With Grace Kelly and Louis Jourdan, and Egy, kettő, három, which Billy Wilder turned into One, Two, Three, starring James Cagney and Horst Buchholz, in 1961
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Ferenc Molnár
Ferenc Molnár, often anglicized as Franz Molnar, was a Hungarian-born author, stage director, dramatist, and poet. He is widely regarded as Hungary's most celebrated and controversial playwright.
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culture · Hungarian-born dramatist and novelist · writer · journalist · playwright · screenwriter · children's writer · also Ferenc Molnár, Ferenc Molnar, Molnár
Born 12 January 1878 · Died 1 April 1952 · Q296809
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1952· 1 entry
Died 1952-04-01.
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1947· 1 entry
Molnár's secretary and devoted companion Wanda Bartha died by suicide
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1943· 1 entry
Suffered a massive heart attack, forcing him to suspend work for almost a year
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1940· 1 entry
Molnár relocated to America and spent his last 12 years living in Room 835 at New York's Plaza Hotel
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1925· 1 entry
After "he had accused her of intimacy with 42 gentlemen, and she had replied in kind with a list of 142 ladies"
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1922· 1 entry
Married the actor Sári Fedák, after a six-year relationship
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1907· 2 entries
Molnár wrote Az ördög (The Devil) for Irén, in which he challenged her to leave her husband
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Molnár also wrote three books, including his novel for young people, A Pál-utcai Fiúk (The Paul Street Boys)
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1901· 1 entry
Molnár published his first full-length novel Az éhes város ("The Hungry City")
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1896· 1 entry
Abandoned a legal career to pursue a full-time career as a journalist
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1887· 1 entry
Molnár entered the Lónyay Utcai Református Gimnázium, a secondary school (high school) located in Budapest, Hungary, where he was inspired to learn foreign languages and where his talent as a writer began to emerge
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1878· 1 entry
Born 1878-01-12.
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