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Bela Lugosi was a Hungarian-American actor who lived from 1882 to 1956 and became one of the most iconic performers in early cinema history. He is best remembered for bringing the character of Count Dracula to life on screen, a role that made him a cultural landmark and helped establish the visual template for how vampires are portrayed in popular culture.
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1) Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (20 October 1882 – 16 August 1956), commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his career. 2) Sydney Hardcore band Bela Lugosi has since has a name change and are now called 'CORSAIRS'. www.myspace.com/corsairscrunch <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi
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Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó ( Hungarian: [ˈblɒʃkoː ˈbeːlɒ ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈdɛʒøː]; October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956), better known by the stage name Bela Lugosi (/ləˈɡoʊsi/, lə-GOH-see; Hungarian: [ˈluɡoʃi]), was a Hungarian–American actor. He was best remembered for portraying Count Dracula in the horror film classic Dracula (1931), Ygor in both Son of Frankenstein (1939) and Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) and his roles in many other horror films from 1931 through 1956.
Lugosi began acting on the Hungarian stage in 1902, appearing in more than 170 productions. Beginning in 1917, he performed in Hungarian silent films. During World War I, he served as an infantry officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army from 1914 to 1916. After the failed Hungarian Communist Revolution of 1919, Lugosi was forced to immigrate to Germany due to his Socialist party activities. He acted in several films in Weimar Germany, before arriving in New Orleans as a seaman on a merchant ship, then making his way north to New York City and Ellis Island.
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