Emil Hossu (; 24 November 1941 – 25 January 2012) was a
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n actor.
Hossu was born into a
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family in
Ocna Sibiului
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,
Sibiu County
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and grew up in
Cluj
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.
Since his father was a diplomat during the time of
Ion Antonescu
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, his whole family was deported on August 23, 1945 to a camp in Germany; after a year and three months, they escaped and returned to Romania. In 1948, his father was sent by the Communist authorities to
forced labor
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at the
Danube–Black Sea Canal
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, from where he returned after 6 months, only to die from cancer.
After completing
Cantemir Vodă High School in
Bucharest
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,
Hossu studied at the
Institute of Theatre and Film Arts,
which he graduated in 1965.
With his first wife, violinist Anca Hossu, he had a son, Dan.
He was a well-known actor of stage and screen in the 1980s and 1990s, having performed in over 50 movies and stage productions. In 2002, he was awarded the
National Order of Faithful Service, Knight rank.
At the time of his death, on 25 January 2012, he was performing at the in Bucharest alongside his wife of 20 years, the actress
Catrinel Dumitrescu. Hossu died of a cardiac arrest,
just as he was about to go on stage in a play called ''The Anniversary''.
He is interred at
Bellu Cemetery
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in Bucharest.
Selected filmography
* ' (1968)
* ' (1969) – Mihai
* ''
Songs of the Sea'' (1970) – Pavel
* ' (1973) – Lt. Marinică
* ' (1975) – Dr. Ovidiu Ghiculescu
* ''
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'' (1976) – Lt. Nistor
* ' (1977) – Dr. Ovidiu Ghiculescu
* ' (1978) – Dobre
* ' (1979) – Ducu
* ' (1980) – Mircea Caropol
* ' (1980) – Delvos
* ' (1982) – A Norman knight
* ''
'' (1984) – Victor Mirea
* ' (1984) – A plane pilot
* ' (1985) – Radu Cojar
* ' (1986) – Bogdan Mihai
* ''
The Last Assault'' (1986) – Soldier Munteanu
* ' (1987) – Victor Mirea
* ' (1987) – La Peyrolle
* ' (1987) – Alexandru Truică
* ' (1988) – Horia Mihail
* ' (1989) – The movie director
* ' (1991) – The hotel manager
* ''
The Earth's Most Beloved Son'' (1993) – Iustin Comănescu
* ' (1993) – Major "Sherlock Holmes"
* ''
Oglinda
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'' (1993) – Col. Emilian Ionescu
* ' (1996) – Andrei Kemenici
* '' (1997) – Striker
* ' (1993) – Gen. Eremia Grigorescu
* ''
Om sărac, om bogat'' (2006) – Mircea Prodan
* ''
Chiquititas
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The s ...
'' (2007) – Victor Mărăscu
* ''
Inimă de țigan'' (2008) – Titel
* ''
Fetele Marinarului'' (2009) – Don Juan
* ''
Ho Ho Ho
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'' (2009) – Ion's father
* ''
Iubire și onoare'' (2010–2011) – Titus
References
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1941 births
2012 deaths
People from Ocna Sibiului
Male actors from Bucharest
Romanian male stage actors
Romanian male film actors
Romanian Greek-Catholics
20th-century Romanian male actors
21st-century Romanian male actors
Cantemir Vodă National College alumni
Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film alumni
Recipients of the National Order of Faithful Service
Burials at Bellu Cemetery
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