Manyi Kiss (1911-1971) , Jászai Mari Award (1954), Kossuth Prize (1957), Artist of Merit (1962), Artist of Excellence (1964) and SZOT Award (1970). , She began her career in Kolozsvár (today Cluj in Romania), Miskolc and Szeged, using her natural acting and excellent dancing and singing abilities to good effect in soubrette and comic roles. After 1932 she appeared with her husband, an Italian artiste, in circuses abroad, and then made her Budapest debut in 1934. She continued her career at the Podium Cabaret and Király Theatres before contracting in 1938 with the Budapest Operetta Theatre. She played in numerous other Budapest theatres and then joined the Comedy Theatre in 1943. She soon became a favourite with Budapest audiences. In 1954 she contracted with the Madách Theatre. In the 1950s her prowess in dramatic roles was discovered.