Chris Avram


Chris Avram was a Romanian-Italian film actor.

Early life and career

Avram was born in Bucharest, into a family of active communists. In his youth, he attended a military school, after which he studied law for two years in university, before being admitted to the Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography. After graduation, he worked for a while as a theater actor in Timișoara, before joining the Nottara Theater in Bucharest. At a film festival in Moscow, he befriended Marina Vlady, who later went to Romania to star in Mona, l'étoile sans nom, directed by Henri Colpi. With her help, he managed to flee to Paris in 1966, where he remained. Later he settled in Rome, Italy, where he died of cancer.
He was married for a while to Romanian actress Olga Tudorache, with whom he had a son, Alexandru.

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