Actor
Elvira Popescu
May 10, 1894 · Bucarest, Romania
Elvira Popescu (10 May 1894 – 11 December 1993) was a Romanian-French stage and film actress and theatre director. During the 1930s and 1940s, she starred in a number of French comedy films.
Born in Bucharest, Popescu studied drama at the Music and Drama Conservatory in her native city, under the guidance of Constantin Nottara and Aristizza Romanescu. In 1911 Grigore Brezeanu was making the first Romanian films to deal with fiction. He employed Popesco as well as other leading actors like Nottara and Romanescu. The first two films were called "Fatal Love" and "Spin a Yarn". No copies are known of these films. Popesco made her debut at the National Theatre Bucharest at age 16. In 1912, she played herself in the movie Independența României, directed by Aristide Demetriade.
Notable work
Often works with
André Alerme
6 titles together
Four Flights to Love, The Blue Veil, The Man of the Day
André Lefaur
6 titles together
Nine Bachelors, Behind the Facade, The Green Dress
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Jules Berry
4 titles together
Behind the Facade, The Green Dress, Parade in 7 Nights
Nicolas Amato
3 titles together
Four Flights to Love, Nine Bachelors, The Fatted Calf
Victor Boucher
3 titles together
Nine Bachelors, The Green Dress, Parade in 7 Nights
Saturnin Fabre
3 titles together
Nine Bachelors, Tricoche and Cacolet, Mademoiselle Swing
Full filmography · 35
La Voyante
as Karma, la voyante
1972
La Mamma
as Rosaria
1966
Austerlitz
as Lætitia Bonaparte
19606.6
Purple Noon
as Mrs. Popova
19607.6
Fou d'amour
as Arabella
1943
The Blue Veil
as Mona Lorenza
1942
Frédérica
as Frédérica
1942
Mademoiselle Swing
as Sofia de Vinci
1942
L'âge d'or
as Véra Termutzki
1942
Le Valet maître
cast
1941
Parade in 7 Nights
as Madame Fanny
1941
The Mondesir Heir
as Erika, l'aventurière
1940