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Elvira Popescu
Acting

Elvira Popescu
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1894-05-10,Bucarest, Romania
Gender
Female
Biography
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.

Filmography

6.5

Nine Bachelors
1939-09-29

Four Flights to Love

6.4

Four Flights to Love
1939-10-27

The Battle of Austerlitz

6.638

The Battle of Austerlitz
1960-06-17

Une femme chipée

8

Une femme chipée
1934-10-12

7

Dora Nelson
1935-11-08

L'Amant de madame Vidal

8

L'Amant de madame Vidal
1936-10-01

Le Club des Aristocrates

8

Le Club des Aristocrates
1937-09-02

7

La Présidente
1938-05-24

Bargekeepers Daughter

9.5

Bargekeepers Daughter
1938-10-11

10

Deputy Eusèbe
1939-03-09

Parade in 7 Nights

5.667

Parade in 7 Nights
1941-09-24

5.889

The Blue Veil
1942-11-18

5.5

Frédérica
1942-11-18

Le Valet maître

10

Le Valet maître
1941-10-30

8

Fou d'amour
1943-06-16

8

L'âge d'or
1942-01-28

Behind the Facade

7.714

Behind the Facade
1939-03-14

The Mondesir Heir

4.667

The Mondesir Heir
1940-05-07

Sa meilleure cliente

6

Sa meilleure cliente
1932-12-16

Tigancusa de la iatac

7

Tigancusa de la iatac
1923-12-30

Tricoche and Cacolet

7.7

Tricoche and Cacolet
1938-09-06

10

Sacred Woods
1939-11-26

8

The King
1936-10-29

The Green Dress

6.5

The Green Dress
1937-10-27

7.557

Purple Noon
1960-03-10

Mon curé chez les riches

6

Mon curé chez les riches
1938-12-21

The House Across the Street

10

The House Across the Street
1937-01-29

0

La Mamma
1966-10-28

The Fatted Calf

6.667

The Fatted Calf
1939-04-12

10

La Voyante
1972-02-21

The Man of the Day

6.333

The Man of the Day
1937-01-02

My Cousin From Warsaw

5.857

My Cousin From Warsaw
1931-04-10

10

The stranger
1931-02-06

Mademoiselle Swing

6

Mademoiselle Swing
1942-06-12

In Venice, One Night

5.5

In Venice, One Night
1937-11-19

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

6

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975-01-12

En direct de...

0

En direct de...
1956-02-16