György Barkó
Appearance
György Barkó (18 July 1931 – 30 January 2024) was a Romanian and Hungarian actor.
Biography
[edit]Barkó was born in Purcăreni, Brașov County on 18 July 1931.[1] In 1950 he graduated from the Saint George Székely Mikó Reformed College, the same year he successfully auditioned for the Cluj István Szentgyörgyi Theatre Institute. From 1954, he was a member of the Cluj-Napoca State Hungarian Theatre until 1989, when he settled in Hungary.
His wife was Julia Bereczky, actress and director (1928–2007).[2] Barkó died in Pécs on 30 January 2024, at the age of 92.[3]
Awards
[edit]- The 2014 Hilda Gobbi Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hungarian Ministry of National Cultural Heritage[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Barkó György
- ^ Barkó György - Kolozsvári Állami Magyar Színház
- ^ Meghalt Barkó György (in Hungarian)
- ^ Index (2014-03-27). "Gobbi Hilda-, Soós Imre-, Heveri Sándor- és Kállai Ferenc-díjat osztottak". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2024-10-21.