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Draga Olteanu-Matei


  • Actress
  • Born: 24.10.1933 in Bucharest
  • Died: 18.11.2020 in Iași

A force of the comic nature, capable of making mountains and men knock their heads together, howling with a laughter that can make you cry. The entire repertoire of a simple person, all the jobs, all the expressions fit her perfectly. A confusing willingness which seems to have paralyzed the comedy writers who are supposed to make us laugh. The victory of the melodrama in Patima accuses them.” (Radu Cosaşu, Magazin estival 1977).
“Draga Olteanu is obedient to the temperament, just as the high tide and the low tide are influenced by the moon beams. This being obedient to her own tem
perament is a virtue in her and not a servitude, the way it is for the other people. The force of this actress has something like a torrent, something stormy, something from the evidence and the mystery of a natural phenomenon. She can play any character, but not just howsoever, but only with that extraordinary, painful tearing, which in the specialty argot is called composition. Draga Olteanu makes composition the way we, the common people breathe.” (Aurel Bădescu, Magazin special Cinema 1978) 

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Known for:

1978

1974

1974

1966

Festivals / Awards

  • 1975
ACIN Ilustrate cu flori de câmp
Filip cel bun
Best Actress
  • 1998-1999
UCIN Faimosul paparazzo Extraordinary Performance Award
  • 2010
Gopo Lifetime Achievement Award

Filmography

Actress

Narcisa sălbatică (serial tv)

2010

Cuscrele (serial tv)

2005

Poveste imorală (serial tv)

2000

The Famous Paparazzo

The Neighbor

1999

Dănilă Prepeleac

1996

Ma’am Chiritza Goes to Jassy

Chiriţa

1988

Ma’am Chiritza

Chiriţa

1986

Marriage with Rehearsal

Eleonora

1985

The Bet

Old lady

1984

The Hot Crumb of the Loaf of Bread

1983

Bucharest Identity Card

Eleonora

1982

A World Without Sky

1981

Ana and „the thief”

1981

Iancu Jianu, the Tax Collector

Luţa

1980

Iancu Jianu, the Outlaw

Luţa

1980

The Wonderful Grove

Emilia

1980

A Man in a Shag Overcoat

Aman's wife

1978

Uncle Marin, the Billionaire

Veta

1978

Melodies, Melodies

1978

The Taste and the Colour of the Happiness

The baxter

1978

Together Again

Frusina

1978

For the Motherland

Sister Ana

1977

The Winter of the Ducklings

Varvara

1977

Me, You and Ovid

1977

Bus for Death

The Roma lady

1977

The Last Night of Loneliness

1976

Serenade for the 12th Floor

The provincial lady

1976

The Instance Adjourns the Sentence

The typist

1976

Grandpa and Two Juvenile Delinquents

Rodovica

1976

Greed

Păuna Varlam

1975

Hot Days

The nursery worker

1975

The Autumn of the Ducklings

Varvara

1974

Stephen the Great

Moașa Irina

1974

Postcard with Wild Flowers

Naşa

1974

Philip the Kind

Responsabila

1974

The Jderi Brothers

Raluca

1973

Freckled

1973

Piticul din grădina de vară (film tv)

1972

Îndrăzneala (scurtmetraj)

1972

The Poseidon Explosion

Angela

1972

The Barrier

Veştemeanca

1972

Tonight We’ll Dance at Home

Lăcrămioara

1971

Because They Are in Love

Soția lui Haiduc

1971

Cavalerul tristei figuri (film tv)

1971

The Making of the World

1970

The Brothers

Rafira

1970

Prieteni fără grai

1969

Summer Days

The chef lady

1967

The Revenge of the Outlaws

1967

The Kidnapping of the Maidens

1967

The Major and the Death

1967

Shots on the Stave

1967

Who Is Going to Open the Door?

The woman with a suitcase

1967

Golgotha

Ana

1966

The Phantoms Are in a Hurry

1966

The Theacher’s Exam

1966

The White Trial

1965

The Outlaws

1965

The Wild Appletrees

1964

A Midsummer Day’s Smile

Mărioara

1963

Linişte (scurtmetraj)

1963

Lupeni ‘29

Varga's wife

1962

A Bomb Was Stolen

1961

The Thirst

Catiţa

1960

Telegrams

1959

Blanca

Stareța

1955