Elena Negreanu
{{Short description|Romanian actress (1918–2016)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Elena Negreanu
| birth_date = February 13, 1918
| birth_place = Iași, Kingdom of Romania
| death_date = January 26, 2016 (aged 98)
| death_place = Bucharest, Romania
| nationality = Romanian
| education = Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film
}}
Elena Negreanu (February 13, 1918{{Cite web |last=Petrovici |first=Mihai |date=March 2013 |title=Mrs. Elena Negreanu at 95 celebrated at Majestic |url=http://bucurestiul-literar.ro/bla_2013-nr3.pdf |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620235736/http://bucurestiul-literar.ro/bla_2013-nr3.pdf |archive-date=2016-06-20 |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=bucurestiul-literar.ro |language=ro}} – January 26, 2016){{Cite web |date=2016-01-27 |title=Regizoarea şi actriţa Elena Negreanu, decana de vârstă a teatrului românesc, a decedat |url=https://www.mediafax.ro/cultura-media/regizoarea-si-actrita-elena-negreanu-decana-de-varsta-a-teatrului-romanesc-a-decedat-15001479 |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=Mediafax.ro |language=ro}} was a Romanian Jewish actress, graphic designer, and director.
Biography
Negreanu is the daughter of Constantin (1870–1921), a Translyvanian professor of chemistry, and Sevasta Negreanu (1890–1944), a professor of history. She was one of 7 children in her family.{{Cite web |date=2010-02-13 |title=Elena Negreanu împlineşte 92 de ani |url=https://www.amosnews.ro/arhiva/elena-negreanu-implineste-92-ani-13-02-2010 |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=www.amosnews.ro |language=ro}} At the age of 3, her father died, and her mother married fellow history professor Gavril Musuțuț, who encouraged Negreanu to become an actress. She attended acting classes in Bucharest in the class of Professor {{Ill|Beate Fredanov|ro|Beate Fredanov}}.{{Cite web |last=B |first=V. |date=2016-01-30 |title=Elena Negreanu: "Trebuie să te duci unde e mai greu!" {{!}} Agenția de presă Rador |url=https://www.rador.ro/2016/01/30/elena-negreanu-trebuie-sa-te-duci-unde-e-mai-greu/ |access-date=2023-12-25 |language=ro-RO}}
Starting in 1947, she was an actress at the National Theatre Bucharest and a lecturer at the Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film. In 1956, she became an artistic director of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company, engaging in classical audio performances until her departure in 1980.
She died on January 26, 2016, in Bucharest and is buried in the Bucharest Sephardic Jewish Cemetery.{{Cite web |date=2016-01-29 |title=In memoriam regizoarea Elena Negreanu |url=http://www.rgnpress.ro/rgn_14/component/content/article/20569-in-memoriam-regizoarea-elena-negreanu.html |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202060816/http://www.rgnpress.ro/rgn_14/component/content/article/20569-in-memoriam-regizoarea-elena-negreanu.html |archive-date=2017-02-02 |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=rgnpress.ro}}
Filmography
- A Lost Letter (1954) – Second director
References
External links
- {{IMDb name|id=nm0624413|name=Elena Negreanu}}
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