86 Notable Alumni of Caragiale University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography

Maia Morgenstern

Born in: Romania
Years: 1962-.. (age 63)
Occupations: stage actorfilm actor
Biography: Maia Emilia Ninel Morgenstern is a Romanian film and stage actress, described by Florin Mitu of AMOS News as "a symbol of Romanian theater and film". Internationally, she is best known for portraying the Blessed Virgin Mary in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. In Romania, she has been nationally known since her 1992 role as Nela in Balanța, a film known in the United States as The Oak. The film is set during the waning days of Communist Romania. She received a star on the Romanian Walk of Fame in Bucharest on 1 May 2011.

Ana Ularu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1985-.. (age 40)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Ana Ularu is a Romanian actress and model.

Florin Piersic

Born in: Romania
Years: 1936-.. (age 89)
Enrolled in the Caragiale University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography: Studied in 1957
Occupations: film actortelevision actorstage actorsinger
Biography: Florin Piersic is a well-known Romanian actor and TV personality. He is particularly known for his leading roles in The White Moor and the Mărgelatu series films. He has a reputation, often parodied in popular culture, as a raconteur.

Marcel Iureș

Born in: Romania
Years: 1951-.. (age 74)
Occupations: stage actorfilm actor
Biography: Marcel Iureș is a Romanian actor. He is one of Romania's most acclaimed stage and film actors. He has acted in films and on stage both in Romania and internationally, and has played at least ten roles on Romanian and British television. His work includes voiceovers for Disney and computer games. Iureș is the president and a judge of the Anonimul International Film Festival and also the president of Ideo Ideis Festival (an annual national theatre festival for teenagers).

Prince Radu, Prince of Romania

Born in: Romania
Years: 1960-.. (age 65)
Occupations: actorpolitician
Biography: Prince Radu of Romania is the husband of Margareta of Romania, who is the head of the House of Romania and a disputed pretender to the former Romanian throne. On 1 January 1999, he was given the name, not title, of "Prince of Hohenzollern-Veringen" by Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern, the head of the Sigmaringen branch of the Hohenzollern family. He has also called himself "Radu Hohenzollern-Veringen-Duda". Since 2007, when he had his legal name changed from "Radu Duda" to "Radu al României Duda", Radu no longer uses the name of Hohenzollern. The Fundamental Rules of the Romanian Royal Family, proclaimed by former King Michael I on 30 December 2007, gave Radu the title of "Prince of Romania", with the style of "Royal Highness", which King Michael had given him earlier on 5 January 2005.

Cristian Mungiu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1968-.. (age 57)
Occupations: film producerradio personalityscreenwriterfilm directorjournalist
Biography: Cristian Mungiu is a Romanian filmmaker. He won the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival for his film 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, which he wrote and directed. He has also won the awards for Best Screenplay and Best Director, at the 2012 and 2016 Cannes Film Festivals, for his films Beyond the Hills and Graduation.

Stela Popescu

Born in: Moldova
Years: 1935-2017 (aged 82)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Stela Popescu was a Romanian actress and TV personality considered the greatest comedy actress and one of best female actresses of all time in Romania. With Ștefan Bănică and Alexandru Arșinel she was successively half of two famous romantic partnerships.

Toma Caragiu

Born in: Greece
Years: 1925-1977 (aged 52)
Occupations: stage actorfilm actoractor
Biography: Toma Caragiu was a Romanian theatre, television and film actor.

Florin Călinescu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1956-.. (age 69)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Florin Călinescu is a Romanian politician, former leader of the Green Party of Romania (PV), actor, theatre director, and television host. From 1996 to 2000, he hosted the popular late-night TV talk show Today's Issue (Chestiunea Zilei). He also starred in Filantropica and is known for his role in the all-time blockbuster Neighbourhood Story (Poveste de cartier), as Davinci Stănescu.

Ion Caramitru

Born in: Romania
Years: 1942-2021 (aged 79)
Occupations: politiciantheatrical directordirectoractor
Biography: Ion Horia Leonida Caramitru was a Romanian stage and film actor, stage director, and political figure. He was Minister of Culture between 1996 and 2000, in the Romanian Democratic Convention (CDR) cabinets of Victor Ciorbea, Gavril Dejeu, Radu Vasile, Alexandru Athanasiu, and Mugur Isărescu. He was married to actress Micaela Caracaș and had three sons: Ștefan, Andrei, and Matei Caramitru. He was a relevant figure of the Aromanian community of Romania.

