Katalin Török, honorific member of the Hungarian Theatre of Cluj, passed away at the age of 93.

The Reményik Sándor Prize-winning actress was born in Cluj-Napoca on July 9, 1930. In 1955 she graduated from the István Szentgyörgyi Institute of Drama in Târgu Mures, before first joining the Satu Mare company, and then, in August 1957, the company of the Hungarian Theatre of Cluj, where she remained a member until her retirement in 1986. She played a long series of character roles, mainly the downtrodden, tragic characters, women struggling with sorrows. Her performances were characterised by emotional depth and stark expressiveness.

In 2006, when she was made an honorific member of the Hungarian Theare of Cluj, theatre historian Adrienne Darvay Nagy lauded her as follows: "It is a great honour for me to be able to welcome this outstanding actress, who is almost my surrogate mother, and who fourteen years ago helped me a lot not only on a human level but also professionally, when we were preparing for the bicentenary celebrations of the oldest, continuously operating Hungarian language theatre. Here, in this theatre, where she had great success with Miss Macri in Demetrius' Three Generations, with Nelli in Lajos Barta's Love, Jenny in The Threepenny Opera, and Madame Vincze in Street of the Crippled Angels; and, among other things, she played several aunts in László Csiki's Old House and in the exciting Móricz production of I Can't Live Without Music, directed by György Harag. Always very naturally. Because this word describes her best on stage as well as in her personal life. But it is far from natural in this exhibitionist career - in the good sense of the word - that she has never really stood in the limelight, has never fought for her stage duties, but has rather modestly retreated and let others take the limelight. And while it is natural for everyone to take the roles assigned to them, to work them out carefully, and her performances are of course remembered fondly by the audience, her active career ended unnaturally early. Because she herself found it natural to retire early and give way to young people, whose fate and career she has followed with great attention to this day. She was naturally good in all the roles she was subsequently called upon to play, such as the governess in Olga Barabás's staging of Leonce and Lena. Just as it is natural that she should evoke the women of Endre Ady in the form of an intimate podium show, watching all the theatre's performances, following every moment of their development. After all, she was born in Cluj, went to school here, and has performed and been an integral part of the Hungarian theatre of Transylvania for practically half a century. Naturally. And therefore it is only natural that KATALIN TÖRÖK is an honorific member of the Hungarian Theatre of Cluj."

Her funeral arrangements will be made by the family at a later date.

May she rest in peace!