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Grigoriu in 1976
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Born |
Grigore Petrovich Grigoriu 4 April 1941 Causeni, Moldova |
Died | 20 December 2003 Palanca, Moldova |
(aged 62)
Years active | 1950-1989 |
Spouse(s) | Ekaterina Botnaryuk |
Children | Trayan Octavian |
Grigore Grigoriu (4 April 1941 – 20 December 2003) was a Soviet and Moldavian actor.
Grigore Petrovich Grigoriu was born in 1941 in Căușeni, Moldova.
In school Grigore played in the theater, practiced sports, including boxing.
After graduation he worked briefly as a porter at a railway.
Grigore Grigoriu began his artistic career in the Bălți National Theatre where he worked for six years, from 1959 to 1965.
Subsequently, he worked for five years in the TV-theater "Dialogue", after 1970 at the Republican Theater of the Young Spectator "Luceafarul".
His first film role was Sawa Milchan in the 1966 film by Emil Loteanu "Red Glades".
Grigore Grigoriu acted in Russia, Romania, Germany, Azerbaijan and Ukraine, performed more than seventy roles in film and theater. The most famous of his roles is Loiko Zobar in the film Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven.
Grigore Grigoriu was tragically killed in a car accident December 20, 2003 near the Moldovan village of Palanca. The actor is buried in the Central (Armenian) cemetery in Chișinău.