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Similar Gisela Schlüter, Horia Căciulescu, Puiu Călinescu, Nicu Constantin, Edith Hancke | ||
Mircea Crișan (August 8, 1924–November 22, 2013) was considered to be one of the greatest Romanian comedians and comedic actors.
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Life
He was born to a German father and a Romanian Jewish mother. He traveled as a child with his parents in their circus. Later he studied Dramatic Art at the State Drama School in Bucharest. In the 1950s and 1960s he played in several Romanian Comedies and the theater. He was known as a star of the former Eastern Bloc and even performed privately for Khrushchev.
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 1974-1987 in four episodes of the television series scene . His film roles included Werner - Beinhart! , Schtonk! And the 2005 Oscar nominated As in Heaven .
Krishan 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). He spoke German, Romanian, Russian, Hebrew, English, Bulgarian, Italian and Czech and lived in Hesse Maintal.
He died in November 2013 in Düsseldorf.
Filmography
Songs
Hühneraugen-Tango
Beim Lachen und Schmunzeln
Bei Lachen und Schmunzeln verschwinden die Wunzeln