Medeea Marinescu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1974-.. (age 51)
Occupations: stage actorfilm actoractor
Biography: Medeea Ana-Maria Marinescu is a Romanian film actress. She played the role of Elena in the French films "Je vous trouve très beau"(2006) and Silvia in "Donnant Donnant" (2010)

Sebastian Papaiani

Born in: Romania
Years: 1936-2016 (aged 80)
Occupations: stage actorfilm actortelevision actor
Biography: Sebastian Papaiani was a Romanian film and television actor.

Victor Rebengiuc

Born in: Romania
Years: 1933-.. (age 92)
Enrolled in the Caragiale University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography: Studied in 1952-1956
Occupations: stage actorfilm actoractor
Biography: Victor Rebengiuc is a Romanian film and stage actor, also known as a civil society activist.

Tamara Buciuceanu

Born in: Moldova
Years: 1929-2019 (aged 90)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Tamara Buciuceanu-Botez was a Romanian stage, screen and television actress, as well a known TV personality. She was one of the most successful Romanian actresses of the 1960s–2000s who worked at Odeon Theatre, known for Liceenii (1986), Liceenii Rock 'n' Roll (1992), Silent Wedding (2008) and Everybody in Our Family (2012).

Tudor Gheorghe

Born in: Romania
Years: 1945-.. (age 80)
Occupations: recording artistactorpoetsingercomposer
Biography: Tudor Gheorghe is a Romanian musician, actor, and poet known primarily for his politically charged musical career and his collaborations with well-known figures of late 20th-century Romanian poetry. His recording work is sometimes associated with anti communist activism and has received much critical acclaim over the years. The son of an Iron Guard member, he was banned from performing and recording in 1987 after a concert at Sala Palatului in Bucharest, following a number of run-ins with Romania's communist authorities throughout the 1970s and 1980s.

Radu Jude

Born in: Romania
Years: 1977-.. (age 48)
Occupations: directorfilm directorscreenwriter
Biography: Radu Jude is a Romanian film director and screenwriter.

Draga Olteanu Matei

Born in: Romania
Years: 1933-2020 (aged 87)
Occupations: actorscreenwriter
Biography: Draga Olteanu Matei was a Romanian actress. She performed in more than thirty films from 1967 to 2006.

Mircea Diaconu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1949-2024 (aged 75)
Occupations: film actorpoliticianstage actoractor
Biography: Mircea Diaconu was a Romanian actor, writer and politician. First appearing on stage in 1970, and on screen two years later, Diaconu pursued a lengthy career in both formats, working with a series of prominent directors. He acted in some sixty films through the 2000s, and continued to act in theatre during the ensuing decade. He took part in the Romanian Revolution of 1989. In 2008, he entered electoral politics, becoming a senator, and subsequently serving a term as a Member of the European Parliament. In 2019, he ran for president, placing fourth.

Ilarion Ciobanu

Born in: Moldova
Years: 1931-2008 (aged 77)
Occupations: rugby union playerfilm actoractor
Biography: Ilarion Ciobanu was a Romanian actor. He has been described as "a legend" in the press and the last true Romanian comic.

Dragoș Bucur

Born in: Romania
Years: 1977-.. (age 48)
Occupations: actortelevision actor
Biography: Dragoș Bucur is a Romanian actor, ambassador for the program Youth of the Move involved by the European Commission, and TV presenter for the show Visuri la cheie broadcast on Pro TV.

Horațiu Mălăele

Born in: Romania
Years: 1952-.. (age 73)
Occupations: screenwriterfilm directoractor
Biography: Horațiu-Valentin Mălăele is a Romanian actor, cartoonist, writer, and theater and film director. In this last capacity he is often associated with the Romanian New Wave.

