Constantin Codrescu

{{short description|Romanian actor (1931–2022)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}

{{Infobox actor

| image = Liliana Tomescu și Constantin Codrescu.jpg

| caption =

| name = Constantin Codrescu

| honorific_suffix = {{small|Grand Cross and Sash ranks of the Order of the Star of Romania}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|9|5|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Huși, Kingdom of Romania

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|11|13|1931|9|5|df=yes}}

| death_place = Bucharest, Romania

| burial_place = Snagov

| othername = Constantin "Puiu" Codrescu

| occupation = Actor

| years active = 1953–2022

| spouse = Valeria Gagialov
Marga Barbu
Adina Georgescu
Ildiko Codrescu

| awards = {{ill|Order of Cultural Merit (Romania)|lt=Order of Cultural Merit|ro|Ordinul Meritul Cultural (România)}}

}}

Constantin Codrescu ({{IPA|ro|konstanˈtiŋ koˈdresku}}; 5 September 1931 – 13 November 2022) was a Romanian actor.{{cite web|url=http://www.libertatea.ro/ultima-ora/fiica-adoptiva-a-actorului-constantin-codrescu-nu-mai-vrea-sa-auda-de-noi-415208|title=Fiica adoptivă a actorului Constantin Codrescu: "Nu mai vrea să audă de noi"|website=www.libertatea.ro|language=ro| first=Gabriel|last=Peneș|date=11 December 2009|access-date=15 February 2021}} He appeared in more than thirty films since 1953.

Born in Huși, he was raised in northern Bukovina, but had to move to Bucharest after the region was annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940.{{cite web|url=https://adevarul.ro/cultura/teatru/constantin-codrescu-timpul-trecut-1_5efb23c65163ec42717d2a5c/index.html|title=Constantin Codrescu și timpul prin care a trecut|newspaper=Adevărul|language=ro|first=Loreta|last=Popa|date=30 June 2020|access-date=15 February 2021}}

In the early 1950s he was married to actress Valeria Gagialov, but some strange circumstances involving his mother (who tried to poison his wife) led to divorce.{{cite web|url=https://adevarul.ro/entertainment/film/destinul-tragic-actorului-constantin-codrescu-propria-mama-i-a-otravit-sotia-Ii-oferea-valeriei-mancare-presara-prafuri-ciudate-1_590b83035ab6550cb8cc74d5/index.html|title=Destinul tragic al actorului Constantin Codrescu. Propria mamă i-a otrăvit soția: "Îi oferea Valeriei mâncare peste care presăra niște prafuri ciudate!"|newspaper=Adevărul|language=ro|first=Adrian|last=Epure|date=5 May 2017|access-date=15 February 2021}} Afterwards he was married for five years to actress Margareta-Yvonne Butuc (later known as Marga Barbu);{{cite web|url=https://www.click.ro/news/national/9-ani-fara-marga-barbu-fost-casatorita-de-trei-ori-din-dragoste|title=9 ani fără Marga Barbu. A fost căsătorită de trei ori, din dragoste|website=www.click.ro|first=Marina|last= Dohi|date=31 March 2018 |language=ro|access-date=15 February 2021}} after divorcing her in 1959, he married Adina Georgescu in 1963, but this marriage also did not last long. In 1972 he found employment at the Hungarian Theatre in Târgu Mureș, where he met and later married actress Ildiko Codrescu.

Codrescu died on 13 November 2022, at the age of 91.{{cite news |title=Actorul Constantin Codrescu a murit |url=https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/actorul-constantin-codrescu-a-murit-2150413 |access-date=14 November 2022 |publisher=Digi24 |date=14 November 2022}}