Eufrosina Popescu, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Eufrosina Popescu

Romanian actor (1821-1900)

Date of Birth: 20-Oct-1821

Date of Death: 03-Nov-1900

Profession: actor

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Eufrosina Popescu

  • Eufrosina Popescu (October 20, 1821, Bucharest–1900, Fete?ti) was a Wallachian, later Romanian stage actor.
  • She belonged to the first generation of professional actors in Romania. A native of Bucharest, her parents were the boyar Vlasto and his wife Maria.
  • At the age of sixteen, she married the army officer Theodor Popescu.
  • She studied music and acting at Societatea filarmonica, the first dramatic school in Romania, established by Costache Aristia, the pioneer and founder of the Romanian theater, in 1833.
  • Alongside Costache Caragiale, she belonged to the first generation of professional actors educated there, and active in Romania.
  • She performed parts within the Romanian drama of Vasile Alecsandri, V.A.
  • Urechia, Gheorghe Sion and Alexandru Macedonski, as well as classical international plays.
  • Under the name Eufrosina Marcolini, she also toured Europe, especially Italy, where she became quite popular.
  • After the 1859 Union of the Principalities, she returned home.
  • There, she appeared on stage, successively, with Mihail Pascaly and Matei Millo.

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