Marcsa Simon

Biography

Born on a frosty 21 November 1882 in the wheat-scented plains of Tápiószele—then still stitched into the vast fabric of Austria-Hungary—Marcsa Simon grew up to become the silver screen’s sharp-tongued grand dame. Moviegoers still grin at her scene-stealing turns as the no-nonsense cook in *Hyppolit the Butler* (1931), the wily society matron in *Sweet Adversary* (1941), and the spider-like schemer at the center of *Cobweb* (1936). Four decades of applause later, she closed her final act on 8 January 1954 in Budapest, leaving behind a legacy that flickers whenever classic Hungarian cinema lights up the projector.