Romanian actor (1918–2016)
Radu Beligan
Radu Beligan on a stamp from 2006
Born (1918-12-14 ) 14 December 1918Died 20 July 2016(2016-07-20) (aged 97)"Elias" Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
Resting place
Bellu Cemetery Nationality Romanian Occupation(s) Actor, director, essayist Years active 1937–2016 Political party
PCR (1962–1989) Spouses
Nineta Gusti
Dana Crivăț
Marica Beligan
Children 4 Awards
Order of the Star of Romania , Grand Cross class
Radu Beligan (Romanian pronunciation:
[ˈradu beliˈɡan] ; 14 December 1918 – 20 July 2016) was a Romanian actor, director, and essayist, with an activity of over 70 years in theatre, film, television, and radio. On 15 December 2013, confirmed by
Guinness World Records , the actor received the title of "The oldest active theatre actor" on the planet.
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[3] He was elected honorary
member of the Romanian Academy in 2004.
One of the disciples of actress
Lucia Sturdza-Bulandra and writer
Eugène Ionesco , Radu Beligan is generally regarded as one of the major names of the Romanian theatre with a complex repertoire, classic and modern. He played alongside important actors, with performances both in the country and abroad.
Biography
Radu Beligan cultural center in
Filipești , his native commune
Beligan receiving a star on
Walk of Fame Bucharest , 28 March 2011
Beligan was born in
Galbeni , a village in the commune of
Filipești ,
Bacău County , to a Romanian father and a mother of Greek origins.
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In an interview for toateartele.com in 2011, Radu Beligan declared that his paternal grandmother, Ecaterina Beligan, is the cousin of writer
Ion Creangă .
[6] His mother, Eufrosina Moscopol, comes from the Greek family Moscopol, relating with famous interwar singer
Jean Moscopol .
After graduating from the
Costache Negruzzi High School in Iași in 1937, he made his artistic studies at the
Royal Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in Bucharest, where he was the student of Lucia Sturdza-Bulandra, one of the great figures of Romanian scene. Between 1937 and 1938 he also studied law and philosophy at the
University of Bucharest , using college scholarship offered to pay his taxes at the Conservatory.
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Family
His first wife was Nineta Gusti, an actress, with whom he was married for fifteen years. His second wife was Dana Crivăț (1933–2012), with whom he has a daughter, Ana Maria, a writer;
[8] both mother and daughter
defected to
Germany in 1982 and emigrated to
Australia the same year.
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[10] His third wife was Marica Beligan (d. 1993), a writer, with whom he has three children: Lamia (b. 1966), an actress, Raluca and Alexandru, employee of the
National Bank of Romania .
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Political activity
Radu Beligan was a member of the Central Committee of the
Romanian Communist Party between 1969 and 1989 and deputy of the
Great National Assembly between 1961 and 1975.
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Career
He debuted in theatre at the age of 20 years, in the play
Crime and Punishment after
Fyodor Dostoyevsky , directed by Mihai Zirra, on the stage of Muncă și Lumină Theatre in
Bucharest . His first role in a film was that of A Stormy Night (
Romanian : O noapte furtunoasă ) after
I. L. Caragiale , directed by Jean Georgescu (1943), and the last one The Afternoon of a Torturer (
Romanian : După-amiaza unui torționar ), directed by
Lucian Pintilie (2001).
He was professor at the Institute of Theatre and Film in Bucharest, director of the Comedy Theatre between 1961–1969 and director of the
National Theatre between 1969 and 1990.[
citation needed ]
In 2008, Beligan was awarded the
Order of the Star of Romania , Grand Cross class.
