Valeria Gagealov
Valeria Gagealov (9 December 1931 – 9 February 2021)[1] was a Romanian film, radio, theater, television and voice actress.[2]
Biography
She was born in
Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography with Irina Răchițeanu-Șirianu, graduating in 1954. She then worked for many years at the National Theatre Bucharest,[4] where she played Curley's wife in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, and Sonia in Camera de alături by Paul Everac
.
In the early 1950s, she was married to fellow actor Constantin Codrescu, but some strange circumstances involving his mother (who tried to poison Gagealov) led to divorce.[5] Later on she married Andrei Magheru, a diplomat, and then followed him to Paris when he became Romania's ambassador to France in 1990.[4]
In 2004, Gagealov was awarded the Order of Cultural Merit, Commander rank.[3]
She died from COVID-19 at Elias Hospital in Bucharest on 9 February 2021, at the age of 89, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania.[3]
Filmography
Her filmography was the following:[6][7]
- La Moara cu noroc (1955)
- Momente Caragiale - Tren de plăcere (1958)
- Mutter Courage (1962) - Yvette Pottier
- Columna (1968)
- Castelul condamnaților (1970)
- Mihai Viteazul (1971)
- Serata (1971)
- Puterea și adevărul (1972)
- Un august în flăcări (1973)
- Departe de Tipperary (1973)
- Când trăiești mai adevărat (1974)
- Singurătatea florilor (1976) - Ema
- Mihail, câine de circ (1979) - Mary Emory
- Bietul Ioanide (1980) - Doamna Lascaris
- Întoarcerea lui Vodă Lăpușneanu (1980)
- Ultima noapte de dragoste (1980)
- Promisiuni (1985)
- Inimă de țigan (2007)
References
- ^ Ioan-Radu Gava (9 February 2021), "Actrița Valeria Gagealov a murit", DC News
- ^ "A murit Valeria Gagealov. Actriţa avea 89 de ani". www.antena3.ro.
- ^ a b c Bărăgan, Dana (February 10, 2021). "Doliu fără margini în lumea teatrului românesc. O actriță din Generația de aur, răpusă de COVID-19". www.realitatea.net (in Romanian). Retrieved February 15, 2021.
- ^ a b "Actrița Valeria Gagealov a murit la vârsta de 89 de ani" (in Romanian). Pro TV. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
- ^ Epure, Adrian (May 5, 2017). "Destinul tragic al actorului Constantin Codrescu. Propria mamă i-a otrăvit soția: "Îi oferea Valeriei mâncare peste care presăra niște prafuri ciudate!"". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved February 15, 2021.
- ^ SA, Imedia Plus Group. "Valeria Gagealov". Cinemagia.
- ^ SA, Imedia Plus Group. "Filme cu Valeria Gagealov - CineMagia.ro". Cinemagia.
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