Ion Dichiseanu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1933-2021 (aged 88)
Enrolled in the Caragiale University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography: Studied in 1959
Occupations: writeractor
Biography: Ion Dichiseanu was a Romanian actor. He was known, among other things, for playing in Kampf um Rom, Titanic Waltz and Mofturi 1900. Dichiseanu died in the Floreasca Hospital in Bucharest on 20 May 2021, aged 87, after having stayed months hospitalized there. The cause of his death was a bacterial infection that caused a pneumonia.

Mircea Albulescu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1934-2016 (aged 82)
Occupations: stage actorjournalisttelevision actorwriterfilm actor
Biography: Iorgu Constantin Albulescu, known professionally as Mircea Albulescu ( Romanian pronunciation: [ˈmirtʃe̯a albuˈlesku]), was a Romanian actor, university professor, journalist, poet, writer, and member of the Writers' Union of Romania (Uniunea Scriitorilor).

Mitică Popescu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1936-2023 (aged 87)
Occupations: stage actoractorpolitical prisoner
Biography: Mitică Popescu was a Romanian actor.

Gheorghe Visu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1951-.. (age 74)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Gheorghe Visu is a Romanian actor. He appeared in more than forty films since 1974.

Violeta Andrei

Born in: Romania
Years: 1941-.. (age 84)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Violeta Andrei is a Romanian theater and film actress.

Marga Barbu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1929-2009 (aged 80)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Margareta-Yvonne Barbu also known as Marga Barbu born Margareta-Yvonne Butuc was a Romanian actress.

Irina Petrescu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1941-2013 (aged 72)
Enrolled in the Caragiale University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography: Studied in 1963
Occupations: actorfilm actor
Biography: Irina Carmen Petrescu was a Romanian film actress. She appeared in 29 films between 1959 and 2010. She won the award for Best Actress at the 6th Moscow International Film Festival for her role in the 1969 film A Woman for a Season.

Iurie Darie

Born in: Moldova
Years: 1929-2012 (aged 83)
Occupations: actorfilm actorstage actortheatrical directorillustrator
Biography: Iurie Darie was a Romanian actor.

Chris Avram

Born in: Romania
Years: 1931-1989 (aged 58)
Occupations: actorfilm actor
Biography: Chris Avram was a Romanian-Italian film actor.

Tora Vasilescu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1951-.. (age 74)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Tora Vasilescu is a Romanian actress.

Marin Moraru

Born in: Romania
Years: 1937-2016 (aged 79)
Occupations: film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
Biography: Marin Moraru was a Romanian stage, film and television actor.

Adrian Pintea

Born in: Romania
Years: 1954-2007 (aged 53)
Occupations: stage actorfilm actor
Biography: Adrian Virgil Pintea was a Romanian actor.

Dorel Vișan

Born in: Romania
Years: 1937-.. (age 88)
Enrolled in the Caragiale University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography: Studied in 1965
Occupations: poetactor
Biography: Dorel Vișan is a Romanian actor. He has appeared in 65 films since 1974. He was nominated for the award of Best Actor at the 1988 European Film Awards.

Ștefan Iordache

Born in: Romania
Years: 1941-2008 (aged 67)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Ștefan Iordache was a Romanian actor.

George Mihăiță

Born in: Romania
Years: 1948-.. (age 77)
Occupations: actorfilm director
Biography: George Mihăiță is a Romanian actor, director and philanthropist. Renowned for his distinctive voice, Mihăiță has appeared in over 70 films and is regarded as a Romanian film icon.

Corneliu Porumboiu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1975-.. (age 50)
Occupations: screenwriterfilm directorfilm producer
Biography: Corneliu Porumboiu is a Romanian film director, screenwriter, and film producer.

Leopoldina Bălănuță

Born in: Romania
Years: 1934-1998 (aged 64)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Leopoldina Bălănuță was a Romanian actress.

Catrinel Dumitrescu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1956-.. (age 69)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Catrinel Dumitrescu is a Romanian film and theater actress.

Emil Rengle

Born in: Romania
Years: 1990-.. (age 35)
Occupations: directorsoloistchoreographercomposerdancer
Biography: Emil Rengle is a composer, choreographer, dancer, film director, and soloist from Romania. He is the winner of the eighth season of Romania's Got Talent and the first dancer in the show's history to win the grand prize.

