Chris Avram (born Cristea Avram; August 31, 1931 â€" January 10, 1989)
was a Romanian-Italian film actor.Avram was born in Bucharest, into a
family of active communists (his father being a member of the Romanian
Communist Party while it was still banned, and his brother, Puiu, a
Communist activist). In his youth, he attended a military school,
after which he studied law for two years in university, before being
admitted to the Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography. After
graduation, he worked for a while as a theater actor in Timișoara,
before joining the Nottara Theater in Bucharest. At a film festival in
Moscow, he befriended Marina Vlady, who later went to Romania to star
in Mona, l'étoile sans nom, directed by Henri Colpi. With her help,
he managed to flee to Paris in 1966, where he remained. Later he
settled in Rome, Italy, where he died of cancer.He was married for a
while to Romanian actress Olga Tudorache, with whom he had a son,
Alexandru.
was a Romanian-Italian film actor.Avram was born in Bucharest, into a
family of active communists (his father being a member of the Romanian
Communist Party while it was still banned, and his brother, Puiu, a
Communist activist). In his youth, he attended a military school,
after which he studied law for two years in university, before being
admitted to the Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography. After
graduation, he worked for a while as a theater actor in Timișoara,
before joining the Nottara Theater in Bucharest. At a film festival in
Moscow, he befriended Marina Vlady, who later went to Romania to star
in Mona, l'étoile sans nom, directed by Henri Colpi. With her help,
he managed to flee to Paris in 1966, where he remained. Later he
settled in Rome, Italy, where he died of cancer.He was married for a
while to Romanian actress Olga Tudorache, with whom he had a son,
Alexandru.
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