Background
Gizi Bajor (born Gizella Beyer) was born on 18 May 1893, in Budapest. Her father, a former mining engineer, and her mother of Italian ancestry were operating Café Báthory on the Kálvin Square, where Bajor first met the nightlife of the city, her later audience.
Education
After studying in a girl"s school operated by nuns of Institutum Beatae Mariae Virginis, she completed the Academy of Drama in Budapest between 1911-1914.
Career
Praised by teachers and critics, she was allowed to join the National Theatre immediately after the academy, where she (except for the 1924-1925 season, joining the Magyar theatre) remained until her death. During World World War II, she hid deserted soldiers and families in her resort, including her later third husband, Professor. Tibor Germán.
Annuska (Géza Gárdonyi)
Erzsébet (Sándor Bródy: A dada)
Juliet (Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet)
Titania (Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night"s Dream)
Minna (Gotthold Ephraim Lessing: Minna von Barnhelm)
Anna (Niccodemi: Hajnalban, délben, este)
Leila (Ernő Szép: Azra)
Zília (Jenő Heltai: A néma levente)
Cecile (Ferenc Herczegh: Kék róka)
Donna Diána (Moreto)
Marguerite Gauthier (Alexandre Dumas: Lady of the Camellias)
Cleopatra (Shakespeare: Anthony and Cleopatra)
Diana (Lope de Vega: The Gardener"s Dog)
Anna (Tolsztoj–Volkov: Karenina Anna)
Lady Milford (Friedrich Schiller: Intrigue and Love)
Gizi Bajor is regarded as being one of the most influential Hungarian actors in the 20th century.
Her former resort is now home to the Bajor Gizi Színészmúzeum, an actor"s museum.