Valeria Gagealov (9 December

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– 9 February

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) was a

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n film, radio, theater, television and voice actress.

Biography

She was born in

Galați Galați (, , ; also known by other alternative names) is the capital city of Galați County in the historical region of Western Moldavia, in eastern Romania. Galați is a port town on the Danube River. It has been the only port for the most par ...

, and studied at the

Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography The Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film, Bucharest ( ro, Universitatea Națională de Artă Teatrală și Cinematografică "I.L. Caragiale") is a public university in Bucharest, Romania, founded in 1954. It is named in honour of pla ...

with , graduating in 1954. She then worked for many years at the

National Theatre Bucharest The National Theatre Bucharest ( ro, Teatrul Naţional "Ion Luca Caragiale" București) is one of the national theatres of Romania, located in the capital city of Bucharest. Founding It was founded as the ''Teatrul cel Mare din București'' ("Gra ...

, where she played Curley's wife in ''

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'' by

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, and Sonia in ''Camera de alături'' by

Paul Everac Paul Everac (August 23, 1924 – October 18, 2011) was a prolific Romanian drama writer who wrote under his birth name, Petre Constantinescu. He was Chairman of the Romanian Television (TVR) between 1993 and 1994. From 1995 to 1997 he was Chairma ...

. In the early 1950s, she was married to fellow actor

Constantin Codrescu Constantin Codrescu (; 5 September 1931 – 13 November 2022) was a Romanian actor. He appeared in more than thirty films since 1953. Born in Huși, he was raised in northern Bukovina, but had to move to Bucharest after the region was annexed ...

, but some strange circumstances involving his mother (who tried to poison Gagealov) led to divorce. Later on she married Andrei Magheru, a diplomat, and then followed him to

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when he became Romania's ambassador to

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in 1990. In 2004, Gagealov was awarded the , Commander rank. She died from

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at Elias Hospital in

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on 9 February 2021, at the age of 89, during the

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Filmography

Her filmography was the following: * '' La Moara cu noroc'' (1955) * ''Momente Caragiale - Tren de plăcere'' (1958) * ''Mutter Courage'' (1962) - Yvette Pottier * ''

Columna Columna may refer to: * ''Columna'' (gastropod) a genus of snails * ''The Column'' (film), a 1968 Romanian historical film directed by Mircea Drăgan . * '' Columna Lactaria'' "Milk Column" was a landmark in ancient Rome in the Forum Holitor ...

'' (1968) * ''Castelul condamnaților'' (1970) * ''

Mihai Viteazul Michael the Brave ( ro, Mihai Viteazul or ; 1558 – 9 August 1601), born as Mihai Pătrașcu, was the Prince of Wallachia (as Michael II, 1593 – 1601), Prince of Moldavia (1600) and ''de facto'' ruler of Transylvania (1599 – 1600). ...

'' (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 ''Mihail, câine de circ'' ( en, Michael, Circus Dog) is a 1979 Romanian adventure film directed by Sergiu Nicolaescu. It is based on the novel ''Michael, Brother of Jerry''. Cast * Karl Michael Vogler – Dag Daughtry * Ernest Maftei – Greenle ...

'' (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

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