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Veronica Lazăr Died at age: 75

Actor | Producer

    Veronica Lazăr (6 October 1938 – 8 June 2014) was a Romanian-born Italian actress.

    Lazăr was born in Bucharest in 1938. She graduated from the Caragiale Academy of Theatrical A

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    Leopardi

    Marianna Mattei Antici ( Actor )

    ... 2014

    Me & You

    Lorenzo's Grandmother ( Actor )

    ... 2012

    Twins

    Muriel ( Actor )

    ... 2012

Fullname:

Veronica Lazăr

Date of Birth:

Oct 06, 1938

Country of birth:

Romania

Died:

May 08, 2014

Biography of

Veronica Lazăr

    Veronica Lazăr (6 October 1938 – 8 June 2014) was a Romanian-born Italian actress.

    Lazăr was born in Bucharest in 1938. She graduated from the Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography (where she also obtained a degree in psychology, which she practiced until 1994, dealing mainly in couples therapy) and subsequently played roles in Romanian theatre [notably a run of Right You Are (if you think so) in 1963-64]. She fled her home country to escape communism and eventually settled in Italy in 1965. She managed to learn the Italian language in only a few weeks and had planned to move on to the United States or Israel, but became entranced with Rome. There, she met and married Italian actor Adolfo Celi with whom she had two children, director Leonardo Celi and actress Alessandra Celi.

    She made her screen debut as Marlon Brando's deceased wife in Bernardo Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris (1972), and also appeared in some of the director's subsequent films, La Luna (1979), The Sheltering Sky (1990), and Besieged (1998).

    Lazăr is probably best known internationally for her role as the demonic Mater Tenebrarum in Dario Argento's Inferno (1980), as well as the ill-fated Martha in Lucio Fulci's The Beyond (1981). She later appeared in Argento's The Stendhal Syndrome (1996) in a role that was removed from the North American version (though she is still billed in the end credits). Her other films included Michelangelo Antonioni's Identification of a Woman (1982), My Sister and I (1987), Towards Evening (1990), The Prince's Manuscript (2000) and Ginostra (2002). She had an extensive career in (mostly) Italian television, where she was often the lead or one of the lead characters. Lazăr headlined the 1978 adaptation of The Elective Affinities, Giacinta (1980) and was a big part of the 1989 BBC miniseries Summer's Lease. Her last role was that of the main character Lorenzo's loving grandmother in Bertolucci's Me and You (2012).

    Veronica Lazăr was a renowned woman of culture and a cultural ambassador between Italian and Romanian cinema (the latter, a position she began in 1989). She was a linguistic interpreter and was seen as a symbolic figure with a protective aura by her countrymen in both Italy and Romania. She was also president of the Itaro Art Foundation and was instrumental in its 2007 retrospective on Romanian cinema held in Rome and Pisa. She was heavily involved with the acting students at Teatro Valle and often would cook meals for them at her home and bring them to the theatre. The students there nicknamed her "Nonna Veronica."

    Lazăr also coordinated the construction of a hospital in Mali over the course of a year, on orders of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. When she returned to Italy, she brought with her African fabrics, statues, and carpets, many of which were still in her home when she died. Lazăr loved to play cards, share with her friends, and had a special affinity for the sea. At her funeral, she wanted her 18-year-old niece, a career musician already, to play the theme from Schindler's List throughout the Jewish cemetery in Prima Porta where she was laid to rest.

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Filmography of

Veronica Lazăr

Found 24 Movies in total

Leopardi

Marianna Mattei Antici ( Actor )

... 2014

Me & You

Lorenzo's Grandmother ( Actor )

... 2012

Twins

Muriel ( Actor )

... 2012

... 2008

... 2006

... 2004

Ginostra

Suzanna Del Piero ( Actor )

... 2003

The Prince's Manuscript

Lilja Iljascenko ( Actor )

... 2000

Besieged

piano buyer ( Actor )

... 1998

The Stendhal Syndrome

Madre di Marie ( Actor )

... 1996

Beyond the Clouds

Liza ( Actor )

... 1995

... 1993

Towards Evening

Margherita ( Actor )

... 1990

The Sheltering Sky

Nun ( Actor )

... 1990

... 1990

My Sister and I

Giudice dei minori ( Actor )

... 1987

Un caso d'incoscienza

Claire ( Actor )

... 1985

... 1982

... 1981

The Beyond

Martha ( Actor )

... 1981

Inferno

Nurse ( Actor )

... 1980

Luna

Marina ( Actor )

... 1979

Elective Affinities

Carlotta ( Actor )

... 1978

Last Tango in Paris

Rosa ( Actor )

... 1972