ROMANIA, 2014, GOLDEN STARS, Actor, Cinema, Famous People, Theater,
Zodiac, 12 sheets, 4 st/sheet, MNH.
GOLDEN STARS OF STAGE AND
SCREEN.
Romfilatelia continues a project dedicated to promoting cultural
and artistic values that have succeeded and still succeed in
instilling love for theatre and cinema. As part of this project,
the Golden Stars of Stage and Screen postage stamps issue is
dedicated to some of the most beloved actors of our country.
Mircea Albulescu was born in 1934 in Bucharest.
After graduating the Technical College of Architecture, he becomes
an amateur artist in the theatre team of the People´s Athenaeum.
Between 1952 and 1956, he attends the "I.L. Caragiale"Institute of
Theatre and Film Art from Bucharest, in Aura Buzescu´s class.
Between 1956 and 1998, he is appreciated for his activity as an
actor at the Municipal Theatre, the Comedy Theatre and the "I.L.
Caragiale" National Theatre in Bucharest. His role in the play
Danton written by Camil Petrescu, remains a landmark in the
Romanian theatre. He played over 70 roles in feature films and in
2005, he received the UNITER Lifetime Achievement Award.
Tamara Buciuceanu-Botez is born in Bessarabia,
in the village of Tighina, in 1929. Between 1948 and 1951 she
attends the courses of the Theatre Institute in Iasi, but she
concludes the 4th year of study (1952) at the Institute of Theatre
and Film Art, in the class of Ion Baltateanu. She had roles in
numerous theatre plays, television shows and radio theatre. She
played in over 30 films, her emblematic character being Teacher
Isosceles of the series The Graduates (Liceenii). Having a
mezzo-soprano voice, she played numerous scores, together with Ion
Dacian, for nine years in the Operetta Theatre. In 2004, she
receives the UNITER Lifetime Achievement Award, in 2010 the UNITER
Excellence Award and she has been an Honorary Member of the
National Theatre in Bucharest since 2004.
Valeria Gagealov, born in 1931 in Galati,
attended the Institute of Theatre and Film Art between 1950 and
1954. Between 1954 and 2004 she plays many characters at the
National Theatre in Bucharest. Some of her memorable roles are in
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, a play offered to the public for
13 years, as well as the role of Sonia in the play The next room by
Paul Everac, for which she was awarded the Creativity Prize in
1983. Also, the voice of Valeria Gagealov was heard in dozens of
radio plays. Among her films, we can mention the The Mill of Good
Luck, The soirée, Prince Lapusneanu´s Return, The Loneliness of
Flowers. She has been an Honorary Member of the National Theatre in
Bucharest since 2001.
Ileana Stana Ionescu was born in Brad
(Hunedoara County) in 1936. From 1959 to 1965 she will play various
roles in the Youth Theatre in Piatra Neamt. She has been present on
the stage of the National Theatre inBucharestfor nearly 50 years.
Also, she has appeared in TV theatre plays and countless feature
films. Of the many theatre roles that made her famous, we can
mention The Boors by Carlo Goldoni, Titanic Waltz by Tudor
Musatescu or The Jays by Alexander Kiritescu. She received in 1996
the ACIN Romania Award, in 1998 the UNITER Gala Excellence Award,
and in 2002 she became a Corporate Member of the National Theatre
in Bucharest.
Draga Olteanu Matei is born in Bucharest in
1933. She started her studies at the Institute of Theatre and Film
Art in 1956. Until 1992, she played on the National Theatre´s stage
in Bucharest, and then set up the company "Your Theatre" (Piatra
Neamt). We find her present in many roles in nearly 60 films. For
television drama she has played over 100 roles. However, whenever
talking about Lady Chirita, we think immediately of Draga Olteanu
Matei. She is decorated with the Order of the Star of Romania,
Knight rank, and is an Honorary Member of the National Theatre in
Bucharest. She was awarded the TVR (Romanian Television) and PTWB
(Prime Time World Broadcast) Prize in 2003, and received the UNITER
Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004.
Marin Moraru, born in Bucharest in 1937,
graduated from the Institute of Theatre and Film Art in 1961, in
Professor Dina Cocea´s class. During 1961-1964, he performs at the
Youth Theatre in Piatra Neamt where he plays numerous characters,
and between 1965-1968, he plays at the Comedy Theatre in Bucharest.
Between 1968-1971, he performs at the "Lucia Sturdza Bulandra"
Theatre, and between 1971-1974, he performs at the National
Theatre, where he is an Honorary Member since 2002. He starred in
dozens of plays and movies, stunning audiences with his
anthological creations. In 2009 he was awarded the Gopo Prize for
his entire career.
