Veronica Lazăr

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Veronica Lazăr, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Popularitet : 2.421
  • Kendt for : Acting
  • Fødselsdag : 1938-10-06
  • Fødselssted : Bucharest, Romania
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Veronica Lazăr Film

  • 1972
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    Sidste tango i Paris

    Sidste tango i Paris

    7 1972 HD

    Han (Brando) er en 45 år gammel amerikaner, der bor i Paris, plaget af mindet om hans kones selvmord. Hun (Maria Schneider) er en 20 år...

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  • 1993
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    La Bionda

    La Bionda

    1 1993 HD

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  • 1979
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    La Luna

    La Luna

    6.4 1979 HD

    Under en tourne i Italien, har en amerikanske operasanger der for nyeligt er blevet enke et incestuøst forhold til sin 15-årige...

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  • 1990
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    The Sheltering Sky

    The Sheltering Sky

    6.5 1990 HD

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  • 2008
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    Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1

    Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1

    6 2008 HD

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  • 1980
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    Inferno

    Inferno

    6.7 1980 HD

    Rose Elliot, finder ved en tilfældighed en antik dagbog skrevet af arkitekten og alkymisten Varelli. Bogen afslører hemmeligheden om...

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  • 1982
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    Identificazione di una donna

    Identificazione di una donna

    5.9 1982 HD

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  • 2012
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    Gemelle

    Gemelle

    1 2012 HD

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  • 2006
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    Adolfo Celi, un uomo per due culture

    Adolfo Celi, un uomo per due culture

    7 2006 HD

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  • 2012
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    Io e te

    Io e te

    6.2 2012 HD

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  • 2004
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    Renzo e Lucia

    Renzo e Lucia

    1 2004 HD

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  • 1996
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    La sindrome di Stendhal

    La sindrome di Stendhal

    5.5 1996 HD

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  • 1990
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    Verso sera

    Verso sera

    7.1 1990 HD

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  • 1987
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    Io e mia sorella

    Io e mia sorella

    6.4 1987 HD

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  • 1995
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    Al di là delle nuvole

    Al di là delle nuvole

    6.3 1995 HD

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  • 1981
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    Les Ailes de la colombe

    Les Ailes de la colombe

    5.2 1981 HD

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  • 2014
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    Il giovane favoloso

    Il giovane favoloso

    6.8 2014 HD

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  • 1978
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    Le affinità elettive

    Le affinità elettive

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1998
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    L'assedio

    L'assedio

    6.7 1998 HD

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  • 1981
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    Woodoo - Rædslernes Hotel

    Woodoo - Rædslernes Hotel

    6.917 1981 HD

    En ung kvinde arver et gammelt hotel, og sætter sig for at restorere det. Snart begynder ulykkerne at hobe sig op, og det går snart op...

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  • 2003
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    Ginostra

    Ginostra

    4.6 2003 HD

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  • 2000
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    Il manoscritto del principe

    Il manoscritto del principe

    8.2 2000 HD

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  • 1990
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    Il sole buio

    Il sole buio

    4 1990 HD

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  • 1989
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    Summer's Lease

    Summer's Lease

    7.5 1989 HD

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  • 2012
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    6 passi nel giallo

    6 passi nel giallo

    5.5 2012 HD

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