Ștefan Ciubotărașu

Ștefan Ciubotărașu
Born(1910-03-21)21 March 1910
Died27 August 1970(1970-08-27) (aged 60)
NationalityRomanian
Alma materGeorge Enescu National University of Arts
OccupationActor
Years active1934–1970
EmployerNational Theatre Bucharest
Commemorative silver coin issued by the National Bank of Romania in 2010 depicting Ștefan Ciubotărașu

Ștefan Ciubotărașu (Romanian pronunciation: [ʃteˈfan ˌtʃjubotəˈraʃu]; 21 March 1910 – 27 August 1970) was a Romanian actor.[1] He appeared in more than thirty films from 1954 to 1970.

He was born into a poor farming family in Lipovăț, Vaslui County, a village in the Moldavia region of Romania. At the age of 10–11 he was sent by his family to Bucharest to become an apprentice shoemaker. In the fall of 1924 he decided to go back and study at the Mihail Kogălniceanu High School [ro] in Vaslui; he became interested in art, culture, and poetry and began to write. He then studied from 1929 to 1932 at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in Iași, after which he moved to Bârlad, where he wanted to establish himself as a theater actor. In 1934, with help from poet Mihai Codreanu, who taught at his old university and offered himself as a mentor, Ciubotărașu secured a job at the Conservatory theater in Iași. He debuted with the role of an assassin in Macbeth, and then played the role of Count Alexis Czerny in the play Ninotchka by Melchior Lengyel. Starting in 1945 he played at the Alhambra Theater [ro] and from 1950 at the National Theatre Bucharest.

From the mid-1950s, Ciubotărașu was also cast regularly in Romanian films. Notable were his portrayal of Petre in Liviu Ciulei's drama, The Forest of the Hanged (which competed at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival), and his role as the Dacian captain Ciungul in Mircea Drăgan's historical film, The Column.

In 1964 he was awarded the Order of Culture of Merit as People's Artist of the Romanian People's Republic "for outstanding work in the field of theater, music and visual arts" and in 1967 for "a lasting and outstanding achievement in dramatic art in the theater".

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1954 Brigada lui Ionuț
1955 Desfășurarea [ro] President of Sfatul Popular, Prunoiu
1956 Mîndrie
1957 Rîpa dracului Manolache
1957 Stormy Bird Iordache
1957 Erupția [ro] Dobre
1957 O mică întîmplare
1959 Avalanșa [ro]
1960 Telegrame Cafegiul
1960 Valurile Dunării [ro]
1960 Furtuna [ro]
1960 Thirst Șofron
1961 Portretul unui necunoscut Barcagiul
1962 Omul de lînga tine Cartan
1962 Porto-Franco [ro]
1962 Celebrul 702
1962 Cerul n-are gratii
1963 Lupeni 29 Varga
1963 A fost prietenul meu Balaurul
1963 La vîrsta dragostei Bălan
1963 Partea ta de vină
1964 Străinul [ro] worker Octavian Sabin
1965 Forest of the Hanged Petre
1965 Neamul Șoimăreștilor [ro] Nobleman Stroie Orheianu
1965 Merii sălbatici
1965 Amintiri din copilărie [ro] Ion Creangă
1966 Golgota [ro]
1967 Diminețile unui băiat cuminte [ro] Cioba
1967 The Subterranean Zamfir
1967 Cerul începe la etajul III
1968 The Column Ciungul – Dacian Captain
1968 Sîmbăta morților
1969 Apoi s-a născut 'Legenda' di Mare
1970 Războiul domnițelor Senrea
1971 Așteptarea [ro] Nea Fane Final film role

References

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  1. ^ "Mari actori romani – Stefan Ciubotarasu". 29 September 2013.
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