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Elvira Popescu

Elvira Popescu

Actress

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.

Born: May 10, 1894 in Bucarest, Romania

Died: December 11, 1993 (Age 99)

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Elvira Popescu  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
5.9
ActressErika, l'aventurière1940
Movie
5.4
ActressLisette Cousinet1938
Movie
ActressFrancine Margerie1939
Movie
6
ActressMadame Anna1937
Movie
6.4
ActressLætitia Bonaparte1960
Movie
ActressDora Clarkson1931
Movie
6.8
ActressComtesse Stacia Batchefskaïa1939
Movie
5.5
ActressSofia de Vinci1942
Movie
6.5
ActressSonia Vorochine1939
Movie
6.4
ActressMme Rameau, épouse d'un industriel et maîtresse d'Alfrédo1939
Movie
6
ActressMona Thalia1937
Movie
5.9
ActressPrincess Dorothée1939
Movie
6.1
ActressEdwige1932
Movie
6.9
ActressLa duchesse de Maulévrier1937
Movie
5.6
ActressSonia Varilovna1931
Movie
6.2
ActressThérèse Marnix1936
Movie
5.5
ActressBernardine Van der Pouf1938
Movie
7.9
ActressMrs. Popova1960
Movie
ActressRosaria1966
Movie
8.3
ActressKarma, la voyante1972
Movie
ActressDora Nelson / Suzanne Verdier1935
Movie
Actress1936
Movie
5.9
ActressMadame Fanny1941
Movie
5.8
ActressHélène Larsonnier1934
Movie
5.9
ActressMona Lorenza1942
Movie
5.9
ActressThe Queen of Silistrie1938
Movie
ActressMariska1939
Movie
ActressLa comtesse Irène Waldapowska1937
Movie
5.5
ActressNadia Mortal1937
Movie
ActressMaria Tortusanu - Vasil's fiancée1923
Movie
5.7
ActressVérotcha1938
Movie
6
Actress1941
Movie
5.8
ActressFrédérica1942
Movie
5.5
Actress1942
Movie
ActressArabella1943
Movie
Actress2018
TV Show
Actressself
1 Episode
1956-1974
TV Show
6.1
ActressSelf
1 Episode
1975-1980
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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