Elvire Popesco

Elvira Popescu

Actriță
Born: 10.05.1894 in Bucharest
Died: 11.12.1993 in Paris

Graduate of the Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, Bucharest, professors Aristizza Romanescu and Constantin Nottara. Astress at National Theatre in Bucharest. From 1923 when she played the lead in Louis Verneuil's "Ma cousine de Varsovie" to 1978 when she played again (and for the last time) "La Mamma", written specially for her by André Roussin, Elvire Popesco was the undisputed queen of "Théâtre de Boulevard" (light comedies). For 55 years in a row, la Popesco was that ebullient and charming thick-accented foreigner who graced with her cheerful energy dozens of plays by such witty playwrights such as Louis Verneuil, Jacques Deval, Sacha Guitry, Henri Bernstein, André Roussin, Marcel Achard and many others. She seldom ventured into "serious" territory but Jean Cocteau's "La machine infernale" and Frédéric Dard's "La dame de Chicago" are exceptions that help to back up Tristan Bernard's own definition of her personality: "Elvire Popesco is a glass of champagne with tears at the bottom". Even when she appeared in a famous thriller like René Clément's Purple Noon (1960), she was her usual eccentric foreigner self. Though when she was still a young Romananian thespian her dream was to become a great tragedian, she soon realized that if she wanted to succeed in France her accent was a terrible handicap. She made people laugh and she proved wise enough to accept it for a fact. She was wonderful as a result instead of... ridiculous. (Guy Bellinger for imdb.com)
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1960

1942

1939

1912

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Au théâtre ce soir (serial tv)	Karma, clarvăzătoare	1967/1972
The Battle of Austerlitz	Laetitia Bonaparte	1960
Purple Noon	Mrs. Popova	1960
Fou d'amour	Arabella	1943
Frédérica	Frédérica	1942
The Blue Veil	Mona Lorenza	1942
Mademoiselle Swing	Sofia de Vinci	1942
L'âge d'or	Véra Termutzki	1942
Le valet maître	Antonia	1941
Parade en 7 nuits	Madame Fanny	1941
The Mondesir Heir	Erika Axelos	1940
Four Flights to Love / Paradis perdu	Sonia Vorochine	1940
Sacred Woods / Le Bois Sacre	Francine Margerie	1939
Nine Bachelors	Comtesse Stacia Batchefskaïa	1939
Le veau gras	La princesse Dorothée	1939
Derrière la façade	Madame Rameau	1939
Eusèbe député	Mariska	1939
Mon curé chez les riches	Lisette Cousinet	1938
Bargekeepers Daughter	Regina din Silistrie	1938
Tricoche et Cacolet	Bernardine Van der Pouf	1938
La présidente	Vérotcha	1938
À Venise, une nuit	Nadia Mortal	1937
L'habit vert	La duchesse de Maulévrier	1937
Le club des aristocrates	La comtesse Irène Waldapowska	1937
The House Across the Street	Madame Anna	1937
The Man of the Hour	Mona Thalia	1937
The King	Thérèse Marnix	1936
L'amant de Madame Vidal	Catherine Vidal	1936
Dora Nelson	Dora Nelson / Suzanne Verdier	1935
Une femme chipée	Hélène Larsonnier	1934
Sa meilleure cliente	Edwige	1932
Ma cousine de Varsovie	Sonia Varilovna	1931
L'étrangère	Dora Clarkson	1931
The Gypsy Girl in the Alcove	Maria Tortușanu	1923
Romania’s Independence	Țărancă	1912

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Popesco sau accentul e de aur! - lon Cantacuzino

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