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Lugosi

American  
[loo-goh-see] / lʊˈgoʊ si /

noun

  1. Bela, 1884–1956, U.S. actor, born in Hungary: best known for his roles in horror films.


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She incorporates films as seemingly irrelevant but surprisingly apropos as the Bela Lugosi horror movie “The Black Cat” and an Astaire-Rogers musical.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

He explains as a child he'd seen the Hungarian-American actor Bela Lugosi do the same when playing Count Dracula in the 1931 movie.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

A stage actor recalled the time she was in a production of “Arsenic and Old Lace” with Bela Lugosi, who she worried wanted to suck her blood.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2025

Bela Lugosi, the star of Dracula, served on the Russian front and was wounded three times, surviving one attack by burrowing beneath a pile of the corpses of his friends.

From Slate • Oct. 31, 2024

And I knew that Bela Lugosi was an epic actor from the ancient world whom people like Sahil still look up to today.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

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