Dina Cocea

Dina Cocea (born November 27, 1912 in Bucharest ; † October 28, 2008 there ) was a Romanian actress .

biography

The daughter of the writer Nicolae Cocea and the actress Floricăi Mille studied acting in Paris and made her theater debut there in 1934 . In her home country she made her debut in January 1935 at the Theater Comedia of Bucharest in the play Adevăratul Iacob by George Timică in the role of the dancer Yvette.

Also in 1934 she made her debut as a film actress in the comedy of Reinhold Schünzel La jeune fille d'une nuit on the side of Käthe von Nagy and Adele Sandrock . In 1939, she made her first appearance in Romania as a film actress in the film O noapte de pomină . In the decades that followed, films such as

• Neamul Șoimăreştilor (1964),
• Cantemir (1973),
• Ștefan cel Mare (1974), and
• Iancu Jianu haiducul (1980).

Her last film appearance was in Atac în bibliotecă in 1992 . In addition, she continued to play in the theater and was considered the queen of Romanian theater in the theater world .

In addition to her active acting career, she was dean of the Faculty of Theater Studies at the University of Bucharest between 1952 and 1962 . During this time she was also a representative of Romania at international congresses of the UN and UNESCO . In 2001 she received an honorary doctorate from the Ion Luca Caragiale National University of Theater and Film for her services to acting .

source

• A murit Dina Cocea. Obituary in Evenimentul Zilei. October 28, 2008.
• Dina Cocea, well known Romanian actress, dies. Obituary in AOL Celebrity. October 29, 2008.
• Filmography