Maria Filotti
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Maria Filotti was a Romania
n actress of Greek
origin. She has been described as among the "prestigious actors of the great realistic school" and the "directress" of a theater "that made an important contribution to transmitting the experience from one generation to the next." The Maria Filotti Theatre
in Brăila
, Romania
is named after her.
Filotti was the grandmother of Romanian actor, Şerban Cantacuzino
. Cantacuzino made his acting debut opposite Filotti in The Prince and the Beggar at the Bucharest National Theatre when he was eleven years old.
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...
n actress of Greek
Greeks in Romania
There has been a Greek presence in Romania for at least 27 centuries. At times, as during the Phanariote era, this presence has amounted to hegemony; at other times , the Greeks have simply been one among the many ethnic minorities in Romania.-Ancient and Medieval Period:The Greek presence in what...
origin. She has been described as among the "prestigious actors of the great realistic school" and the "directress" of a theater "that made an important contribution to transmitting the experience from one generation to the next." The Maria Filotti Theatre
Maria Filotti theatre
The Maria Filotti is a theatre in Brăila, Romania.The theatre was built in 1896 as "Teatrul Rally". In 1919, it was renamed "Teatrul Comunal" , in 1949, "Teatrul del Stat Brăila - Galaţi" , and in 1969, acquired its present name, in honour of the Romanian actress, Maria Filotti .The theatre has 369...
in Brăila
Braila
Brăila is a city in Muntenia, eastern Romania, a port on the Danube and the capital of Brăila County, in the close vicinity of Galaţi.According to the 2002 Romanian census there were 216,292 people living within the city of Brăila, making it the 10th most populous city in Romania.-History:A...
, 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...
is named after her.
Filotti was the grandmother of Romanian actor, Şerban Cantacuzino
Șerban Cantacuzino (actor)
Prince Şerban Cantacuzino was a Romanian prince and actor, who appeared in more than a dozen television, film and musical roles during his career...
. Cantacuzino made his acting debut opposite Filotti in The Prince and the Beggar at the Bucharest National Theatre when he was eleven years old.
Stage appearances
- Gioconda in "La Gioconda" by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1904–1905)
- Silvia in "Suprema forţă" de Haralamb Lecca (1904–1905)
- Nenela in "Come le foglie" de Giuseppe GiacosaGiuseppe GiacosaGiuseppe Giacosa was an Italian poet, playwright and librettist.He was born in Colleretto Parella, now Colleretto Giacosa, near Turin. His father was a magistrate. Giuseppe went to the University of Turin, studying in the University of Turin, Faculty of Law...
(1905–1906) - Enriqueta in "El loco Dios" de José EchegarayJosé EchegarayJosé Echegaray y Eizaguirre was a Spanish civil engineer, mathematician, statesman, and one of the leading Spanish dramatists of the last quarter of the 19th century....
(1905–1906) - Catherine de Septmonts in "L'étrangère" by Alexandre Dumas fils (1906–1907, Iaşi)
- Berta in "Victims of the Law" by Landray (1906–1907, Iaşi)
- Clara Tardini in "Jucătorii de cărţi" by Haralamb Lecca (1906–1907, Iaşi)
- Henriette in "Cele două orfeline" de Adolphe d'EnneryAdolphe d'EnneryAdolphe Philippe d'Ennery or Dennery was a French Jewish dramatist and novelist.Born in Paris, his real surname was Philippe...
and Eugène CormonEugène CormonPierre-Etienne Piestre, known as Eugène Cormon , was a French dramatist and librettist. He used his mother’s name, Cormon, during his career....
(1906–1907, Iaşi) - Germaine Lechat in "Business is businessBusiness is businessBusiness is business is a French comedy in three acts, by the novelist and playwright Octave Mirbeau, performed in April 1903 on the stage of Comédie-Française, in Paris, and worldwide acclaimed, especially in Russia, Germany and United States....
