Csaba Kelemen (10 September 1955 – 26 October 2020) was a Hungarian actor, stage manager, and politician who died of COVID-19.

Csaba Kelemen
Born
Csaba Kelemen

(1955-09-10)10 September 1955
Died26 October 2020(2020-10-26) (aged 65)
Miskolc, Hungary
Occupation(s)Actor, stage manager, and politician

Career

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He graduated from University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest in 1980. From 1980 until 1982 he was a member of Csokonai Theatre in Debrecen. From 1982 until 1989 he worked at Budapest Radnóti Theater and in that year, he went to work at Eger Géza Gárdonyi Theater, where he worked as an actor and a stage manager until his death.

He was most active as a theatrical actor, but he also starred in a few commercially successful television series in Hungary in the 80s and 90s, mainly in supporting roles.

He had played in 126 plays,[1] and contributed to 78 theatrical premieres in 13 years.

As a politician

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From 1994, he was Heves County Secretary-General and Eger President of the Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party.[2]

Theater (selection)

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Television (selection)

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  • Szomszédok – Ferenc Dőri (ambulance officer) (1987-1992)
  • Angyalbőrben (1990)
  • Kisváros – Oszkár Erdős, business partner of Mr. Trócsányi (1994-1999)
  • Embers – Capt. Konrád (2010)
  • Szinglik éjszakája – Tibor, Juli's father

Death

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He died of COVID-19 on 26 October 2020, at Miskolc Hospital in Hungary.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "126 találat – Kelemen Csaba". szinhaztortenet.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  2. ^ Krisztián Magyar (2012-12-15). "Kelemen Csaba elmaradt előadásai". magyarnarancs.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  3. ^ Kővári, Gyöngyi Krisztina (2020-10-27). "Koronavírus miatt halt meg Kelemen Csaba színművész". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2020-11-29.