The great actress Gina Patrichi would have turned 90 years old. How she met her husband, a famous lawyer
Actress Gina Patrichi would have turned 90 this year. The artist died on March 18, 1994, being buried in the family vault, in the Bellu Cemetery.
Gina Patrichi/PHOTO: Archive
Born on March 8, 1936, in Bucharest, Gina Patrichi starred in successful film productions: “Pădurea spânzuraților” (1965), in the role of Roza, in “Felix and Otilia (1972), in the role of Olimpia, in “The Murmurs” (1987), in the role of Guică, in “Microphone Test (1980), a dramatic film directed by Mircea Daneliuc, in “Immortals”, (1974), directed by Sergiu Nicolaescu, where she played the role of Ioana.
She was also cast in “On the Left Bank of the Blue Danube” (1983) and “Sunday Father” (1975), alongside Amza Pellea and Radu Beligan.
The theater and film actress was married for more than 30 years to Victor Anagnoste, whom she had met at a bar. Anagnoste later became one of the biggest lawyers in Romania. While he was spinning, a shoe fell on him, and Victor wanted to hand it to him personally, like in “Cinderella”. As a sign of thanks, she invited him to the theater.
The two got married in 1959, and in 1966 their only daughter, Oana, was born.
Gina Patrichi died on March 18, 1994, and her husband died in 2011, being buried in the same grave in the Bellu cemetery. A statue in the form of an angel is enthroned on the cross.
The two are buried in the same grave, in the Bellu cemetery/PHOTO: Click!
Gina Patrichi believed in the power of love:
“I have another doubt. Maybe it's more of a fear: people are no longer capable of love. And without love, nothing can be done in this world. Everything must be loved: people, work, justice, the sun, the sea, the stone, the tree, the place where you live, everything.
Maybe we don't have time for love anymore? The ancients, loving, thought and built for eternity. We live too much for today and too little for tomorrow”.
This quote is found in the book “Gina Patrichi. Moments of life”, the author being Mircea Patrichi, the late artist's brother.
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