Silviu Stănculescu (; 24 January 1932 – 23 October 1998) was a
Romania
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n stage and screen actor.
He appeared in more than forty films from 1960 to 1998.
Born in
Timișoara, he graduated in 1956 from the
I.L. Caragiale Institute of Theatre and Film Arts (IATC) in
Bucharest
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. On the theatre stage, he played in adaptations of ''
Meșterul Manole'', ''
The Charterhouse of Parma'', ''
The Rainmaker'', ''
La Machine à écrire'', and ''
Harap Alb''. From 1981 to 1990 he was the director of the from Bucharest.
He married Corina Stănescu (née Pîrvulescu), whom he had met while in high school in
Caracal. The two had a daughter, Rodica (1962), who died at age 4, and later another daughter, Catrinel (1968), and a son, Radu (1970).

Stănculescu died of
leukemia at Victor Babeș Hospital in Bucharest, at age 66.
He was buried in the city's
Bellu Cemetery, on the Artists' Lane.
Streets in
Târgoviște and
Voluntari are named after him.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1932 births
1998 deaths
Actors from Timișoara
Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film alumni
Romanian male film actors
Romanian male stage actors
Deaths from leukemia in Romania
Burials at Bellu Cemetery
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