Maria Tănase
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Maria Tănase was a Romanian singer and actress. Her music ranged from traditional Romanian music to romance, tango, chanson, and operetta.
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Tănase on a 2003 stamp of Moldova
Maria Tănase's grave on what would have been her 100th birthday (at Bellu Cemetery, Bucharest)
100 Greatest Romanians
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In 2006, Romanian Television conducted a vote to determine whom the general public considered the 100 Greatest Romanians of all time, in a version of the British TV show 100 Greatest Britons. The resu
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…physical beauty and charisma. In Romania, she is still regarded as a major cultural icon of the 20th century. In 2006 she was included in the list of the 100 Greatest Romanians of all time by a nationwide poll. Among her songs are Cine iubește și lasă (1937), Leliță cârciumăreasă (1939), Bun îi vinul ghiurghiuliu (1938), Doina…
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Stephen the Great, commemorated on some stamps from 2004, the winner of the contest
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