A C T O R
Elvira Popescu [543816]
Age: 99 years
Birthday: 1894-05-10
Deathday: 1993-12-11
Birthplace: Bucarest, Romania
Credits: 34
Popularity: 0.3094
Links: Homepage, IMDB
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.

La voyante
1972-02-21
La Mamma
1966-10-28
Austerlitz
1960-06-17
Plein soleil
1960-03-10
Fou d'amour
1943-06-16
Frédérica
1942-11-18
Le Voile bleu
1942-11-18
Mademoiselle Swing
1942-06-12
L'âge d'or
1942-01-28
Le valet maître
1941-10-30
Parade en 7 nuits
1941-09-24
L'Héritier des Mo…
1940-05-07
Le bois sacré
1939-11-26
Paradis perdu
1939-10-27
Ils étaient neuf …
1939-09-29
Le Veau gras
1939-04-12
Derrière la façade
1939-03-14
Eusèbe député
1939-03-09
Mon curé chez les…
1938-12-21
Éducation de prince
1938-10-11
Tricoche et Cacolet
1938-09-06
La Présidente
1938-05-24
À Venise, une nuit
1937-11-19
L'Habit vert
1937-10-27
Le Club des Aristo…
1937-09-02
La Maison d'en face
1937-01-29
L'Homme du jour
1937-01-02
Le Roi
1936-10-29
L'Amant de Madame …
1936-10-01
Dora Nelson
1935-11-08
Sa meilleure cliente
1932-12-16
Ma cousine de Vars…
1931-04-10
L'étrangère
1931-02-06
Tigancusa de la iatac
1923-12-30