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Elvira Popescu

Elvira Popescu

Elvira Popescu (10 May 1894 – 11 December 1993) was a Romanian-French stage and film actress and theatre director. During the 1930s and 1940s, she starred in a number of French comedy films. Born in Bucharest, Popescu studied drama at the Music and Drama Conservatory in her native city, under the guidance of Constantin Nottara and Aristizza Romanescu. In 1911 Grigore Brezeanu was making the first Romanian films to deal with fiction. He employed Popesco as well as other leading actors like Nottara and Romanescu. The first two films were called "Fatal Love" and "Spin a Yarn". No copies are known of these films. Popesco made her debut at the National Theatre Bucharest at age 16. In 1912, she played herself in the movie Independența României, directed by Aristide Demetriade. In 1919 she became artistic director of the Excelsior Theatre. In 1921, Popescu started Teatrul Mic, which she managed in parallel with the Excelsior. In 1923, she starred in the movie Ţigăncuşa de la iatac, directed by Alfred Halm. At the urging of Louis Verneuil, the French playwright, Popescu moved in 1924 to Paris. Under Verneuil's direction, she played the leading role in Ma Cousine de Varsovie, at the Théâtre Michel (1923). She also played in Tovaritch (1933), La Machine infernale (1954), Nina (1949), and La Mamma (1957). Later on, she was director of Théâtre de Paris (1956–1965), and Théâtre Marigny (1965–1978).[5] At age 84, she played again in La Mamma. Elvira Popescu also played in movies, such as La Présidente (Fernand Rivers, 1938), Tricoche et Cacolet (Pierre Colombier, 1938), Ils étaient neuf célibataires (Sacha Guitry, 1939), Paradis perdu (Abel Gance, 1940), Austerlitz (Abel Gance, 1960),[6] and Purple Noon (René Clément, 1960). Shortly after her debut in 1910, Popescu married comedian Aurel Athanasescu and they had a daughter named Tatiana. After a few years, she divorced, and married Ion Manolescu-Strunga, Minister of Industry and Commerce (who was to die in Sighet prison in the 1950s). Her third husband was Count Maximilien Sébastien Foy (born in Paris on 17 April 1900, died in Neuilly-sur-Seine on 11 November 1967). She died in Paris at age 99, and was interred at Père Lachaise Cemetery. Source: Article "Elvira Popescu" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Personal information

Birthday

1894-05-10

Birth Place

Bucarest, Romania

Movies and TV shows :

Bargekeepers Daughter

Bargekeepers Daughter

1938

9.0

Movie
Behind the Facade

Behind the Facade

1939

7.8

Movie
Clouzot : The Early Works

Clouzot : The Early Works

2018

0.0

Movie
Deputy Eusèbe

Deputy Eusèbe

1939

0.0

Movie
Dora Nelson

Dora Nelson

1935

0.0

Movie
poster

En direct de...

1956

0.0

TV
Fou d'amour

Fou d'amour

1943

0.0

Movie
Four Flights to Love

Four Flights to Love

1939

6.2

Movie
Frédérica

Frédérica

1942

4.0

Movie
In Venice, One Night

In Venice, One Night

1937

1.0

Movie
L'âge d'or

L'âge d'or

1942

0.0

Movie
L'Amant de Madame Vidal

L'Amant de Madame Vidal

1936

0.0

Movie
La Mamma

La Mamma

1966

0.0

Movie
La Présidente

La Présidente

1938

0.0

Movie
La voyante

La voyante

1972

0.0

Movie
Le Club des Aristocrates

Le Club des Aristocrates

1937

0.0

Movie
Le valet maître

Le valet maître

1941

0.0

Movie
poster

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975

6.0

TV
Mademoiselle Swing

Mademoiselle Swing

1942

5.0

Movie
Mon curé chez les riches

Mon curé chez les riches

1938

2.0

Movie
My Cousin From Warsaw

My Cousin From Warsaw

1931

5.2

Movie
Nine Bachelors

Nine Bachelors

1939

6.3

Movie
Parade in 7 Nights

Parade in 7 Nights

1941

4.5

Movie
Purple Noon

Purple Noon

1960

7.6

Movie
Sa meilleure cliente

Sa meilleure cliente

1932

4.5

Movie
Sacred Woods

Sacred Woods

1939

0.0

Movie
The Battle of Austerlitz

The Battle of Austerlitz

1960

6.5

Movie
The Blue Veil

The Blue Veil

1942

4.8

Movie
The Fatted Calf

The Fatted Calf

1939

6.2

Movie
The Green Dress

The Green Dress

1937

6.1

Movie
The House Across the Street

The House Across the Street

1937

0.0

Movie
The King

The King

1936

0.0

Movie
The Man of the Day

The Man of the Day

1937

5.0

Movie
The Mondesir Heir

The Mondesir Heir

1940

3.5

Movie
The stranger

The stranger

1931

0.0

Movie
Tigancusa de la iatac

Tigancusa de la iatac

1923

6.0

Movie
Tricoche and Cacolet

Tricoche and Cacolet

1938

7.1

Movie
Une femme chipée

Une femme chipée

1934

0.0

Movie