Chris Avram
Chris Avram (born Cristea Auran,[citation needed] August 31, 1931, Bucharest – January 10, 1989, Rome, Italy) was a Romanian-Italian film actor.
Known in Romania as Cristea Avram, he was born into a family of true communist believers (his father being an active member of the Romanian Communist Party while it was still banned, and his brother, Puiu, was 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 Timişoara, 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.[1] Later he settled down in Italy, where he died of cancer.[2][3]
He was married for a while to Romanian actress Olga Tudorache, with whom he had a son, Alexandru.
Filmography
- Darclee (1959)
- Nu vreau să mă însor (1960)
- Poveste sentimentală (1960)
- Anotimpuri (1963)
- De-aș fi... Harap Alb (1965) - Spânul
- Steaua fără nume (1966)
- Zodia Fecioarei (1966) ... Lut (as Cristea Avram)
- Manon 70 (1968)
- Le temps de vivre (1969)
- Delitto al circolo del tennis (1969)
- Il sole nella pelle (1971)
- Reazione a catena[4] (1971) aka Twitch of the Death Nerve
- W Django! (1971)
- Variety (1971)
- I senza Dio (1972)
- So Sweet, So Dead (1972)
- Holy God, Here Comes the Passatore! (1973)
- Cuore (1973)
- Number One (1973)
- The Violent Professionals (1973)
- Servo suo (1973)
- I figli di nessuno (1974)
- El amor empieza a medianoche (1974)
- The Killer Reserved Nine Seats (1974)
- Il giudice e la minorenne (1974)
- The Eerie Midnight Horror Show (1974) aka The Sexorcist
- Il pavone nero (1975)
- Stangata in famiglia (1976)
- Sfida sul fondo (1976)
- Emanuelle in Bangkok (1976)
- La malavita attacca... la polizia risponde! (1977)
- California (1977)
- The Iron Commissioner (1978)
- La profezia (1978)
- Il commissario Verrazzano (1978)
- L'étrange monsieur Duvallier (1979) (serial TV)
- Star Odyssey (1980)
- La ripetente fa l'occhietto al preside (1980)
- Teste di quoio (1981)
- Giochi erotici nella 3a galassia (1981)
- Vai avanti tu che mi vien da ridere (1982)
- Sogni mostruosamente proibiti (1982)
- Lo studente (1983)
References
- ^ Furdui, Dumitru (1999). Teatrul in comunism. Librairie Roumaine Antitotalitaire.
- ^ Lazar, Ioan (August 26, 2011). "Cristea Avram" (in Romanian). Telegraf. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
- ^ Dobra, N.I. (May 29, 2009). "Eu sunt cel care ţi–am pus paharu–n mână" (in Romanian). Tribuna.
- ^ http://cult-cinema.ru/reviews/b/bay_of_blood/