Costache Antoniu

Costache Antoniu
Antoniu in 1956
Born(1900-02-25)25 February 1900
Țigănași, Iași County, Kingdom of Romania
Died16 June 1979(1979-06-16) (aged 79)
Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania
NationalityRomanian
OccupationActor
Years active1939–1965 (film)

Costache Antoniu (Romanian pronunciation: [kosˈtace anˈtonju]; 1900–1979) was a Romanian stage and film actor.[1][2]

He graduated in 1926 from the Conservatory of Dramatic Art in Iași. After playing at a theater in Sibiu, he went to the Popular Theater in Bucharest, then at the National Theater in Craiova. He acquired his reputation at the National Theatre Bucharest, where he carried out a rich activity.[2]

Between 1955 and 1970 Antoniu was rector of the Institute of Theater and Cinematography in Bucharest.[2]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1939 O noapte de pomină
1954 A Lost Letter Cetățeanul turmentat
1956 Nufărul roșu
1957 Pasărea furtunii Comandantul
1960 Telegrame Avocatul statului
1960 Băieții noștri Moșul cu caruta
1960 Darclee Charles Gounod
1963 Vacanța la mare Directorul ONT
1964 Străinul Profesorul Gridan
1965 Forest of the Hanged Preotul
1965 Neamul Șoimăreștilor The Innkeeper (final film role)

References

  1. ^ Owen, Ruth J. (2013), The Hamlet Zone: Reworking Hamlet for European Cultures, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 102
  2. ^ a b c "O personalitate pe zi: Actorul Costache Antoniu" (in Romanian). Agerpres. February 25, 2020. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
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