Constantin Codrescu

Constantin Codrescu
Grand Cross and Sash ranks of the Order of the Star of Romania
Born(1931-09-05)5 September 1931
Huși, Kingdom of Romania
Died13 November 2022(2022-11-13) (aged 91)
Bucharest, Romania
Burial placeSnagov
Other namesConstantin "Puiu" Codrescu
OccupationActor
Years active1953–2022
Spouse(s)Valeria Gagialov
Marga Barbu
Adina Georgescu
Ildiko Codrescu
AwardsOrder of Cultural Merit [ro]

Constantin Codrescu (Romanian pronunciation: [konstanˈtiŋ koˈdresku]; 5 September 1931 – 13 November 2022) was a Romanian actor.[1] 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 by the Soviet Union in 1940.[2]

In the early 1950s he was married to actress Valeria Gagialov, but some strange circumstances involving his mother (who tried to poison his wife) led to divorce.[3] Afterwards he was married for five years to actress Margareta-Yvonne Butuc (later known as Marga Barbu);[4] after divorcing her in 1959, he married Adina Georgescu in 1963, but this marriage also did not last long. In 1972 he found employment at the Hungarian Theatre in Târgu Mureș, where he met and later married actress Ildiko Codrescu.[1]

Codrescu died on 13 November 2022, at the age of 91.[5]

  1. ^ a b Peneș, Gabriel (11 December 2009). "Fiica adoptivă a actorului Constantin Codrescu: "Nu mai vrea să audă de noi"". www.libertatea.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  2. ^ Popa, Loreta (30 June 2020). "Constantin Codrescu și timpul prin care a trecut". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  3. ^ Epure, Adrian (5 May 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 15 February 2021.
  4. ^ Dohi, Marina (31 March 2018). "9 ani fără Marga Barbu. A fost căsătorită de trei ori, din dragoste". www.click.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Actorul Constantin Codrescu a murit". Digi24. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.