Melania Ursu

Romanian actress
  • Stage actress
  • film actress
Employer(s)Cluj-Napoca National Theatre
National Theatre of Târgu Mureș [ro]AwardsOrder of Cultural Merit [ro]
Order of the Star of Romania
UNITER award for lifetime achievement

Melania Ursu (July 16, 1940 – January 12, 2016) was a Romanian stage and film actress.

Born in Sibiu, she graduated from the Institute of Theatre and Film Arts (IATC) in 1961. Ursu performed at the Cluj-Napoca National Theatre.[1][2] From 1977 to 1979 she played at the National Theatre of Târgu Mureș [ro].[3]

In 1969, she was awarded the Order of Cultural Merit [ro], 4th class.[4] Her most prominent award was the Order of the Star of Romania, Knight class.[1][2] In 2012 she received the UNITER (Romanian Theatrical Union) award for lifetime achievement.[2]

Ursu died in 2016 in Cluj-Napoca, of a heart attack.[1][2]

Filmography

  • Gaudeamus igitur [ro] (1965)
  • Mere roșii ("Red Apples", 1975)
  • Misterul lui Herodot [ro] ("The Mystery of Herodotus", 1976)
  • Iarba verde de acasă [ro] ("Green Grass of Home", 1977)
  • Vis de ianuarie [ro] ("January Dream", 1979)
  • Intoarcerea lui Vodă Lăpușneanu [ro] ("The return of Vodă Lăpușneanu", 1980)
  • Munții în flăcări [ro] ("Mountains on Fire", 1980)
  • Dragostea mea călătoare [ro] ("My Beloved Traveler", 1980)
  • Pădureanca [ro] ("The Forest Woman", 1986)
  • Flăcări pe comori ("Flames over Treasures", 1987)
  • Meditație lacustră ("Lake Meditation", 1995)
  • Păcatele Evei ("Eva's Sins", 2005)
  • Feedback (2006)
  • Caravana cinematografică [ro] ("Kino Caravan", 2009)

References

  1. ^ a b c "Una dintre cele mai mari actrițe din România s-a stins fulgerător din viață". Evenimentul Zilei (in Romanian). 12 January 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "Proiecții la Cinema Victoria, in memoriam Melania Ursu". Monitorul de Cluj (in Romanian). 13 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Melania Ursu – Profile". teatrunational.ro. National Theatre of Târgu Mureș. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Decretul președintelui Consiliului de Stat al Republicii Socialiste România nr. 807 din 28 noiembrie 1969 privind conferirea de ordine și medalii unor cadre artistice și tehnic-administrative de la Teatrul Național din Cluj", Buletinul Oficial al R.S. România (in Romanian), 134, 28 November 1969, retrieved 8 January 2022


External links

  • Melania Ursu at IMDb