Mitică Popescu

Mitică Popescu
Born
Mitică Popescu

2 December 1936 (1936-12-02)
Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania
Died3 January 2023(2023-01-03) (aged 86)
Bucharest, Romania
Burial placeBellu Cemetery, Bucharest
Alma materInstitute of Theatrical and Cinematographic Art
OccupationActor
Years active1973–2023
Spouse
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(m. 1977; died 1998)​
AwardsNational Order of Faithful Service
Gopo Award for lifetime achievement

Mitică Popescu (Romanian pronunciation: [miˈtikə poˈpesku]; 2 December 1936 – 3 January 2023) was a Romanian actor.

Biography

Popescu was born in Bucharest on 2 December 1936.[1] 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 Mircea Șeptilici [ro] helped him find a job at Teatrul de Comedie [ro], and in 1963 he resumed his acting studies.[2]

After graduating in 1967, he worked at Teatrul Tineretului in Piatra Neamț, where he stayed until 1973, when he transferred to Teatrul Mic [ro] in Bucharest, on whose stage he played until 2010.[2] In 2002 he was awarded the National Order of Faithful Service, knight rank. In 2009 he received a lifetime career award from UNITER [ro], while in 2013 he received the Gopo Award for lifetime achievement.[3]

In 1977, Popescu married the actress Leopoldina Bălănuță, who died in 1998.[3][4] He died on 3 January 2023, at the age of 86, at the Elias Hospital [ro] in Bucharest, where he was hospitalized.[5] He was buried with military honors in the city's Bellu Cemetery, next to his wife.[6]

Activity

Theatre

Filmography

References

  1. ^ Mitică Popescu Archived 3 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine. teatrulmic.ro
  2. ^ a b Cristescu, Andrei-George (3 January 2023). "Actorul Mitică Popescu a făcut închisoare politică la Periprava și a fost urmărit de Securitate" [The actor Mitică Popescu was a political prisoner at Periprava and was pursued by the Securitate]. Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Breaking. A murit actorul Mitică Popescu". Cotidianul (in Romanian). 3 January 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Mitică Popescu: Am rămas singur. Sunt pe ultima sută de metri". Archived from the original on 30 September 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  5. ^ Lăcătuș, Daniel (3 January 2023). "A murit actorul Mitică Popescu" [The actor Mitică Popescu died]. infocultural.eu (in Romanian). Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Mitică Popescu a fost înmormântat cu onoruri militare la Cimitirul Bellu". Digi24 (in Romanian). 6 January 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.