Lucia Sturdza-Bulandra

[1] In addition to her acting career, she played an important role in shaping an entire generation of Romanian actors and directors,[2] her students including the likes of George Calboreanu, Dina Cocea, Haig Acterian, Radu Beligan and Victor Rebengiuc.

She initially planned to pursue a career in education, but after graduating from the faculty of Letters and Philosophy of the University of Bucharest, she became interested in acting.

[1][5] She made her stage debut in 1898, at the National Theatre Bucharest, in Édouard Pailleron's play Pendant le bal.

[5] In 1914 she started her own private theater company, the Queen Maria Theatre, alongside her husband, Tony Bulandra.

During her tenure as director, the "Municipal" grew from a small company of just nine performs to one of Bucharest's foremost theatrical institutions.