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
[edit]The Maria Filotti Theatre in Brăila is named for Filotti.
Stage appearances
[edit]- Gioconda in La Gioconda by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1904–1905)
- Silvia in Suprema forţă by Haralamb Lecca (1904–1905)
- Nenela in Come le foglie by Giuseppe Giacosa (1905–1906)
- Enriqueta in El loco Dios by 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 by Adolphe d'Ennery and Eugène Cormon (1906–1907, Iaşi)
- Germaine Lechat in 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 by 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 by 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
[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]- ^ "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.
- ^ a b Popescu, Irina (7 July 2011). "Romanian Prince Serban Cantacuzino dies in Paris". Romania Insider. Retrieved 15 July 2011.