Margareta Pogonat

Born in: Romania
Years: 1933-2014 (aged 81)
Enrolled in the Caragiale University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography: Studied in 1959
Occupations: stage actorfilm actoractor
Biography: Margareta-Caliopi Pogonat was a Romanian theatre and film actress.

Gheorghe Cozorici

Born in: Romania
Years: 1933-1993 (aged 60)
Occupations: stage actorfilm actor
Biography: Gheorghe Cozorici was a Romanian film and theatre actor. He appeared in more than thirty films from 1956 to 1989.

Manuela Hărăbor

Born in: Romania
Years: 1968-.. (age 57)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Manuela Hărăbor is a Romanian actress.

George Motoi (1970–1997)

Born in: Bulgaria
Years: 1936-2015 (aged 79)
Occupations: actortheatrical director
Biography: George Motoi was a Romanian actor. He appeared in more than thirty films from 1962 to 2005.

Șerban Pavlu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1975-.. (age 50)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Șerban Pavlu is a Romanian actor. He has appeared in more than thirty films since 1995. He is well known for the successful TV series Umbre broadcast on HBO, his role in the soap opera "Fetele Marinarului" and in the television format "În puii mei", which aired on Antena1.

Luminița Gheorghiu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1949-2021 (aged 72)
Enrolled in the Caragiale University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography: Studied in 1972
Occupations: stage actorfilm actoractor
Biography: Luminița Gheorghiu was a Romanian film and stage actress and artistic performer in East Central Europe. She achieved international recognition for her roles in The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2006) and Child's Pose (2013). Gheorghiu's roles were mostly in Romanian and French, including that in Code Unknown with Juliette Binoche.

Nae Caranfil

Born in: Romania
Years: 1960-.. (age 65)
Occupations: screenwriterfilm directoractor
Biography: Nae Caranfil is a Romanian film director and screenwriter.

Cosmina Stratan

Born in: Romania
Years: 1984-.. (age 41)
Occupations: journalistfilm actoractor
Biography: Cosmina Stratan is a Romanian film actress. She is best known for her performance as Voichița in Beyond the Hills.

Claudiu Bleonț

Born in: Romania
Years: 1959-.. (age 66)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Claudiu Bleonț is a Romanian film and theatre actor, comedian, television celebrity, and television presenter at TVR1, for the show Duminica în familie. He is known in Romania not only for acting, but also for his improvisation.

Dan Pița

Born in: Romania
Years: 1938-.. (age 87)
Occupations: film directorscreenwriter
Biography: Dan Pița is a Romanian film director and screenwriter.

Dan Condurache

Born in: Romania
Years: 1952-.. (age 73)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Dan Condurache is a Romanian film actor. He has appeared in more than fifty films since 1976.

Aimée Iacobescu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1946-2018 (aged 72)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Aimée Iacobescu was a Romanian actress. She appeared in seventeen films and television shows between 1967 and 2009.

Ioana Bulcă

Born in: Romania
Years: 1936-.. (age 89)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Ioana Bulcă is a Romanian film actress. She appeared in 20 films between 1955 and 2007.

Geo Saizescu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1932-2013 (aged 81)
Occupations: screenwriterfilm directoractor
Biography: Geo Saizescu was a Romanian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He appeared in 22 films between 1963 and 2009 and directed 16 films between 1956 and 2012.

Mircea Drăgan

Born in: Romania
Years: 1932-2017 (aged 85)
Occupations: film directorscreenwriter
Biography: Mircea Drăgan was a Romanian film director. He directed 23 films between 1955 and 1992. His 1961 film Thirst was entered into the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize. Two years later, his film Lupeni 29 was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival and it also won the Silver Prize. He was a member of the jury at the 4th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1973 film Explosion was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Diploma.

Cristina Stamate

Born in: Romania
Years: 1946-2017 (aged 71)
Occupations: actorfilm actor
Biography: Cristina Stamate was a Romanian actress.

Andi Vasluianu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1974-.. (age 51)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Andi Vasluianu is a Romanian film actor. He appeared in more than fifty films since 2000.

