Ștefan Ciubotărașu

Ștefan Ciubotărașu
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Born	(1910-03-21)21 March 1910 Lipovăț, Vaslui County, Kingdom of Romania
Died	Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania
Nationality	Romanian
Alma mater	George Enescu National University of Arts
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1934–1970
Employer	National Theatre Bucharest

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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. 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 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 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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1954	Brigada lui Ionuț
1955	Desfășurarea	President of Sfatul Popular, Prunoiu
1956	Mîndrie
1957	Rîpa dracului	Manolache
1957	Stormy Bird	Iordache
1957	Erupția	Dobre
1957	O mică întîmplare
1959	Avalanșa
1960	Telegrame	Cafegiul
1960	Valurile Dunării
1960	Furtuna
1960	Thirst	Șofron
1961	Portretul unui necunoscut	Barcagiul
1962	Omul de lînga tine	Cartan
1962	Porto-Franco
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	worker Octavian Sabin
1965	Forest of the Hanged	Petre
1965	Neamul Șoimăreștilor	Nobleman Stroie Orheianu
1965	Merii sălbatici
1965	Amintiri din copilărie	Ion Creangă
1966	Golgota
1967	Diminețile unui băiat cuminte	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	Nea Fane	Final film role

External links

• Ștefan Ciubotărașu at the Internet Movie Database