Traian Stănescu

Traian Stănescu (27 March 1940 – 12 April 2022) was a Romanian actor.

Biography
He graduated from the Institute of Theater and Cinematography in Bucharest (IATC) in 1961, the class of Professor G.D. Loghin, after which he was assigned to the State Theater Piatra Neamț (currently the Youth Theater). The period spent here (1961 - 1964) is a beautiful page in his acting career, a period he remembered with pleasure: he had the opportunity to play in memorable premieres (he plays the role of Vulpașin in "Miss Nastasia”, Tom, in “Glass Menagerie”, directed by Cornel Todea etc.) and had the opportunity to be a member of a young and valuable artistic collective.

He returned to Bucharest in 1964, first to the Giulești Theater, then to the Small Theater, so that from 1968 he became an actor of the National Theater "I. L. Caragiale”, and since 2002 as an honorary member.

He had played in countless plays throughout his career, including "The Enigma of Otilia", "King Lear", "Richard III", "Who Needs Theater", "Orpheus in Hell", "Swallow", "Bloody Lovers”, “Saturday, Sunday, Monday” etc. He has collaborated on several Radio and TV theater performances; long filmographic activity.

Personal life and death
He was married from 1977 to the actress Ilinca Tomoroveanu until her death and they had a son together, Mihai Stănescu, and he is also an actor. Stănescu died in Bucharest on 12 April 2022, at the age of 82.

Filmography

 * Răscoala (1966)
 * Trandafirul galben (1982) - aga Mavrodineanu
 * The Silver Mask (1985) - aga Villara
 * Colierul de turcoaze (1986) - aga Villara
 * Oglinda (1994) - Constantin Titel Petrescu, president of Social Democratic Party
 * Ochii care nu se văd (1996) - Suru
 * Fetele Marinarului (TV Series) (2009) - The priest
 * Moștenirea (TV Series) (2010 - 2011) - Ghiță