Draga Olteanu Matei

Draga Olteanu Matei
Born
Emilia-Draga Olteanu-Matei

(1933-10-24)24 October 1933
Died18 November 2020(2020-11-18) (aged 87)
Resting placeEternitatea Cemetery, Piatra Neamț
Alma materI.L. Caragiale Institute of Theatre and Film Arts
OccupationActress
Years active1967–2006
Spouse
Ion Matei
(m. 1970; died 2014)
AwardsOrder of the Star of Romania, Knight rank
Order of the Crown, Officer rank
Draga Olteanu Matei receiving a star on the Romanian Walk of Fame in Bucharest

Draga Olteanu Matei (née Olteanu) (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈdraɡa olˈte̯anu maˈtej]; 24 October 1933 – 18 November 2020) was a Romanian actress. She performed in more than thirty films from 1967 to 2006.

Born in Bucharest, she studied at the Iulia Hasdeu High School in Lugoj. After moving to Brașov at age 17, she returned to Bucharest, where she graduated in 1956 from the I.L. Caragiale Institute of Theatre and Film Arts. In 1970 she married Ion Matei, a doctor from Piatra Neamț.[1]

Draga Olteanu Matei was awarded the Order of the Star of Romania, Knight rank in May 2002 and the Order of the Crown of Romania, Officer rank in October 2014.[1] She received a star on the Romanian Walk of Fame in Bucharest on 29 October 2011.[2]

She died in 2020 of gastrointestinal bleeding at the Saint Spiridon Hospital [ro] in Iași[1][3] and was buried with military honors at the Eternitatea Cemetery in Piatra Neamț.[4]

  1. ^ a b c Moceanu, Răzvan (November 11, 2020). "Portret: Draga Olteanu-Matei, artista cu un har inegalabil, a murit la vârsta de 87 de ani". Radio Romania (in Romanian). Retrieved October 5, 2022.
  2. ^ Navadaru, Cosmin (October 29, 2011). "Draga Olteanu Matei și Mircea Albulescu pe Walk of Fame". HotNews.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  3. ^ "Actrița Draga Olteanu Matei a murit". Digi24 (in Romanian). November 18, 2020. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
  4. ^ "Draga Olteanu Matei a fost înmormântată cu onoruri militare". Agerpres (in Romanian). November 22, 2020. Retrieved October 5, 2022.