Luminita Gheorghiu
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Luminiţa Gheorghiu is an actress at Teatrul Bulandra in Bucharest
, Romania
one of the most respected theater actresses in East Central Europe. She has also appeared in a number of films, mostly in Romanian
, but also in French
.
Gheorghiu is a 1972 graduate of the Institute of Theatrical and Cinematographic Arts, where she studied under professor Ion Cojar.
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
one of the most respected theater actresses in East Central Europe. She has also appeared in a number of films, mostly in Romanian
Romanian language
Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...
, but also in French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
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Gheorghiu is a 1972 graduate of the Institute of Theatrical and Cinematographic Arts, where she studied under professor Ion Cojar.
Theatrical roles
- Mărioara - Sânziana şi Pepelea (Sanziana and Pepelea, a fairy story) by Vasile AlecsandriVasile AlecsandriVasile Alecsandri was a Romanian poet, playwright, politician, and diplomat. He collected Romanian folk songs and was one of the principal animators of the 19th century movement for Romanian cultural identity and union of Moldavia and Wallachia....
, directed by Alexandru Tocilescu, 1971, Studioul Casandra (Bucharest) - Mama Angheluşa -Cânticele comice (Comic Songs) by Vasile Alecsandri, directed by Ion Cojar, Studioul Casandra, 1971
- Trandafira - Trei crai de la răsărit (The Three Magi) by B.P. HaşdeuBogdan Petriceicu HasdeuBogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu was a Romanian writer and philologist, who pioneered many branches of Romanian philology and history. Hasdeu is considered to have been able to understand 26 languages .-Life:...
, directed by Ion Cojar, Studioul Casandra, 1971 - Victoriţa - O fată imposibilă (An Impossible Girl) by Virgil Stoenescu, directed by Marietta Sadova, Teatrul "Mihai Eminescu" BotoşaniBotosaniBotoșani is the capital city of Botoșani County, in northern Moldavia, Romania. Today, it is best known as the birthplace of many celebrated Romanians, including Mihai Eminescu and Nicolae Iorga.- Origin of the name :...
, 1972 - Vivian - Mrs. Warren's ProfessionMrs. Warren's ProfessionMrs Warren's Profession is a play written by George Bernard Shaw in 1893. The story centers on the relationship between Mrs Kitty Warren, a brothel owner, described by the author as "on the whole, a genial and fairly presentable old blackguard of a woman" and her daughter, Vivie...
by George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60...
, directed by Marietta Sadova, Teatrul "Mihai Eminescu" Botoşani, 1972 - Mama - The Misunderstanding by Albert CamusAlbert CamusAlbert Camus was a French author, journalist, and key philosopher of the 20th century. In 1949, Camus founded the Group for International Liaisons within the Revolutionary Union Movement, which was opposed to some tendencies of the Surrealist movement of André Breton.Camus was awarded the 1957...
, directed by Adrian Lupu, Stuidioul Casandra, 1972 - Cristina - Ultima cursă (Last Race) by Horia Lovinescu, directed by Emil Mandric, Teatrul "Mihai Eminescu" Botoşani 1974
- Lizzie Curry - The RainmakerThe Rainmaker (play)The Rainmaker is a play written by N. Richard Nash in the early 1950s. The play opened on October 28, 1954 at the Cort Theatre in New York and ran for 125 performances. It was directed by Joseph Anthony and produced by Ethel Linder Reiner....
by N. Richard NashN. Richard NashN. Richard Nash was a writer and dramatist best known for writing Broadway shows, including The Rainmaker.-Early life:...
, directed by Emil Mandric, Teatrul "Mihai Eminescu" Botoşani, 1974 - Ciocârlia - Tinereţe fără bătrâneţe şi viaţă fără de moarte (Youth Without Age and Life Without Death) by Eduard Covali, directed by Cătălina Buzoianu, Teatrul Tineretului Piatra NeamţPiatra NeamtPiatra Neamț , , ; is the capital city of Neamţ County, in the historical region of Moldavia, eastern Romania. Because of its privileged location in the Eastern Carpathian mountains, it is considered one of the most picturesque cities in Romania...
, 1975 - Gerda - The Pelican by August StrindbergAugust StrindbergJohan August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg's career spanned four decades, during which time he wrote over 60 plays and more than 30 works of fiction, autobiography,...
, directed by Ioan Taub, Teatrul Bulandra, 1976 - Nimi - Miles GloriosusMiles Gloriosus (play)Miles Gloriosus is a comedic play written by Titus Maccius Plautus . It is also known as "The Swaggering Soldier". His source for Miles Gloriosus was a Greek play, now lost, called Alazon or The Braggart. Although the characters in Miles Gloriosus speak Latin, they are Greeks, with Greek names,...
by PlautusPlautusTitus Maccius Plautus , commonly known as "Plautus", was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are the earliest surviving intact works in Latin literature. He wrote Palliata comoedia, the genre devised by the innovator of Latin literature, Livius Andronicus...
