Mátészalka is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.

The town was the birthplace of actor Tony Curtis' father, Emanuel Schwartz.

From 1920 - 1950 it was the seat of the authorities of some of the committees Szatmár, Ugocsa and Bereg remaining in Hungary after the Trianon Treaty.

His daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis, helped to refurbish the synagogue, which is where her grandparents worshipped.

She also attended the opening of the Tony Curtis Memorial Museum and Cafe, which is located in Mátészalka.