George Motoi was born in Kaliakra, in the
southern Dobrogea (also known as the Quadrilater region) in 1936.
In 1958 he graduated from the Institute of Theatre and Film Art, in
Irina Rachiteanu´s class. He played in theatres in Piatra Neamt,
Bacau, Cluj, and since 1970 he has been playing at the National
Theatre in Bucharest. At the same time he starred in over 35
feature films. One of his most remarkable role is Prince Lapusneanu
in Prince Lapusneanu´s Return. He received the Great Award of the
Festival of San Remo (Italy) for his acting in the film Adela,
directed by Mircea Veroiu, and in 2011 he received the Lifetime
Achievement Award at the Transilvania International Film Festival -
TIFF.
Sebastian Papaiani, a Romanian actor whose
father is of Greek ethnicity, was born in 1936 in the town of
Pitesti. In 1960 he graduated from the Institute of Theatre and
Film Art in Bucharest, and he will make his debut in the film of
Mircea Muresan Your share of the blame. In the first years after
graduation he played on the stage of "Radu Stanca" Theatre in
Sibiu. In Bucharest, he will be present on the stage of Giulesti
Theatre, which later became Odeon Theatre, of the National Theatre
and of the Comedy Theatre, as well as on the stage of "George
Ciprian" Theatre in Buzau. He played over 63 roles in film
productions. He won the audience by giving life to characters in
movies like Pacala, Tonight we dance in family, Jderi Borthers,
Saturday night ball, At full sails!, and the B.D. movie series.
Florin Piersic was born in Cluj, in 1936, and
graduated from the Institute of Theatre and Film Art in Bucharest.
Throughout his career he has starred in over 40 films and numerous
plays on the stages of theatres in Cluj and Bucharest. His film
debut was the movie The Thistles of the Baragan, and the roles of
Margelatu, Grigore Pintea outlaw and Anghel Saptecai outlaw are
among some of his famous film interpretations. He was often
compared to the French actors Jean Marais and Alain Delon. In 2005
he received the award for the Most beloved actor at the "Ten for
Romania" Gala Awards.
Mitica Popescu was born in Bucharest in 1936,
and currently plays at the Little Theatre in Bucharest.
Unforgettable are his roles in the films Glissando (directed by
Mircea Daneliuc), Morometii (directed by Stere Gulea), The most
beloved man on Earth (directed by Serban Marinescu) or the
television series Lights and Shadows (directed by Andrei Blaier,
Mircea Muresan). Mitica Popescu received the UNITER Lifetime
Achievement Award in 2009, and the Gopo Excellence Award for his
entire career in 2013.
Sanda Toma was born in 1934 and graduated from
the Institute of Theatre and Film Art in Bucharest with the famous
show The Barber of Seville, staged by director Vlad Mugur. Her
debut was on the stage of the National Theatre in Craiova, and then
she played for 33 years on the stage of the Comedy Theatre in
Bucharest, having countless roles. In the periods 1959-1961 and
2000-2009 was present on the stage of the National Theatre in
Bucharest. Her film career was marked by one of the Romanian cinema
masterpieces The Boors by Carlo Goldony, directed by Mircea
Stefanescu and Sica Alexandrescu, where she played together with
many great actors of the Romanian film and scene. In 2002 she
received the UNITER Lifetime Achievement Award and the Excellence
Prize for her entire career at the Romanian Festival Gala in
2010.
Olga Tudorache was born in Oituz in 1929, and
graduated from the Institute of Theatre and Film Art in Bucharest
in 1951. From 1951 to 1966 she played at the Youth Theatre in
Bucharest, and after at the Little Theatre until 1978. Starting
with 1976 she was a lecturer at the Institute of Theatre and Film
Art, in the drama department, and in 1990 she became a university
professor, coaching six promotions of actors until 1997, when she
retired. She received numerous awards among which we can mention
the UNITER Awards - Lifetime Achievement, Best actress and
Popularity - in 1995, 1999 and 2002, and the Trophy of the "I.L.
Caragiale" Theatre Festival in 2004. Monumental and unforgettable,
Olga Tudorache´s roles remain a landmark in the historiography of
Romanian theatre and film.
The launching, on March 1st, of the postage stamps issue which
emphasizes great national actors, rightfully considered the golden
generation of the Romanian theatre and cinema, coincides
beautifully with the one-decade anniversary of Romfilatelia. For
ten years we have tried to assign a different image to the Romanian
stamp, the reward for this being the numerous awards that, each
year, have ranked Romfilatelia, and implicitly Romania, in the top
ten countries in the world.
