Mircea Crișan

Mircea Crișan
Mircea Crișan in 1964
Born
Mauriciu Kraus

(1924-08-08)August 8, 1924
DiedNovember 22, 2013(2013-11-22) (aged 89)
Other namesMircea Krishan
OccupationActor
Years active1955–2004
AwardsUNITER Prize

Mircea Crișan (8 August 1924 – 22 November 2013) was considered to be one of the greatest Romanian comedians and comedic actors.[1]

Biography[edit]

He was born in the Maramureș region of northern Romania to a German father and Romanian mother. He traveled as a child with his parents in their circus. From 1944 to 1946 he studied Dramatic Art at the State Drama School in Bucharest, in the class of Maria Filotti. In the 1950s and 1960s, Crișan played in several Romanian comedies and the theater. He was known as a star of the former Eastern Bloc and even performed privately for Nikita Khrushchev.[2] In 1964 he was awarded the title of "Artist Emerit" of the Romanian People's Republic.[3]

He took advantage of his second stint in the Music Hall Olympia in Paris in order to settle in 1968 in West Germany. He acted between 1974 and 1987 in four episodes of the television series Tatort. His film roles included Werner – Beinhart!, Schtonk!, and the 2005 Oscar nominated As It Is in Heaven.[4]

Crișan acted between 1993 and 1997 and from 1999 until 2006 in the Störtebeker Festival. In 2006, he joined the Pumuckl theater tour. In 2007, he received in Sibiu the Culture Prize of the Romanian Theatre Union (UNITER).[5] He spoke German, Romanian, Russian, Hebrew, English, Bulgarian, Italian, and Czech and lived in Hesse Maintal.[citation needed]

He died in November 2013 in Düsseldorf.[6]

Selected filmography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Mircea Crișan nu mai spune bancuri..."
  2. ^ "Mircea Krishan Stock Photos and Pictures - Getty Images".
  3. ^ "Decretul nr. 514/1964 pentru conferirea de titluri unor cadre artistice". lege5.ro (in Romanian). State Council of Romania. August 27, 1964. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  4. ^ "As It Is in Heaven". 3 September 2004 – via IMDb.
  5. ^ "Ediția a XV-a. Premiile pentru anul 2006". www.uniter.ro (in Romanian). Romanian Theatre Union. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  6. ^ "Vorbe de duh". Deutsche Welle (in Romanian). 29 November 2013. Retrieved April 11, 2014.

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