Bela Lugosi

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• Born at 20 October 1882 at Lugos, Hungary (now Romania). Bela Lugosi shot to stardom in the title role of the 1931 film version of Bram Stoker's Dracula and set the standard for movie vampires.
• Béla Lugosi was the stage name of actor Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956). He was born in Lugos, Banat, Austria-Hungary (now Lugoj, Romania), the youngest of four children of a banker. The blue-eyed actor is best known for his portrayal of Dracula in the American Broadway stage production, and subsequent film, of Bram Stoker's classic vampire story. (source:Wikipedia.org)