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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Bucarest, Romania, 1894-05-10

Died: 1993-12-11

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1923	Tigancusa de la iatac	Maria Tortusanu - Vasil's fiancée	60
2	1931	The stranger	Dora Clarkson	0
3	1931	My Cousin From Warsaw	Sonia Varilovna	52
4	1932	Sa meilleure cliente	Edwige	45
5	1934	Une femme chipée	Hélène Larsonnier	0
6	1935	Dora Nelson	Dora Nelson / Suzanne Verdier	0
7	1936	L'Amant de Madame Vidal		0
8	1936	The King	Thérèse Marnix	0
9	1937	The Man of the Day	Mona Thalia	50
10	1937	The House Across the Street	Madame Anna	0
11	1937	Le Club des Aristocrates	La comtesse Irène Waldapowska	0
12	1937	The Green Dress	La duchesse de Maulévrier	61
13	1937	In Venice, One Night	Nadia Mortal	10
14	1938	La Présidente	Vérotcha	0
15	1938	Tricoche and Cacolet	Bernardine Van der Pouf	71
16	1938	Bargekeepers Daughter	The Queen of Silistrie	90
17	1938	Mon curé chez les riches	Lisette Cousinet	20
18	1939	Deputy Eusèbe	Mariska	0
19	1939	Behind the Facade	Mrs. Rameau, wife of an industrialist and mistress of Alfredo	78
20	1939	The Fatted Calf	Princess Dorothée	62
21	1939	Nine Bachelors	Countess Stacia Batchefskaïa	64
22	1939	Four Flights to Love	Sonia Vorochine	62
23	1939	Sacred Woods	Francine Margerie	0
24	1940	The Mondesir Heir	Erika, l'aventurière	35
25	1941	Parade in 7 Nights	Madame Fanny	45
26	1941	Le valet maître		0
27	1942	L'âge d'or		0
28	1942	Mademoiselle Swing	Sofia de Vinci	50
29	1942	The Blue Veil	Mona Lorenza	54
30	1942	Frédérica	Frédérica	40
31	1943	Fou d'amour	Arabella	0
32	1960	Purple Noon	Mrs. Popova	76
33	1960	The Battle of Austerlitz	Lætitia Bonaparte	66
34	1966	La Mamma	Rosaria	0
35	1972	La voyante	Karma, la voyante	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1956	En direct de...	self	0
2	1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche	Self	60

Elvira Popescu

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