, directed by Anton Taub, Teatrul Bulandra, 1976 - Safta - Răceala (The Cold) by Marin SorescuMarin Sorescu- Biography :Born to a family of farmworkers in Bulzeşti, Dolj County, Sorescu graduated from the primary school in his home village. After that he went to the Buzesti Brothers High School in Craiova, after which he was transferred to the Predeal Military School. His final education was at the...
, directed by Dan Micu, Teatrul Bulandra, 1977 - Doctoriţa - Undeva, o lumină (Somewhere, a Light) by Doru Moţoc, directed by Valeriu Moisescu, Teatrul Bulandra, 1977
- Lucietta - The New House by Carlo GoldoniCarlo GoldoniCarlo Osvaldo Goldoni was an Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice. His works include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays. Audiences have admired the plays of Goldoni for their ingenious mix of wit and honesty...
, directed by Valeriu Moisescu, Teatrul Bulandra, 1978 - La lilieci (By the Lilacs) by Marin Sorescu, directed by Virgil Ogăşanu, Teatrul Bulandra, 1978
- Şura - A Day of Rest by Valentin Katayev, directed by Valeriu Moisescu, Teatrul Bulandra, 1981
- Dorina - TartuffeTartuffeTartuffe is a comedy by Molière. It is one of his most famous plays.-History:Molière wrote Tartuffe in 1664...
by MolièreMolièreJean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature...
, directed by Alexandru Tocilescu, Teatrul Bulandra, 1982 - O actriţă - A Cabal of Hypocrites by Mihail Bulgakov, directed by Alexandru Tocilescu, Teatrul Bulandra, 1982
- Linişte, ne privim în ochi (Quietly, They Won't See Us) by Marin Sorescu, directed by Virgil Ogăşanu, Teatrul Bulandra, 1983
- O lume pe scenă (A World on Stage), directed by Miriam Răducanu, Teatrul Bulandra, 1984
- Ea - The Bench by Alexander GelmanAlexander GelmanFor the writer Alexander Gelman, see Alexander Isaakovich Gelman. Alexander Gelman , born: Aleksandr Simonovich Gelman is an American theater director and the current Producing Artistic Director of Organic Theater Company in Chicago, Illinois.-Early life:Alexander Gelman was born in Leningrad,...
, directed by Mircea Cornişteanu, Teatrul Bulandra, 1984 - Sonia - Uncle VanyaUncle VanyaUncle Vanya is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first published in 1897 and received its Moscow première in 1899 in a production by the Moscow Art Theatre, under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski....
by Anton ChekhovAnton ChekhovAnton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics...
, directed by Alexa Visarion, Teatrul Bulandra, 1985 - Piticul Quaqueo - The Giants of the Mountain by Luigi PirandelloLuigi PirandelloLuigi Pirandello was an Italian dramatist, novelist, and short story writer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1934, for his "bold and brilliant renovation of the drama and the stage." Pirandello's works include novels, hundreds of short stories, and about 40 plays, some of which are written...
, directed by Cătălina Buzoianu, Teatrul Bulandra, 1987 - Fira - Omul cu mârţoaga (The Man With the Jade) by Gheorghe Ciprian, directed by Petre Popescu, Teatrul Bulandra, 1989
- Madame Bergman - The Awakening of Spring by Frank WedekindFrank WedekindBenjamin Franklin Wedekind , usually known as Frank Wedekind, was a German playwright...
, directed by Liviu Ciulei, Teatrul Bulandra, 1991 - Vittoria - Comic Theater by Carlo GoldoniCarlo GoldoniCarlo Osvaldo Goldoni was an Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice. His works include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays. Audiences have admired the plays of Goldoni for their ingenious mix of wit and honesty...
, directed by Silviu Purcărete, Teatrul Bulandra, 1992 - Whore, Angel - The Seventh Commandment by Dario FoDario FoDario Fo is an Italian satirist, playwright, theater director, actor and composer. His dramatic work employs comedic methods of the ancient Italian commedia dell'arte, a theatrical style popular with the working classes. He currently owns and operates a theatre company with his wife, actress...
, directed by Gelu Colceag, Teatrul Bulandra, 1993 - A woman, wife of Ill - The Visit of the Old Lady by Friedrich DürrenmattFriedrich DürrenmattFriedrich Dürrenmatt was a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-garde dramas, philosophically deep crime novels, and often macabre satire...
