- Carmen Tănase
Infobox actress
name = Carmen Tanase
imagesize = 250px
birthname = Carmen Elena Tanase
birthdate = Birth date and age|1961|1|18
birthplace = Ploiesti,Romania Carmen Tanase (born
January 18 ,1961 ) is aRomania n actress. After graduating The Drama and Film Institute fromBucharest , in 1984, she joined the company of "Vasile Alecsandri" National Theatre inIaşi (between 1984-1990) and then moved back to the capital city ofRomania . Since 1990, she is a member of theOdeon Theatre company fromBucharest . As a student, she played inDostoevsky 's "The Possessed " (a dramatization of the great Russian novel), inJohn Steinbeck 's "Sweet Thursday ", in "Butterflies, Butterflies" by the Italian playwright Aldo Nicolaj (at The Very Small Theatre inBucharest , having the legendary Romanian actress Olga Tudorache andRadu Duda , the would-be Prince ofHohenzollern -Veringen, as partners) etc. Following the fall of the Romaniancommunist regime, in 1989 (the end ofCeausescu 's dictatorship), she also involved herself in the independent artistic movements that flourished after these events. She toured the world withRadu Duda , the two of them playing in "A Report to an Academy ", the adaptation of a short story byFranz Kafka , directed by Cristina Iovita (the play was produced by the first Romanian independent theatrical group formed after the 1989 Revolution).tage credits (selected)
"'Odeon Theatre, Bucharest"'
* Dr. Martha Livingstone in "Agnes of God " by John Pielmeier, directed by Marius Oltean
* The chief nurse in "Veronika Decides To Die ", adaptation by Gelu Colceag and George Banica after the homonymous novel byPaulo Coelho , directed by Gelu Colceag
* Colette Duduleanu in "The Rattlers" by Al. Kiritescu, directed by Alexandru Dabija
* Lora in "Stars In The Morning Light" by Alexandr Galin, directed by Gelu Colceag
* Paraschiva in "Miss Nastasia" by G.M. Zamfirescu, directed by Horea Popescu
* Pierette in "The Gossip Ladies" byMichel Tremblay , directed by Petre Bokor
* The old gipsy woman in "At The Gipsy Women" by Cristian Popescu, based on the short story byMircea Eliade , directed by Alexander Hausvater
* "…And They Put Handcuffs On The Flowers…" byFernando Arrabal , directed by Alexander Hausvater
* "The Grin Opera" byDario Fo , directed by Dragos GalgotiuNational Theatre, Iasi
* Mona in "A Nameless Star" by
Mihail Sebastian , directed by Nicoleta Toia
* She in "The Boa's Strategy" after A.P.Chekhov , directed by Nicoleta Toia
* Gittel in "Two On A Rocking Chair" byWilliam Gibson , directed by Ion Manzatu
* Firuta in "The Author Is In The Auditorium" by Ion Baiesu, directed by Saul Taisler
* Zita in "A Stormy Night" byI.L. Caragiale , directed by Ovidiu Lazar
* Helen in "Warsaw Melody" by L. Zorin, directed by Ion Manzatu
* Ana in "The Game Of Life And Death" by Horia Lovinescu, directed by Nicoleta Toia
* Mrs Gabor in "Spring's Awakening" byFrank Wedekind , directed by Cristina Iovitaelected filmography
* "Knot", directed by Alina Ciocarlie, 2007
* "Tears Of Love", directed by Iura Luncasu, 2006
* "Too Late", directed by Adi Sitaru, 2006
* "Love Sick ", directed byTudor Giurgiu , 2006
* "Dormir avec le diable", directed by Yves Boisset, 2001
* "Une femme piégée", directed by Laurent Carceles, 2001
* "Im Zeichen der Liebe", directed by Kathe Kratz, 1995
* "Passion Mortelle", directed by Claude-Michel Rome, 1995
* "Dark Angel: The Ascent", directed by Linda Hassani, 1994
* "È pericoloso sporgersi ", directed byNae Caranfil , 1994
* "The Cathouse", directed by Andrei Blaier, 1993
* "I'm Going Mad And I'm Sorry", directed by Ion Gostin, 1992
* "The Dogs Way", directed by Laurentiu Damian, 1991
* "The Culprit", directed by Alexa Visarion, 1991
* "A Clod of Clay", directed by Nicolae Margineanu, 1989Television credits
* Flacara Potcovaru in "Gipsy Heart" and "Regina" (TV series), directed by Iura Luncasu, Alexandru Fotea and Sebastian Voinea/ Larry Maronese, 2007-2008 and 2008 to present
* Zuzu in "A Movie-like Romance" (TV series), directed by Iura Luncasu and Bogdan Dumitrescu, 2006-2007
* Simona Varlam in "Tears of Love" (TV series), directed by Iura Luncasu and Bogdan Dumitrescu, 2005-2006External links
*http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0849113/
*http://www.teatrul-odeon.ro/eng/oameni/actori/tanase.htm
*http://www.freewebs.com/carmentanase
*(Romanian) http://www.cinemagia.ro/actor.php?actor_id=26091
*Carmen Tanase videos on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Carmen+Tanase&search=Search
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