Lujza Blaha
Hungarian actress (1850–1926)
Lujza Blaha (Ludovika Reindl; 1850–1926) was a Hungarian actress and singer. She was known as "the nation's nightingale", an epithet given her by writer Mór Jókai.
Personal life
Ludovika Reindl was born 8 September 1850 in Rimaszombat (today Rimavská Sobota, Slovakia). She married Ján Blaha, a Czech conductor in the imperial army, when she was 15 years old. He died five years later, but she kept his surname all her life despite marrying twice more. Despite being considered a "national icon" during her lifetime, she opposed the dignified "national prima donna" that was being thrust upon her and often crossed the taboos of the epoch by being sexually provocative both on stage and in her private life.
She died 18 January 1926 in Budapest. She was buried in the Kerepesi Cemetery, and her funeral drew a crowd of 100,000, including a gypsy band of 200 musicians.
Career
Blaha's parents were travelling actors, and she first performed aged 15 in Szabadka (today Subotica, Serbia). She received acting training from the Budapest School of Dramatic Arts.
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