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.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1894-05-10
Place of Birth: Bucarest, Romania
Also Known As: Elvire Popesco

Movies List of Elvira Popescu

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Nine Bachelors

1939 Movie
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Paradis perdu

1939 Movie
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Une femme chipée

1934 Movie
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Dora Nelson

1935 Movie
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La Présidente

1938 Movie
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Bargekeepers Daughter

1938 Movie
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Deputy Eusèbe

1939 Movie
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Parade in 7 Nights

1941 Movie
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The Blue Veil

1942 Movie
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Frédérica

1942 Movie
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Le valet maître

1941 Movie
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Fou d'amour

1943 Movie
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L'âge d'or

1942 Movie
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Behind the Facade

1939 Movie
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The Mondesir Heir

1940 Movie
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Sa meilleure cliente

1932 Movie
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Tigancusa de la iatac

1923 Movie
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Tricoche and Cacolet

1938 Movie
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Sacred Woods

1939 Movie
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The King

1936 Movie
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The Green Dress

1937 Movie
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Purple Noon

1960 Movie
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La Mamma

1966 Movie
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The Fatted Calf

1939 Movie
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La voyante

1972 Movie
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The Man of the Day

1937 Movie
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My Cousin From Warsaw

1931 Movie
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The stranger

1931 Movie
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Mademoiselle Swing

1942 Movie
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In Venice, One Night

1937 Movie