Activity as theatre actor
2004 The Egoist by
Jean Anouilh , directed by Radu Beligan
2001 Take, Ianke and Cadîr by
Victor Ion Popa , directed by Grigore Gonţa
1998
The Name of the Rose adapted from
Umberto Eco , directed by Grigore Gonţa
1998 Night Asilum by
Maxim Gorki , directed by
Ion Cojar
1998 Pork Chops by
Bertrand Blier , directed by Gelu Colceag
1997 Supper by Jean-Claude Brinsville
1997
The Sunshine Boys by
Neil Simon , directed by Ion Lucian
1995 Danaidae , directed by
Silviu Purcărete
1994
Harvey (play) by
Mary Chase , directed by Tudor Mărăscu
1990
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by
Edward Albee , directed by Mircea Cornişteanu
1989 Legacy by Titus Popovici, directed by Horea Popescu and Mihai Manolescu
1987
The Double Bass by
Patrick Süskind , directed by Grigore Gonţa
1984 Hollywood Story by Neil Simon, directed by Grigore Gonţa
1982
Amadeus by
Peter Shaffer , directed by Dinu Cernescu
1981
Filumena Marturano by
Eduardo De Filippo
1980 Caligula by
Albert Camus , directed by Horea Popescu
1977
Romulus the Great by
Friedrich Dürrenmatt , directed by Sanda Manu
1976 A Woman's Life by A.Baranga, directed by A.Baranga
1976
Richard III by
William Shakespeare , directed by Horea Popescu
1974 Danton by
Camil Petrescu , directed by Horea Popescu
1973 Pathetic Simphony by A.Baranga, directed by A.Baranga
1973
The Prisoner of Second Avenue by Neil Simon, directed by Mihail Berechet
1971 Holiday Games by
Mihail Sebastian , directed by Mihai Berechet
1970 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee, directed by Michel Făgădău
1969 Transplant of an Unknown Heart by Al. Mirodan, directed by Moni Ghelerter
1968
The Killer by
Eugène Ionesco , directed by Lucian Giurchescu
1967 Public Opinion by Aurel Baranga, directed by Mihai Berechet
1966 The Duck Head by G. Ciprian, directed by David Esrig
1964
Rhinoceros by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Lucian Giurchescu
1963 Head of the Department of Souls by Al. Mirodan, directed by Moni Ghelerter
1962 The Trial of Mr. Caragiale by M. Ştefănescu, directed by David Esrig
1961 Famous 702 by Al. Mirodan, directed by Moni Ghelerter
1959 Valley of the Cookoo by Mihai Beniuc, directed by
Sică Alexandrescu
1958
The Tempest by
William Shakespeare , directed by Moni Ghelerter
1958 Invitation to the Castle by
Jean Anouilh , directed by Sică Alexandrescu
1958 Enemies by
Maxim Gorki , directed by Alexandru Finţi
1958 The Black Years by Aurel Baranga, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
1957 Recipe for Happiness or What People Don't Talk About by Aurel Baranga, directed by Marietta Sadova
1957 The Tyrants by
Carlo Goldoni , directed by Sică Alexandrescu
1956 Sunset by
Barbu Ştefănescu Delavrancea , directed by Marietta Sadova, Mihail Zirra
1956 The Journalists by Al. Mirodan, directed by Moni Ghelerter
1955 A Personal Matter by Alexandr Stein, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
1954 Rabid Lamb by Aurel Baranga, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
1954 Platon Krecet by Alexandr Korneiciuk, directed by Alex Finţi
1953 Breaking News by Mihail Sebastian, directed by Moni Ghelerter
1952 Moments by
Ion Luca Caragiale , directed by Sică Alexandrescu
1952
The Government Inspector by
Nikolai Gogol , directed by Sică Alexandrescu
1952 Matei Millo by Mircea Ştefănescu, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
1952 Lad from Our Town by
Konstantin Simonov , directed by Vlad Mugur
1951 Of The Carnival by Ion Luca Caragiale, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
1949 A Stormy Night by Ion Luca Caragiale, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
1949 Bad Weed by Aurel Baranga, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
1949
The Three Sisters by
Anton Chekhov , directed by Moni Ghelerter
1948 A Lost Letter by Ion Luca Caragiale, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
1948 Confrontation by Tur and Lev Seinin, directed by Moni Ghelerter
1948 The Great Power by Romaşov, directed by N. Dinescu
1947 Three Months of Love by
Michel Duran , directed by Mircea Şeptilici
1947 Class 8B by Roger Ferdinand, directed by Ionel Ţăranu
1947 Family's Shame adapted from
Ronald Harwood , directed by Ion Talianu
1947 Helen, Tommy and Joe by James Thurbar and Elliott Nugent, directed by Marietta Sadova
1946 Vis de secătură by Mircea Ştefănescu, directed by W. Siegfried
1946 Life Starts Tomorrow by
M.G. Sauvajon , directed by Val Mugur
1946 Rocket to the Moon by
Clifford Odets , directed by Marietta Sadova
1946 Spring Has Come by
John Van Druten , directed by Sică Alexandrescu
1945 Kiss Me Immediately by
Tudor Muşatescu and V.Timuş after J. Vaszari, directed by Ion Talianu
1945 Knock by
Jules Romains , directed by Sică Alexandrescu
1945 A Kidnapped Woman by
Louis Verneuil , directed by Sică Alexandrescu
1944 Cardboard Lover by
Jacques Deval , directed by Sică Alexandrescu
1944 The Man Who Has Seen Death by
Victor Eftimiu , directed by Sică Alexandrescu
1944
The Doctor's Dilemma by
George Bernard Shaw , directed by Sică Alexandrescu
1944 I Dreamed of Paradise by Guido Cantini, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