Valentin Uritescu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1941-2022 (aged 81)
Occupations: actortelevision actor
Biography: Valentin Uritescu was a Romanian film, television, and theatre actor. He is best known for his parts in The Conjugal Bed and The Last Assault.

Silviu Stănculescu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1932-1998 (aged 66)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Silviu Stănculescu was a Romanian stage and screen actor. He appeared in more than forty films from 1960 to 1998.

Valentin Teodosiu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1953-.. (age 72)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Valentin Teodosiu is a Romanian actor. He appeared in more than fifty films since 1977. He is well known as the voice of channel ProTV since 1995.

Tudor Istodor

Born in: Romania
Years: 1984-.. (age 41)
Enrolled in the Caragiale University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography: 2004-2009 graduated with master's degree in theatre
Occupations: actor
Biography: Tudor Aaron Istodor is a Romanian actor. He played Dinu Caragea in the Romanian police drama Băieți buni.

Valeria Gagealov

Born in: Romania
Years: 1931-2021 (aged 90)
Enrolled in the Caragiale University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography: Studied in 1950-1954
Occupations: actor
Biography: Valeria Gagealov was a Romanian film, radio, theater, television and voice actress.

Mircea Veroiu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1941-1997 (aged 56)
Occupations: screenwriterfilm directoractor
Biography: Mircea Veroiu was a Romanian film director and screenwriter. He directed 22 films between 1968 and 1997. He was a member of the jury at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival.

Călin Peter Netzer

Born in: Romania
Years: 1975-.. (age 50)
Occupations: screenwriterfilm directorfilm producer
Biography: Călin Peter Netzer is a Romanian film director who won the Golden Bear at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.

Ioana Crăciunescu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1950-.. (age 75)
Occupations: writeractorpoet
Biography: Ioana Crăciunescu is a Romanian actress and poet.

George Piștereanu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1990-.. (age 35)
Occupations: actorfilm actor
Biography: George Piștereanu is a Romanian actor. He lives in Los Angeles, California. His major role was Silviu in "If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle" – a Florin Șerban drama which received the Silver Bear and Alfred Bauer awards at the 2010 Berlin Film Festival. This drama earned Piștereanu his first Best Actor Award at the Stockholm Film Festival and a nomination for the European Best Actor at the European Film Awards in 2011.

Tudor Giurgiu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1972-.. (age 53)
Occupations: screenwriterfilm directorfilm screenwriterfilm producer
Biography: Tudor Giurgiu is a Romanian film director. Giurgiu graduated from Bucharest Film Academy in 1995. He was President of Romanian National Television (TVR) between 2005 and 2007. Tudor Giurgiu is also a director of music videos and has made documentaries. Giurgiu owns Librafilm, an independent production company and is the founder and president of Romanian Film Promotion, which puts on the Transilvania International Film Festival.

Radu Gabrea

Born in: Romania
Years: 1937-2017 (aged 80)
Enrolled in the Caragiale University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography: Studied in 1964-1968
Occupations: university teacherscreenwriterfilm directorfilm producer
Biography: Radu Bartolomeu Gabrea was a Romanian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than twenty films between 1969 and 2016. He showed his first film in the Locarno Festival.

Rozina Cambos

Born in: Romania
Years: 1951-2012 (aged 61)
Occupations: stage actorfilm actortelevision actor
Biography: Rozina Cambos was an Israeli actress who distinguished herself as a performer in both Israel and her native Romania.

Georges Banu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1943-2023 (aged 80)
Occupations: editorplaywrightpedagogueuniversity teachertheatre critic
Biography: Georges Banu was a Romanian-born French writer, theatre critic, and academic.

Eusebiu Ștefănescu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1944-2015 (aged 71)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Eusebiu Ștefănescu was a Romanian actor.

Gheorghe Vitanidis

Born in: Romania
Years: 1929-1994 (aged 65)
Occupations: film directorscreenwriter
Biography: Gheorghe Vitanidis was a Romanian film director. He directed 19 films between 1958 and 1987. His 1969 film A Woman for a Season was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1979 film The Moment was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival.

Ioan Fiscuteanu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1937-2007 (aged 70)
Occupations: stage actorfilm actoractor
Biography: Ioan Fiscuteanu was a Romanian theater and film actor. He last worked at the National Theater in Târgu Mureș.

