Sebastian Papaiani

Sebastian Papaiani was a Romanian film and television actor.

Biography

He was born in Pitești; his father was of Greek origin. He graduated from the Theatrical Arts and Cinematography Institute in 1960, debuting in the Geo Saizescu comedy Un surâs în plină vară. He has a star on the Walk of Fame Bucharest.
In December 2002 he was awarded by then-President Ion Iliescu the National Order of Faithful Service, Knight rank. In 2014, Poșta Română issued a 1.60 lei stamp in his honor, part of the "Golden Stars of the Stage and Screen" series.
His first wife was actress Eugenia Giurgiu, whom he married in 1961; two years later, the two had a son, Sebastian Jr, but they divorced in 1973. He then remarried Marcela Papaiani, with whom he had another son.
Papaiani died at his home in Bucharest at age 80, after suffering a stroke, and was buried in the city's Bellu Cemetery.