Maria Filotti (9 October 1883, Batogu,

Brăila County Brăila County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Brăila. Demographics In 2011, Brăila had a population of 304,925 and the population density was 64/km2. * Romanians – 98% * Romani, Russians, Lipo ...

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– 5 November 1956,

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) was a

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

Legacy

The

Maria Filotti Theatre The Maria Filotti is a theatre in Brăila, Romania. The theatre was built in 1896 as "Teatrul Rally". In 1919, it was renamed "Teatrul Comunal" ("The Communal Theatre"), in 1949, "Teatrul del Stat Brăila – Galați" ("The State Theater of Brăi ...

Brăila Brăila (, also , ) is a city in Muntenia, eastern Romania, a port on the Danube and the capital of Brăila County. The ''Sud-Est'' Regional Development Agency is located in Brăila. According to the 2011 Romanian census there were 180,302 pe ...

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

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(1905–1906) * Enriqueta in "''El loco Dios''" de

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(1905–1906) * Catherine de Septmonts in "''L'étrangère''" by

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(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

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and

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(1906–1907, Iaşi) * Germaine Lechat in "''

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(Les affaires sont les affaires)''" by

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(1906–1907, Iaşi) * Nelly Rozier in "''Nelly Rozier''" by

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and

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(1906–1907, Iaşi) * Thomry in "''La Martyre''" by

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(1906–1907, Iaşi) * Elena de Bréchebel in "''La rafale (Whirlwind)''" by

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(1906–1907, Iaşi)) * Elissa in "''Rahab''" by Rudolf von Gottschall (1906–1907, Iaşi)) * Lady Milford in "''Kabale und Liebe'' (''

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'')" by

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(1906–1907) * Maria in "''Magda (Heimat)''" by

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(1906–1907) * Toinetta in "''Eva''" by

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(1906–1907) * Neera in "''Fântâna Blanduziei''" by

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(1907–1908, Bucharest) * Vidra in "''Răzvan şi Vidra''" by

Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu ( 26 February 1838 – ) was a Romanian writer and philologist, who pioneered many branches of Romanian philology and history. Life He was born Tadeu Hâjdeu in Cristineștii Hotinului (now Kerstentsi in Chernivtsi ...

(1907–1908) * Eglea in "''Dragoste cu toane''" by J. W. Goethe (1907–1908) * Corina in "''Ovidiu''" by

(1907–1908) * Zoe in "''O scrisoare pierdută''" by

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(1922–1923) * Countess Almaviva in "''Nunta lui Figaro''" de

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(1922–1923) * Hedda Gabler in "''Hedda Gabler''" by

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* Queen Elisabeth in "''Maria Stuart'' ('' Mary Stuart'')" by

(1923–1924) * Irina in "''Chaika'' (''

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'')" by

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(1923–1924) * Clotilde in "''Pariziana''" by

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(1929) * Zoe in "''Gaiţele''" de Alexandru Kiriţescu (1949–1950, Bucharest) * Melania in "''Yegor Bulychov and Others''" by

Maxim Gorki Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (russian: Макси́м Го́рький, link=no), was a Russian writer and sociali ...

(1950–1951, Bucharest) * Adela in "''Citadela sfărâmată''" by

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(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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Filotti, Maria 1883 births 1956 deaths 20th-century Romanian actresses Romanian people of Greek descent People from Brăila County Romanian stage actresses Theatre owners

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