| Draga Olteanu Matei | |
| Birth Name: | Emilia-Draga Olteanu-Matei |
| Birth Date: | 24 October 1933 |
| Birth Place: | Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania |
| Death Place: | Iași, Romania |
| Resting Place: | Eternitatea Cemetery, Piatra Neamț |
| Alma Mater: | I.L. Caragiale Institute of Theatre and Film Arts |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 1967–2006 |
| Awards: | Order of the Star of Romania, Knight rank Order of the Crown, Officer rank |
Draga Olteanu Matei (née Olteanu) (in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan pronounced as /ˈdraɡa olˈte̯anu maˈtej/; 24 October 1933 – 18 November 2020) was a Romanian actress. She performed in more than thirty films from 1967 to 2006.
Born in Bucharest, she studied at the Iulia Hasdeu High School in Lugoj. After moving to Brașov at age 17, she returned to Bucharest, where she graduated in 1956 from the I.L. Caragiale Institute of Theatre and Film Arts. In 1970 she married Ion Matei, a doctor from Piatra Neamț.[1]
Draga Olteanu Matei was awarded the Order of the Star of Romania, Knight rank in May 2002 and the Order of the Crown of Romania, Officer rank in October 2014.[1] She received a star on the Romanian Walk of Fame in Bucharest on 29 October 2011.[2]
She died in 2020 of gastrointestinal bleeding at the in Iași[1] [3] and was buried with military honors at the Eternitatea Cemetery in Piatra Neamț.[4]
| Year | Title | Role | Director | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Mrs. Packard (Romanian dub) | |||
| 2014 | O nouă viață | Nae's mother | Alex Fotea, Mihai Brătilă | |
| 2013 | Îngeri pierduți | Aura's grandmother | Larry Maronese | |
| 2011 | Moștenirea | Varvara | Iura Luncașu | |
| 2010 | Narcisa sălbatică | Narcisa's grandmother | Mihai Bauman, Sebastian Voinea, Catrinel Dănăiață | |
| 2009 | State de România | Orlando's grandmother | Iura Luncașu | |
| 2009 | State de România - Student la Sorbona | The Gypsy Fortune-teller | Larry Maronese, Iura Luncaşu | |
| 2008 | Regina | Ileana Toma | Iura Luncașu | |
| 2007 | Inimă de țigan | Ileana Toma | ||
| 2006 | Iubire ca în filme | Marghioala | Iura Luncașu | |
| 2005 | Cuscrele | Aneta Păun | Nae Cosmescu | |
| 1999 | The Famous Paparazzo | Nicolae Mărgineanu | ||
| 1987 | Coana Chirița la Iași | Coana Chirița | Mircea Drăgan | |
| 1986 | Coana Chirița | Coana Chirița | Mircea Drăgan | |
| 1979 | Uncle Marin, the Billionaire | Veta | Sergiu Nicolaescu | |
| 1978 | Acțiunea „Autobuzul” | Vasilica | Virgil Calotescu | |
| 1977 | Iarna Bobocilor | Varvara | Mircea Moldovan | |
| 1975 | Toamna Bobocilor | Varvara | Mircea Moldovan | |
| 1975 | Patima | Păuna Varlam | George Cornea | |
| 1973 | Explosion | Angela, Salamandra's wife | Mircea Drăgan | |
| 1972 | This evening we dance at home | Lăcrămioara | Geo Saizescu | |
| 1966 | Haiducii | Zdrelea wife | Dinu Cocea | |
| 1962 | A Bomb Was Stolen | The Nanny | Ion Popescu-Gopo |