Maria Filotti

Summary

Maria Filotti (9 October 1883, Batogu, Brăila County, Romania – 5 November 1956, Bucharest, Romania) was a Romanian actress .[1] She was described as one of 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."[2]

Maria Filotti

Filotti was the grandmother of Romanian actor, Şerban Cantacuzino.[3] Cantacuzino made his acting debut opposite Filotti in The Prince and the Pauper at the Bucharest National Theatre when he was eleven years old.[3]

Legacy edit

The Maria Filotti Theatre in Brăila is named for Filotti.

Stage appearances edit

Filmography edit

  • Înşir-te mărgărite (1912)
  • Independenţa României (1912)
  • On the Waves of Happiness (1920)
  • Visul unui nopţi de iarnă (1946)
  • Citadela sfărâmată (1956)

Works edit

  • Maria Filotti - Am ales teatrul - Editura pentru literatură, 1961

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Maria Filotti, actrita nuantelor". Ziua.ro. 2007-11-23. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  2. ^ Alterescu, Simion (1983). An Abridged history of Romanian theatre. Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România. pp. 115, 162–63.
  3. ^ a b Popescu, Irina (7 July 2011). "Romanian Prince Serban Cantacuzino dies in Paris". Romania Insider. Retrieved 15 July 2011.