(Les affaires sont les affaires)" by Octave MirbeauOctave MirbeauOctave Mirbeau was a French journalist, art critic, travel writer, pamphleteer, novelist, and playwright, who achieved celebrity in Europe and great success among the public, while still appealing to the literary and artistic avant-garde...
(1906–1907, Iaşi) - Nelly Rozier in "Nelly Rozier" by Maurice Hennequin and Paul Bilhaud (1906–1907, Iaşi)
- Thomry in "La Martyre" by Jean RichepinJean RichepinJean Richepin , French poet, novelist and dramatist, the son of an army doctor, was born at Médéa, French Algeria.At school and at the École Normale Supérieure he gave evidence of brilliant, if somewhat undisciplined, powers, for which he found physical vent in different directions—first as a...
(1906–1907, Iaşi) - Elena de Bréchebel in "La rafale (Whirlwind)" by Henri BernsteinHenri BernsteinHenri-Léon-Gustave-Charles Bernstein was a French playwright associated with Boulevard theatre.The far-right royalist Camelots du Roi youth organization of the Action française organized an anti-Semitic riot against a production of one of his plays in 1911...
(1906–1907, Iaşi)) - Elissa in "Rahab" by Rudolf von GottschallRudolf von GottschallRudolf Gottschall in Leipzig, since 1877: von Gottschall, was a German poet and dramatist....
(1906–1907, Iaşi)) - Lady Milford in "Kabale und Liebe (Intrigue and LoveIntrigue and LoveIntrigue and Love , , is a five-act play, written by the German dramatist and writer Friedrich Schiller...
)" by Friedrich SchillerFriedrich SchillerJohann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life , Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe...
(1906–1907) - Maria in "Magda (Heimat)" by Hermann SudermannHermann SudermannHermann Sudermann was a German dramatist and novelist.- Early career :He was born at Matzicken, a village just to the east of Heydekrug in the Province of Prussia , close to the Russian frontier...
(1906–1907) - Toinetta in "Eva" by Richard Voss (1906–1907)
- Neera in "Fântâna Blanduziei" 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....
(1907–1908, Bucharest) - Vidra in "Răzvan şi Vidra" by Bogdan Petriceicu HasdeuBogdan 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:...
(1907–1908) - Eglea in "Dragoste cu toane" by J. W. Goethe (1907–1908)
- Corina in "Ovidiu" 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....
(1907–1908) - Zoe in "O scrisoare pierdută" by Ion Luca CaragialeIon Luca CaragialeIon Luca Caragiale was a Wallachian-born Romanian playwright, short story writer, poet, theater manager, political commentator and journalist...
(1922–1923) - Countess Almaviva in "Nunta lui Figaro" de Beaumarchais (1922–1923)
- Hedda Gabler in "Hedda Gabler" by Henrik IbsenHenrik IbsenHenrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...
- Queen Elisabeth in "Maria Stuart (Mary Stuart)" by Friedrich SchillerFriedrich SchillerJohann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life , Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe...
(1923–1924) - Irina in "Chaika (The SeagullThe SeagullThe Seagull is the first of what are generally considered to be the four major plays by the Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov. The Seagull was written in 1895 and first produced in 1896...
)" 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...
(1923–1924) - Clotilde in "Pariziana" by Henry BecqueHenry BecqueHenry François Becque , French dramatist, was born in Lille.In 1867, he wrote, in imitation of Lord Byron, the libretto for Victorin de Joncières's opera Sardanapale, but his first important work, Michel Pauper, appeared in 1870. The importance of this sombre drama was first realized when it was...
(1929) - Zoe in "Gaiţele" de Alexandru Kiriţescu (1949–1950, Bucharest)
- Melania in "Yegor Bulychov and Others" by Maxim Gorki (1950–1951, Bucharest)
- Adela in "Citadela sfărâmată" by Horia Lovinescu (1954–1955, Bucharest)
Filmography
- Înşir-te mărgărite (1912)
- Independenţa României (1912)
- Pe valurile fericirii (1920)
- Visul unui nopţi de iarnă (1946)
- Citadela sfărâmată (1956)