Manole Marcus

Born in: Romania
Years: 1928-1994 (aged 66)
Occupations: film director
Biography: Manole Marcus was a Romanian film director and screenwriter. Many of the actors who starred in his films won awards for their performances.

Henriette Yvonne Stahl

Born in: France
Years: 1900-1984 (aged 84)
Occupations: translatorwriter
Biography: Henriette Yvonne Stahl was a Romanian novelist, short story writer and translator.

Dan Deșliu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1927-1992 (aged 65)
Occupations: actorpoetdiaristpoliticianwriter
Biography: Dan Deșliu was a Romanian poet.

Mircea Mureșan

Born in: Romania
Years: 1928-2020 (aged 92)
Occupations: film directorscreenwriter
Biography: Mircea Mureșan was a Romanian film director. He directed 22 films between 1961 and 2004. Mureșan won the prize for Best First Work at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival for the film Răscoala.

Melania Ursu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1940-2016 (aged 76)
Occupations: stage actorfilm actor
Biography: Melania Ursu was a Romanian stage and film actress.

Mișu Fotino

Born in: Romania
Years: 1930-2014 (aged 84)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Mihai Fotino was a prolific Romanian actor who has appeared in theatre, film, television, and radio, in a career spanning 70 years.

Claudia Millian

Years: 1887-1961 (aged 74)
Occupations: opinion journalistwriterplaywrightpoet
Biography: Claudia Millian was a Romanian poet.

Iosif Demian

Born in: Romania
Years: 1941-.. (age 84)
Occupations: screenwriterfilm directorcinematographerdirector
Biography: Iosif Demian is a Romanian cinematographer and film director. His 1980 film A Girl's Tears was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.

Ludovic Antal

Born in: Romania
Years: 1924-1970 (aged 46)
Occupations: stage actorfilm actoractor
Biography: Ludovic Antal was a Romanian actor, primarily noted for his voice acting and his activity as a cultural promoter. Born to Csángó parents in Western Moldavia, he was initially destined for a career as a priest in the Roman Catholic Church, but left to study acting in the late 1940s, graduating from the OMEC conservatoire. After making his stage debut with a workers' theater in Bucharest, Antal attended the National Theatrical Institute in Bucharest. His break and artistic recognition occurred during a time when Romania was under a communist regime, and he took on a number of roles in ideological plays, as well as in the 1951 propaganda film In Our Village. Antal still received poor reviews for his early stage work and voice acting, and was also regarded as politically suspect by the authorities, which accounted for his relative marginalization. He remained under contract with various troupes, and was primarily associated with Nottara Theater, but was generally not cast, or only offered minor parts.

Marcel Roșca

Born in: Romania
Years: 1943-.. (age 82)
Occupations: opera singersport shooter
Biography: Marcel Roșca is a retired Romanian pistol shooter. He competed in the individual 25 m rapid-fire event at the 1964 (Tokyo) and 1968 (Mexico) Olympics and won a silver medal in 1968, placing sixth at the former. He also won three team medals at the World Championships in 1966, 1970, and 1974. In 1969 he won the silver medal at the European Championships in Plzen, Czechoslovakia, at 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men.

Zaharia Bârsan

Born in: Romania
Years: 1878-1948 (aged 70)
Occupations: poetwriter
Biography: Zaharia Bârsan was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian playwright, poet and actor.

Attila Demény

Born in: Romania
Years: 1955-2021 (aged 66)
Enrolled in the Caragiale University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography: Studied in 1987
Occupations: composertheatrical director
Biography: Attila Demény was a Romanian composer and theatre director.

Zoltán Szilágyi Varga

Born in: Romania
Years: 1951-.. (age 74)
Enrolled in the Caragiale University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography: Studied in 1986
Occupations: directorfilm directorgraphic designer
Biography: Zoltán Szilágyi Varga is a Hungarian graphic artist and animation director. He has received Béla Balázs Prize for his work, and has been honored at five separate Kecskemét Animation Film Festivals (KAFF), winning two memorial awards as well as prizes for Best Animation, Best Visual Language, and Best Script twice each.