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Eugène Ionesco (1909–1994)

Writer | Actor | Director

In 1909, Eugen Ionescu was born in Slatina, Romania to a lawyer, Eugen Ionescu Sr. and a French lady by the name of Therese Zicard. In 1913 they moved to France, but in 1924 when his parents divorced, he returned with his father to Romania. He studied in Craiova and in 1929 he attended the University of Bucharest to study Literature and Philosophy... See full bio »

Born:

Eugen Ionescu
in Slatina, Romania

Died:

(age 84) in Paris, France
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2007 La cantatrice chauve (TV movie) (play)
 
2006 Le roi se meurt (TV movie) (play)
 
2006 The Hard-Boiled Egg (short)
 
2001 Je rentre à la maison (play "Le roi se meurt")
 
2000 Un siècle d'écrivains (TV series documentary)
– Ionesco en miettes (2000) (writer)
 
1995 Bred vdvoyom (play)
 
1978-1984 Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (TV series)
– Parlons français (1984) (play)
– La jeune fille à marier (1978) (play "La jeune fille à marier")
 
1982 Amedée (TV movie) (play)
 
1981 O pezoporos tou aera (short) (short story)
 
1980 La cantatrice chauve (TV movie) (play)
 
1979 A Cantora Careca (TV movie) (play)
 
1978 Le roi se meurt (TV movie) (play)
 
1977 Taller de comèdies (TV series)
– El quadre (1977) (play)
 
1976 Teatro Club (TV series)
– Las sillas (1976) (play)
– Jacobo o la sumisión (1976) (play)
 
1975 Amédée ou Comment s'en débarrasser (TV movie) (play)
 
1974 Macbett (TV movie) (play)
 
1974 Rhinoceros (play / as Eugene Ionesco)
 
1973 Macbett (TV movie) (play)
 
1973 En forglemmelse (TV short) (play)
 
1973 To theatro ton neon (TV series)
– O Kainourgios Noikaris (1973) (play)
 
1972 Næsehornet (TV movie) (play)
 
1972 Celava pevacica (TV movie) (writer)
 
1971 La vase (TV movie)
 
1970 Triumph des Todes oder Das große Massakerspiel (TV movie) (play "Jeux de Massacre")
 
1970 Kongen skal dø (TV movie) (play)
 
1970 Privattimen (TV movie) (play)
 
1970 O Rei Está a Morrer (TV movie) (play)
 
1969 Opfer der Pflicht (TV movie) (play "Victimes au devoir")
 
1969 Délire à deux (TV movie) (play)
 
1968 Amédée (TV movie) (written by)
 
1968 Teatro de siempre (TV series)
– El rey se muere (1968)
– Amadeo (1968)
 
1967 Delirio a due (TV movie) (play)
 
1967 Delirium zu zweit auf unbegrenzte Zeit (TV movie) (play)
 
1967 Den skallete sangerinne (TV movie) (original play)
 
1967 La jeune fille à marier (short) (dialogue)
 
1966 New York Television Theatre (TV series)
– The Lesson (1966) (play)
 
1966 Estudio 1 (TV series)
– El rinoceronte (1966) (play)
 
1966 The Present Stage (TV series)
– The Bald Prima Donna Part Two (1966) (writer: "The Bald Prima Donna")
– The Bald Prima Donna Part One (1966) (writer: "The Bald Prima Donna")
 
1966 Den skaldede sangerinde (TV movie) (play)
 
1965 Der König stirbt (TV movie) (play "Le roi se meurt")
 
1964 Die Nashörner (short) (play)
 
1964 Die Stühle (TV movie) (play)
 
1963 Lektionen (TV movie) (play)
 
1963 Kahden kiukku (TV movie) (play)
 
1962 The Seven Deadly Sins (segment "Colère, La")
 
1962 Stolarna (TV movie) (play "Les Chaises")
 
1962 Enetime (TV movie) (play)
 
1961 De rinoceros (TV movie) (play)
 
1961 Die kahle Sängerin (TV movie)
 
1961 Tuolit (TV movie) (play "Les Chaises")
 
1961 Die Nashörner (TV movie) (play / screenplay)
 
1959 Den skalliga primadonnan (TV movie)
 
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1984 Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (TV series)
– Parlons français (1984)
 
1981 Le roi des cons
Le pharmacien
 
1977 Solveig et le violon turc
 
1974 Ariane
Minos
 
1971 La vase (TV movie)
Der Mann
 
1959 Monsieur Tête (short)
Narrator
 
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1969 Opfer der Pflicht (TV movie) (theatre version)
 
1962 The Seven Deadly Sins (co-director)
 
1962 The Seven Deadly Sins (assistant director)
 
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1987 Eugène Ionesco, voix et silences
Himself
 
1979 A fondo (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 February 1979 (1979) … Himself
 
1978 V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #8.2 (1978) … Himself
 
1971 Ionesco inszeniert Ionesco: Der König stirbt (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1961 Cinépanorama (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 December 1961 (1961) … Himself
 
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2008 Lucifer et moi
 
2003 The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 Un siècle d'écrivains (TV series documentary)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1956) His plays, "The Bald Prima Donna," and "The New Tenant," was performed at the Arts Theatre Club in London, England with Robert Eddison, Jill Bennett, Michael Bates, and Michael Bryant in the cast. Peter Wood was director. See more »

Publicity Listings:

3 Print Biographies  | 2 Interviews  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Eugene Ionesco
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Personal Quote:

All theatre is Absurd. See more »

Trivia:

Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, Vol. 132, pp. 196-202. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005. See more »

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