1944 A Money Man by
George S. Kaufman , directed by Sică Alexandrescu
1943 Love is a Lonely Child by Tudor Muşatescu after Schwartz and Lengbach, directed by M.Anghelescu
1943 Boarding House of Love by Al. Kiriţescu, N.Vlădoianu and Soare Z. Soare, directed by Soare Z. Soare
1943 I Don't Drink Anymore by De Flers and Caillavet, directed by Soare Z. Soare
1943 The Unnamed Star by
Mihail Sebastian , directed by Soare Z.Soare
1942 Poor Jonathan by
Karl Millöcker
1942 Chocolate Lady by
Paul Gavault , directed by Ion Şahighian
1942 Sextet by Gregor Schmitt, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
1940 Titanic Waltz by
Tudor Muşatescu , directed by Tudor Muşatescu
1940 I Feel Sorry for Myself by
André Mouëzy-Éon and
Jean Guitton , directed by Ion Sava
1940 City with no Lawyers by Nicolae Manzari, directed by Ion Iancovescu
1940 The Beautiful Adventure by De Fleurs, Caillavet & Ray, directed by Sică Alexandrescu
1940 Smiling Man by Luigi Bonelli and Aldo de Benedetti, directed by Ion Şahighian
1939 Magic Horse by Gherardo Gherardi, directed by Ion Iancovescu
1939 Close to the Sky by Julien Luchaire, directed by Aurel Ion Maican
1939 The Extra by
Alfred Savoir , directed by Ion Iancovescu
1939 Miss Butterfly by Tudor Muşatescu after Tibor Varady, directed by Tudor Muşatescu
1938 Jedermann by
Hugo von Hofmannsthal , directed by Victor Ion Popa
1938 Merry Days after the War by
Mihail Sadoveanu after
Eugène Labiche , directed by Victor Ion Popa
1938 Quadrature of the Circle by V. Katsiev, directed by Victor Ion Popa
1938 Young Age by Swarkin, directed by Muratov/M.Anghelescu
1937 Fisher of Shadows by
Jean Sarment , directed by Sergiu Dumitrescu
1937 The Plague by Ion Marin Sadoveanu
1937
Crime and Punishment after
Fyodor Dostoevsky , by Gaston Bary, directed by Mihai Zirra
Filmography
O noapte furtunoasă (1943)
Visul unei nopți de iarnă (1946)
Rasuna valea (1949)
Bulevardul “Fluieră Vântu” - short (1950)
Lanțul slăbiciunilor (1952)
O scrisoare pierdută (1953) as Agamemnon Dandanache
Afacerea Protar (1955) as Professor Andronic
Directorul nostru (1960)
Bădăranii (1960) as Felippetto
Celebrul 702 (1962) - Cheryl
Lanterne cu amintiri (1963)
Pași spre lună (1964)
Castelanii (1966)
Șeful sectorului suflete (1967) as Gore
Explozia (1972) as Professor Luca
Întoarcerea lui Magellan (1974) as Professor
Agentul straniu (1974)
Tată de duminică (1975) as Grigore Manta
Singurătatea florilor (1976) as Ovidiu Pavel
Cuibul salamandrelor (1976) as Professor Luca
Instanța amână pronunțarea (1976)
Premiera (1976) as Mihai Dan
Povestea dragostei (1977) as Narrator
Brațele Afroditei (1978)
Aurel Vlaicu (1977)
Iancu Jianu, zapciul (1980)
Rețeaua „S” (1980)
Iancu Jianu, haiducul (1981)
Întoarcere la dragostea dintâi (1981)
Galax, omul păpușă (1983)
Horea (1984)
Cui i-e frică de Virginia Woolf? - TV movie (1995) - George
Trahir (1993) - Vlad
După-amiaza unui torționar (2001) as Professor
Inimă de țigan (2007) as Belmondo
Medalia de onoare (2010) as Ion I. Ion
References
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"Oldest active professional theatre actor: Radu Beligan breaks Guinness World Records' record" . World Record Academy . 14 December 2013.
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"Radu Beligan, 95, Declared Oldest Active Actor" . The Huffington Post . 16 December 2013.
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"Romanian Radu Beligan is world's oldest actor at 95" . The Guardian . 16 December 2013.
^ Tucă, Marius (14 December 2014).
"Radu Beligan: "Am o boală, sunt legat ombilical de România!" " . Jurnalul Național (in Romanian). Archived from
the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2015 .
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"Radu Beligan" . Cinemagia (in Romanian).
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"Maestrul Radu Beligan este urmașul lui Ion Creangă și al lui Jean Moscopol" . Libertatea (in Romanian). 29 July 2011.
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"Radu Beligan - Biografie" . Ziare.com (in Romanian).
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"Nici măcar prietenii nu-i cunosc secretul maestrului Radu Beligan! Trei soții și patru copii care…" . Cancan (in Romanian). 11 February 2014.
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"In memoriam Dana Lovinescu" . România Literară (in Romanian). 2012. Archived from
the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2015 .
^ Rad, Ilie (7 December 2012).
"Anamaria Beligan: "La urma urmei, nu suntem decât suma poveștilor noastre. De rest se alege praful." – interviu de Ilie Rad" . melidonium.com (in Romanian).
^ Stanca, Adriana (1 June 2013).
"Lansarea cărții lui Radu Beligan, unul dintre cele mai emoționante evenimente de la Bookfest. "Voi continua să fac aceasta pentru voi până la moarte" " . Gândul (in Romanian).
^ Comșa, Andrei; Bălan, Andrei (29 October 2011).
"Conform Securității, Radu Beligan a desființat, în 1982, piesa "O scrisoare pierdută", regizată de Liviu Ciulei, pe motiv că acesta plecase din țară: "O crimă pentru actul cultural" " . Libertatea (in Romanian).
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