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.

  • Title : Elvira Popescu
  • Popularity : 1.653
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1894-05-10
  • Place of Birth : Bucarest, Romania
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  • Also Known As : Elvire Popesco
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Elvira Popescu Movies

  • 2018
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    Clouzot : The Early Works

    Clouzot : The Early Works

    1 2018 HD

    A master of suspense admired even by Hitchcock, Henri-Georges Clouzot is famous for acid-tinged thrillers about cold-blooded murder and ugly...

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  • 1939
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    Nine Bachelors

    Nine Bachelors

    6.3 1939 HD

    Nine Bachelors is a 1939 French comedy film directed by Sacha Guitry and starring Guitry, Max Dearly and Elvire Popesco.[1] An opportunist dreams up...

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  • 1939
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    Four Flights to Love

    Four Flights to Love

    6.2 1939 HD

    In pre-World Ward I in Paris, a budding artist, Pierre LeBlanc, falls in love and marries Janine, a dressmaker's assistant. Pierre has a flair for...

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  • 1960
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    The Battle of Austerlitz

    The Battle of Austerlitz

    6.517 1960 HD

    Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself emperor and fights the English, Austrians and Russians in 1802.

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  • 1934
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    Une femme chipée

    Une femme chipée

    1 1934 HD

    Hélène, married to Larsonnier, has developed a crush for Germont, her neighbor. One night, she is abducted and she discovers that her...

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  • 1935
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    Dora Nelson

    Dora Nelson

    1 1935 HD

    Dora Nelson, a famous actress, leaves both her husband Philippe de Moreuil and the role she was playing in a movie directed by Nivert, to follow her...

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  • 1936
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    L'Amant de Madame Vidal

    L'Amant de Madame Vidal

    1 1936 HD

    Catherine Vidal is a featherbrained wife who imagines that her husband cheats on her. To wash away the alleged stigma, Catherine hires a young man...

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  • 1937
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    Le Club des Aristocrates

    Le Club des Aristocrates

    1 1937 HD

    Serge loves living it up but painting the town red has a price... too high for him! What to do then? Alfred, his servant and former pickpocket, has...

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  • 1938
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    La Présidente

    La Présidente

    1 1938 HD

    Vérotchka, a vivacious theater actress touring in a provincial town, is turned out of her hotel by orders of Monsieur Tricointe, the stern...

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  • 1938
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    Bargekeepers Daughter

    Bargekeepers Daughter

    9 1938 HD

    Prince Sacha studies in Paris and cares more for Marianne than about Silistrie, the country his family was exiled from. But Chautard, a French...

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  • 1939
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    Deputy Eusèbe

    Deputy Eusèbe

    1 1939 HD

    Eusèbe Bonbonneau, a solicitor's clerk, learns one day that a candidate bearing his name runs for election as a member of parliament. In fact...

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  • 1941
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    Parade in 7 Nights

    Parade in 7 Nights

    4.5 1941 HD

    In the pound, Pipo the dog recounts his adventures to his fellow inmates.

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  • 1942
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    The Blue Veil

    The Blue Veil

    4.8 1942 HD

    In 1914, in the first months of World War I, Louise Jarraud loses her husband, killed on the front. Shortly after, she gives birth to a baby, who...

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  • 1942
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    Frédérica

    Frédérica

    4 1942 HD

    Gilbert, poet and singer, is about to marry Lilette but deep inside himself he is not quite sure that she is the woman he needs. That is the reason...

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  • 1941
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    Le valet maître

    Le valet maître

    1 1941 HD

    Some, like Ravier de l'Orne are born... masters, but ,like him, do not live up to their rank. Others, like Gustave Morillon, are... born masters,...

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  • 1943
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    Fou d'amour

    Fou d'amour

    1 1943 HD

    Claude, who temporarily replaces his father at the head of a department store, falls in love at first sight with a pretty female customer. He finds...

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  • 1942
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    L'âge d'or

    L'âge d'or

    1 1942 HD

    Véra, a vivacious woman, and her alleged brother Boris, are both hired by the Dubelairs as their chambermaid and caretaker. But Dubelair has...

