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Cristina Stamate (8 February 1946 – 27 November 2017) was a
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n actress.


Life

Stamate was born in
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. She credited her older brothers with having fostered her interest in the theatre, by taking her to plays and opera when she was a child. Having initially studied law, she graduated from Institute of Theatre and Film Arts (IATC) in 1967. Best known as a stage actress, she spent most of her career at the Teatrul de Revistă
Constantin Tănase Constantin Tănase (; 5 July 1880 – 29 August 1945) was a Romanian actor and writer for stage, a key figure in the revue style of theater in Romania. Life He was born into a working-class family living in a peasant house in Vaslui, Roma ...
in Bucharest, where she became part of the company after first working in theatre at Arad. She was married to actor Dan Ivănescu in 1966, at the age of twenty, but they had no children and divorced in 1977; she never remarried. In 2007, she published a cookbook, ''Sarea în bucate. Reţete culinare inedite''; () Friends stated that she had suffered from serious depression in latter years, after undergoing open heart surgery in January 2015. In her final interview, she referred to experiences such as the deaths of her parents and her brother, and said that she had gone on acting despite personal mourning. She also expressed regret at not having had children.


Death

Stamate died at
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, Bucharest, aged 71, after being admitted four days previously, on 23 November, for tests after suffering a
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. On the day of her death, she learned of her friend, actress
Stela Popescu Stela Popescu (21 December 1935 – 23 November 2017) was a Romanian actress and TV personality considered the greatest comedy actress and one of best female actresses of all time in Romania. With Ștefan Bănică and Alexandru Arșinel she was ...
, had died four days earlier.


Films

*''Grabeste-te încet'' (1981) *''The Secret of Bacchus'' (1984)


Television

*''O seara la Revista'' (2013)


Theatre

Teatrul de Revistă Constantin Tănase *''Arca lui Nae și Vasile'' *''Bufonii regelui'' *''Dai un ban, dar face'' *''Idolul femeilor'' *''Nimic despre papagali'' *''Poftă bună lui Tănase'' *''Revista revistelor'' *''Te aștept diseară pe Lipscani'' *''Ura... și la gară'' *''Vara nu-i ca iarna''


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stamate, Cristina 1946 births 2017 deaths 20th-century Romanian actresses 21st-century Romanian actresses Actresses from Bucharest Romanian film actresses Romanian stage actresses Romanian television actresses