Mitică Popescu
Mitică Popescu was a Romanian actor.
Biography
Popescu was born in Bucharest on 2 December 1936. He started his studies in the mid-1950s at the Institute of Theatrical and Cinematographic Art, but he was arrested by the Securitate in 1958, allegedly for planning to flee the country, and was sentenced to 3 years of prison. First detained at Malmaison Prison in Bucharest, he was transferred to Jilava Prison, and then to the labor camps at Periprava and Salcia on the Danube. Upon release, Radu Beligan and helped him find a job at, and in 1963 he resumed his acting studies.After graduating in 1967, he worked at Teatrul Tineretului in Piatra Neamț, where he stayed until 1973, when he transferred to in Bucharest, on whose stage he played until 2010. In 2002 he was awarded the National Order of Faithful Service, knight rank. In 2009 he received a lifetime career award from, while in 2013 he received the Gopo Award for lifetime achievement.
In 1977, Popescu married the actress Leopoldina Bălănuță, who died in 1998. He died on 3 January 2023, at the age of 86, at the in Bucharest, where he was hospitalized. He was buried with military honors in the city's Bellu Cemetery, next to his wife.
Activity
Theatre
Philadelphia Here I Come! by Brian Friel Vreți să jucați cu noi? by Matca by Marin Sorescu – Logodnicul, MomâieRăspântia cea mare by Victor Ion Popa – AndreiLife of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht – SagredoMânia posturilor by Vasile Alecsandri – ServiescuThe Andersonville Trial by Saul Levitt – Doctor John C. Bates The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen – Hjalmar EkdalCititorul by contor by Paul Everac The Cave Dwellers by William Saroyan – The duke Două ore de pace by Dumitru Radu Popescu – StelicăOmul, continuați să puneți întrebări by Ada D'Albon The Émigrés by Slawomir Mrozek The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux – The garbageman Să îmbrăcăm pe cei goi by Luigi Pirandello – Lodovico NotaAbsurd Person Singular by Alan Ayckbourn – Sidney HopcroftNu sunt Turnul Eiffel by Ecaterina Oproiu – Old manO șansă pentru fiecare by Radu F. Alexandru – The functionaryEvul mediu întâmplător by Romulus Guga – IoachimThe Master and Margarita by Mihail Bulgakov – KorovievNiște țărani by Dinu Săraru – Năiță LuceanCa frunza dudului din rai by Dumitru Radu Popescu – TicleteIvona, Princess of Burgundia by Witold Gombrowicz – King IgnatMitică Popescu by Camil Petrescu O femeie drăguță cu o floare și ferestre spre nord by Edvard Radzinsky – FedeaActorii The Mandrake by Niccolò Machiavelli – Messer NicciaLes Monstres sacrés by Jean Cocteau – Florent Jacques and his Master by Milan Kundera – Jacques The Seagull by Anton Chekhov – Piotr Nikolaevici SorinAs You Like It by William Shakespeare – AmiensShe Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith – Mr. Hardcastle Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon – Victor VelascoThe Ghost Sonata by August Strindberg – The old manThe School for Wives by Molière – Chrysalby The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni – PantaloneCimitirul păsărilor by Antonio Gala – DeograciasViitorul e maculatură by – Julien RougierAlex and Morris by Michael Elkin – MorrisColonia îngerilor by – The old manFilmography
Umilință - SanduTicăloșii Păcală se întoarce – a peasantSistemul nervos Lotus – ManasiaDulcea saună a morții – MutulTurnul din Pisa – ColonelThe Earth's Most Beloved Son – Securitate officer' Rămânerea Miss Litoral Idolul și Ion-Anapoda –Drumeț în calea lupilor – poștașulUn studio în căutarea unei vedete The Moromete Family – CocoșilăTrenul by aur – Comisar MunteanuCăsătorie cu repetiție – MiticăFapt divers Emisia continuă Fram Mitul lui Mitică – himselfUn Saltimbanc la Polul Nord Saltimbancii Vânătoarea by vulpi – Năiță LuceanThe Moment- '