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  • 1939
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    Behind the Facade

    Behind the Facade

    7.8 1939 HD

    In the elevator of two large Parisian buildings, a telegraph operator discovers the body of an elderly woman, Madame Mathieu, the owner of both...

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  • 1940
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    The Mondesir Heir

    The Mondesir Heir

    3.5 1940 HD

    Bienaimé, a modest postman, in love with Janine, the village postmistress, does not know that he is the illegitimate son of the old Baron de...

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  • 1932
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    Sa meilleure cliente

    Sa meilleure cliente

    4.5 1932 HD

    It is one thing to open a beauty salon (which Edwige and her young lover Gaston have just done) but it is another to keep it on its feet.To best...

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  • 1923
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    Tigancusa de la iatac

    Tigancusa de la iatac

    6 1923 HD

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  • 1938
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    Tricoche and Cacolet

    Tricoche and Cacolet

    7.1 1938 HD

    Two friends, Tricoche and Cacolet, are partners in a detective agency. Chance has it that Cacolet is hired by Van der Pouf, a rich banker who wants...

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  • 1939
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    Sacred Woods

    Sacred Woods

    1 1939 HD

    Despite her success, writer Francine Margerie is let down to see that she is not nominated for the Legion of Honor award. One solution could be to...

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  • 1936
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    The King

    The King

    1 1936 HD

    King John IV of Cerdania, who knows monarchs are a vanishing race but who plays his royalty role in state council or boudoir to the hilt, is in Paris...

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  • 1937
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    The Green Dress

    The Green Dress

    6.1 1937 HD

    Count Hubert de Latour Latour is the lover of the Duchess de Maulévrier. The day he is surprised by the Duke in the company of his wife and......

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  • 1960
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    Purple Noon

    Purple Noon

    7.6 1960 HD

    Tom Ripley is a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser; but there's more to Tom Ripley than even he can guess.

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  • 1938
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    Mon curé chez les riches

    Mon curé chez les riches

    2 1938 HD

    In the village of Sableuse, the local manor has been bought out by a nouveau riche, Emile Cousinet. When his wife Lisette, a former music hall...

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  • 1937
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    The House Across the Street

    The House Across the Street

    1 1937 HD

    A man of integrity, Monsieur Pic is the accountant beyond reproach of the Banque Universelle. He would not dream of doing anything wrong and...

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  • 1966
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    La Mamma

    La Mamma

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Fatted Calf

    The Fatted Calf

    6.2 1939 HD

    Jules Vachon, a pharmacist, has two sons, Gabriel, a steady-minded young man dedicated to his job in the pharmacy, and Gaston, a good for nothing...

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  • 1972
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    La voyante

    La voyante

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1937
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    The Man of the Day

    The Man of the Day

    5 1937 HD

    Alfred Boulard, a good-natured electrician, gives his blood to save Mona Thalia, a great theater actress. Mona Thalia survives and Boulard becomes...

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  • 1931
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    My Cousin From Warsaw

    My Cousin From Warsaw

    5.2 1931 HD

    Archibald Burel, a banker, has had enough of his wife cheating on him, and with his best friend Hubert into the bargain! One day he has (at least...

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  • 1931
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    The stranger

    The stranger

    1 1931 HD

    In a luxury hotel, a gathering of foreign high society people attend a wedding lunch. By the end of the feast a dramatic turn of events occurs : on...

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  • 1942
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    Mademoiselle Swing

    Mademoiselle Swing

    5 1942 HD

    Stuck in Angoulême between her uncle, who composes classical music, and her aunt, who is a fan of contemporary music, young Irène finds...

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  • 1937
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    In Venice, One Night

    In Venice, One Night

    1 1937 HD

    Mortal is ready to do anything to obtain a divorce from his wife Nadia. To compromise her, he needs to find her a lover. He thinks he has found the...

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  • 1975
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    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    6 1975 HD

    A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

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  • 1956
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    En direct de...

    En direct de...

    1 1956 HD

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