was a decisive success in the operetta Baroness Lili. In September 1920 she was back at the King's Theatre, where she made her first appearance in The Utah Girl. She was also primadonna of the Revue Theatre.
On 13 March 1923, the Royal Hungarian Opera House staged Péchy in the role of Rózsi Friquet in "The Hermit's Bell", and here too she was an excellent member of the ensemble. By this time her reputation had spread abroad and on 14 September this year she was invited to the Johann Strauss Theater in Vienna, where she delighted the Viennese in the operetta "Ein Märchen aus Florenz".She also performed at the City Theatre, the Scala Theatre and the Blaha Lujza Theatre.On 23 May 1925, she performed Offenbach's "La belle Hélène" in French at the soirée of the French Embassy in Budapest.For this great artistic success she was appointed an officer of the French Academy by minister Daladier.
In 1927 Péchy was a guest at the King's Theatre in London, then again a member of the King's Theatre. She was then back in London as a member of the Royal Opera House in 1927. In February 1928 she triumphed with the operetta "Countess Eve" at the King's Theatre. She performed there until 1931. In 1932 she made a guest appearance in Berlin, and retired that year. In the summer of 1930 she was on his way to Fonyód in her new car when she had an accident. Paramedics from Kanizsa took the primadonna to the hospital in Székesfehérvár. After her hospital treatment she recovered in her villa in Fonyód. She died at the Verebély Clinic on the evening of Wednesday 19 July 1933.
Péchy's first husband was Károly Jónás, a Hungarian State Railways officer, whom she met in Székelyhíd. From this marriage she had a daughter, Juci Jónás. After divorcing her first husband, she married Baron Leó Garibaldi in Budatétény on 19 November 1931. The wedding took place in complete secrecy, to the complete exclusion of the public, and was a surprise not only in the theatre world but also in the society of Pest. Her sisters were Maca Péchy Maca and Babi Péchy.
Péchy acted in three films: Autogram Lili (Jenõ Gábor, 1917), starring Sundi Toronyi, Tüzpróba/ Fire test (Lajos Lázár, 1918) with Ottó Torday and Helene von Bolvary, and Nevetö Budapest/ Laugh Budapest (Gusztáv Mihály Kovács, 1930).
Sources: IMDb, Hungarian WIkipedia.