She loved and was loved by famous artists, but at the beginning of her career, Vasilica Tastaman had to make extreme gestures in order to survive.
Actress Vasilica Tastaman was born on October 6, 1933, in Brăila. He debuted in 1949, at the age of 16, on the stage of the theater in his hometown, according to http://aarc.ro, a magazine edited by the Romanian Filmmakers' Union.
At 14, she became an orphan and had no one to pay for her specialized studies, according to the biography made by the “Constantin Tănase” Magazine Theatre. On her way to the big stage she was helped by Elvira Petreanu (wife of Ion Aurel Manolescu, grandson of the poet Ion Manolescu), who gives her diction lessons and shows her how to walk and deliver lines on a stage. At 18, she was already an actress at the Giulesti Theater, thanks to director Elena Deleanu. Later, the great actress Lucia Sturdza Bulandra helps her in her career.
Vasilica Tastaman Archive
Vasilica Tastaman was an employee of the Bucharest Municipal Theatre, today the Bulandra Theatre, led at that time by Lucia Sturdza Bulandra. One day, the theater director hears the rumor that her favorite actress wants to leave the theater and return to Brăila. Intrigued, Lucia Sturdza Bulandra calls her and asks her for details about the decision to leave the Bucharest theater and Bucharest, according to antena3.ro.
On this occasion, Lucia Sturdza Bulandra learns with astonishment that Vasilica had nowhere to live: “Ms. Bulandra, I want to leave the Capital because I'm fed up… to sleep with a different man every night so that I have somewhere to sleep!”. Lucia Sturdza Bulandra then went to the City Hall and personally asked the mayor for a home for Vasilica Tastaman.
The mayor's refusal led Lucia Sturdza Bulandra to resort to an extreme gesture: she threw herself on her knees and begged him with tears in her eyes to help her with a home. Only a few days later, Vasilica Tastaman moved into the apartment obtained with the help of the director.
Married to Emeric Jenei and Dan Tufaru
Vasilica Tastaman was married twice, to coach Emeric Jenei, with whom she had a son, Călin, and then to Dan Tufaru, ex-husband of Anda Călugăreanu.
In the volume “Vasilica Tastaman. The Fatal Woman of Romania – Volume X”, Boerescu Dan-Silviu presents the actress like this: “The woman who broke up the Anda Călugăreanu by Dan Tufaru, the girlfriend of Gheorghe Dinică and other stars, but also the wife of the famous coach from Steaua, Emeric Jenei, was a talented actress with a lot of sex appeal, who effectively ruined the artistic world of Romania from the 60s-80s. Dem Rădulescu's partner in “Tonight we dance in the family” was a fatal blonde with a bubbly laugh and an absolutely unmistakable voice. In 1981, he settled in Sweden, returning to the country only 20 years later, to await his end at home, being overtaken by an unforgiving disease”.
30 years of career
The roles in which she shone for almost 30 years include: Nicole in the play “The Gentleman Bourgeois”, by Moliere, Ana in “Svejk in the Second World War” by B. Brecht, Elena in “Troilus and Cressida” by W. Shakespeare , Efimita in “Capul de rățoi” by George Ciprian, Veta in “A stormy night”, Getuţa in “The Preșul” by Ion Băieşu, a show that was performed over ten years, Dany in “Cigigaş fără simbrie” by Eugen Ionescu, Lucretia Borgia in “Fata Morgana” by D. Solomon, Nataşa in “Three Sisters” by Chekhov, Dona Estrella in “Night in Madrid” by Calderon de la Barca, Annunciata in “Umbra” by Evgheni Svart.
Vasilica Tastaman and Dem Rădulescu PHOTO Cinemagia
He also acted in many Romanian films, with the same great talent and humor. Of these, the following stand out: 1958 – “D-ale carnavalului” (directed by Gheorghe Naghi, Aurel Miheles); 1959 – “Telegrams” (regi Aurel Miheles, Gheorghe Naghi); 1960 – “Close to the sun” (directed by Savel Stiopul); “Bădăranii” (directed by Sică Alexandrescu, Gheorghe Naghi); “Autumn counts the freshmen” (directed by Mircea Mureşan); 1966 – “Castellanii” (directed by Gheorghe Turcu); “Snowy weather” (directed by Gheorghe Naghi); “The Major and Death” (directed by Alexandru Boiangiu); 1968 – “The cyclists are coming” (directed by Aurel Miheles); 1971 – “Miscellaneous Brigade on alert” (directed by Mircea Drăgan); “The Follow” (directed by Radu Gabrea) – TV series; 1972 – “Goodbye, dear Nela” (directed by Cornel Todea); “Tonight we dance in the family” (directed by Geo Saizescu); “Veronica” (directed by Elisabeta Bostan); 1973 – “Love begins on Friday” (directed by Virgil Calotescu); 1974 – “Păcala” (directed by Geo Saizescu); 1976 – “Premiere” (directed by Mihai Constantinescu); 1977 – “Me, you and Ovidiu” (directed by Geo Saizescu); “War of Independence” (directed by Doru Năstase, Sergiu Nicolaescu) – TV series; 1979 – Nea Marin billionaire (directed by Sergiu Nicolaescu), 1981 – ''I have an idea'' (directed by Alecu Croitoru), notes the “Dictionary of Romanian Filmmakers”.
In 1981, Vasilica Tastaman settled in Sweden, where she will continue to act on the theater stage in the city of Malmö. Upon returning to the country, in 2003, he was going to play in a show, on the stage of the Comedy Theatre. A digestive hemorrhage ended his dream of being on a Romanian stage again. He died on March 30, 2003, in Bucharest.
