Maria Filotti
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]
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
The Maria Filotti Theatre in Brăila is named for Filotti.
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 Giacosa (1905–1906)
- Enriqueta in "El loco Dios" de José Echegaray (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'Ennery and Eugène Cormon (1906–1907, Iaşi)
- Germaine Lechat in "Business is business (Les affaires sont les affaires)" by Octave Mirbeau (1906–1907, Iaşi)
- Nelly Rozier in "Nelly Rozier" by Maurice Hennequin and Paul Bilhaud (1906–1907, Iaşi)
- Thomry in "La Martyre" by Jean Richepin (1906–1907, Iaşi)
- Elena de Bréchebel in "La rafale (Whirlwind)" by Henri Bernstein (1906–1907, Iaşi))
- Elissa in "Rahab" by Rudolf von Gottschall (1906–1907, Iaşi))
- Lady Milford in "Kabale und Liebe (Intrigue and Love)" by Friedrich Schiller (1906–1907)
- Maria in "Magda (Heimat)" by Hermann Sudermann (1906–1907)
- Toinetta in "Eva" by Richard Voss (1906–1907)
- Neera in "Fântâna Blanduziei" by Vasile Alecsandri (1907–1908, Bucharest)
- Vidra in "Răzvan şi Vidra" by Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu (1907–1908)
- Eglea in "Dragoste cu toane" by J. W. Goethe (1907–1908)
- Corina in "Ovidiu" by Vasile Alecsandri (1907–1908)
- Zoe in "O scrisoare pierdută" by Ion Luca Caragiale (1922–1923)
- Countess Almaviva in "Nunta lui Figaro" de Beaumarchais (1922–1923)
- Hedda Gabler in "Hedda Gabler" by Henrik Ibsen
- Queen Elisabeth in "Maria Stuart (Mary Stuart)" by Friedrich Schiller (1923–1924)
- Irina in "Chaika (The Seagull)" by Anton Chekhov (1923–1924)
- Clotilde in "Pariziana" by Henry Becque (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)
- On the Waves of Happiness (1920)
- Visul unui nopţi de iarnă (1946)
- Citadela sfărâmată (1956)
Works
- Maria Filotti - Am ales teatrul - Editura pentru literatură, 1961
See also
References
- ↑ "Maria Filotti, actrita nuantelor". Ziua.ro. 2007-11-23. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ↑ Alterescu, Simion (1983). An Abridged history of Romanian theatre. Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România. pp. 115, 162–63.
- 1 2 Popescu, Irina (7 July 2011). "Romanian Prince Serban Cantacuzino dies in Paris". Romania Insider. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
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