, directed by Felix Alexa, Teatrul Bulandra, 1993 - Paulina - The Winter's TaleThe Winter's TaleThe Winter's Tale is a play by William Shakespeare, originally published in the First Folio of 1623. Although it was grouped among the comedies, some modern editors have relabelled the play as one of Shakespeare's late romances. Some critics, among them W. W...
by William ShakespeareWilliam ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
, directed by Alexandru Darie, Teatrul Bulandra, 1994 - Olga - Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov, directed by Alexandru Darie, Teatrul Bulandra, 1995
- Prezicătoare - Julius CaesarJulius Caesar (play)The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, also known simply as Julius Caesar, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1599. It portrays the 44 BC conspiracy against...
by William Shakespeare, directed by Alexandru Darie, Teatrul Bulandra, 1995 - Nevasta lui Simon - 1794, after Camil PetrescuCamil PetrescuCamil Petrescu was a Romanian playwright, novelist, philosopher and poet. He marked the end of the traditional novel era and laid the foundation of the modern novel era.- Life :...
, Georg BuchnerGeorg BüchnerKarl Georg Büchner was a German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose. He was the brother of physician and philosopher Ludwig Büchner. Büchner's talent is generally held in great esteem in Germany...
, Peter WeissPeter WeissPeter Ulrich Weiss was a German writer, painter, and artist of adopted Swedish nationality. He is particularly known for his plays Marat/Sade and The Investigation and his novel The Aesthetics of Resistance....
; director and scenarist Alexandru Darie, Teatrul Bulandra, 1997 - Exercises in StyleExercises in StyleExercises in Style , written by Raymond Queneau, is a collection of 99 retellings of the same story, each in a different style. In each, the narrator gets on the "S" bus Exercises in Style , written by Raymond Queneau, is a collection of 99 retellings of the same story, each in a different style....
, after Raymond QueneauRaymond QueneauRaymond Queneau was a French poet and novelist and the co-founder of Ouvroir de littérature potentielle .-Biography:Born in Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Queneau was the only child of Auguste Queneau and Joséphine Mignot...
, directed by Ileana Cârstea-Simion, Teatrul Bulandra, 1997 - Bătrâna - Chickenhead by George Spiro, directed by Gelu Colceag, Teatrul Bulandra 1998
- Eugenia - Tango by Slawomir MrozekSlawomir MrozekSławomir Mrożek is a Polish dramatist and writer. In 1963 Mrożek emigrated to France and then further to Mexico. In 1996 he returned to Poland and settled in Kraków. In 2008 he moved back to France....
, directed by Gelu Colceag, Teatrul Bulandra, 2001 - Portăreasa - De Pretore Vincenzo by Eduardo de FilippoEduardo De FilippoEduardo De Filippo was an Italian actor, playwright, screenwriter, author and poet, best known for his Neapolitan works Filumena Marturano and Napoli Milionaria.-Biography:...
, directed by Horaţiu Mălăele, Teatrul Bulandra, 2003
Feature films
- Labirintul (The Labyrinth, 1980), directed by Şerban Creangă
- Secveţe, directed by Alexandru Tatos
- Moromeţii (The Moromete Family, 1987), directed by Stere GuleaStere GuleaStere Gulea is a Romanian film director and screenwriter.-Filmography:*Weekend cu mama *Stare de fapt , also screenplay*Vulpe - Vânǎtor...
- Drumul câinilor (lit. Road of the Dogs, 1991), directed by Laurenţiu Damian
- Rămânerea, directed by Laurenţiu Damian
- Priveşte înainte cu mânie (Look Ahead with Anger, 1993), directed by Nicolae Mărgineanu
- Prea târziu (Too Late, 1996), directed by Lucian PintilieLucian Pintilie-Filmography:* Duminică la ora şase * Reconstituirea * Salonul numărul 6 * De ce trag clopotele, Mitică? - see also the "Portrayals and tributes" section at Mitică* Balanţa * O vară de neuitat * Prea târziu...
- Trenul Vieţii (Train of Life, 1998)
- Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyagesCode UnknownCode Unknown: Incomplete Tales of Several Journeys is a 2000 film directed by Michael Haneke. Most of the story occurs in Paris, France, where the fates of several characters intersect and connect...
(Code Unknown: Incomplete Tales of Several Journeys, 2000), directed by Michael HanekeMichael HanekeMichael Haneke is a German born Austrian filmmaker and writer best known for his bleak and disturbing style. His films often document problems and failures in modern society. Haneke has worked in television‚ theatre and cinema. He is also known for raising social issues in his work... - Marfa şi banii (Stuff and Dough, 2001).
- Moartea Domnului Lazarescu (Death of Mr. Lazarescu, 2005).
- 4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days is a 2007 Romanian film written and directed by Cristian Mungiu. It won the Palme d'Or and the FIPRESCI Award at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival....
(2007) - AuroraAurora (2010 film)Aurora is a 2010 Romanian film written and directed by Cristi Puiu, who also plays the main character. Producer Anca Puiu has described the plot as a "crime story from a new perspective." It is the second installment in Puiu's planned suite "Six Stories from the Outskirts of Bucharest", the first...
(2010)