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Melina Mercouri was born in Athens, Greece on October 18, 1920. An early woman activist, she was elected to the Greek Parliament in 1977. Later Miss Mercouri was to become the first woman to hold a Senior cabinet post "Minister of Culture" in the Greek government. In 1971 she wrote her autobiography titled "I Was Born Greek." Melina wed actor Jules Dassin in 1966 and remained married to him until her death in 1994. Melina Mercouri died of lung cancer in New York City, on March 6, 1994.(1920-1994)- Vasilis Logothetidis was a Greek comedian. He is considered one of the most significant modern Greek actors. One year after graduating from high school in Constantinopole, in 1916, he started to participate as an amateur actor in local shows. In 1918, he moved to Athens where, one year later, he joined the Marika Kotopouli theater company, with which he remained until 1946, with a brief pause in 1935. From 1947, he performed with his own theater company. During his very successful career, he starred in more than 110 Greek comedies and in more than 200 international plays, including Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring, As You Like It by William Shakespeare, Volpone by Ben Jonson and Knock by Jules Romains. Logothetidis was among the first Greek actors to appear in film, mostly as a protagonist. His most memorable appearances include Oi Germanoi xanarhontai... (1948) & The Counterfeit Coin (1955) In 1957, he toured the United States with successful appearances in eight different cities. Logothetidis died in Athens on 20 February 1960, by heart attack.Οι Γερμανοί ξανάρχονται
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Vasilis Avlonitis was born in 1904 in Athens, Greece. He was an actor, known for Itan oloi tous... koroida! (1964), O Pseftothodoros (1963) and Diplopennies (1966). He died on 10 March 1970 in Athens, Greece.Ήταν όλοι τους κορόιδα '65, Ο Γαμπρούλης μου (1904-1970)- Actor
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Nikos Stavridis was born in 1910 in Samos, Greece. He was an actor, known for Stay Cool, Napoleon! (1968), 7 Days of Lying (1963) and O gabros mou, o dikigoros! (1962). He died on 12 December 1987 in Samos, Greece.Φτωχοί Αριστοκράτες- Angelos Antonopoulos was born in 1932, in Piraeus, Greece. He studied at Theatro Technis (Art Theater) under the direction of Carolos Koun and made his stage debut in a 1962 Athens production of Aristophanes' "Ornithes". He then collaborated with many prestigious groups (including the Greek National Theater) and even created personal groups, playing in Tolstoy's "Resurrection" (as Nechliudoff), Luigi Pirandello's "As You Desire Me" (as Karl Zalter), Sartre's "Les mains sales" (as Hederrer), Ibsen's "John Gabriel Borgman" (in the title role) etc. He made his movie debut in 1964 and appeared in some supporting roles, before approaching screen stardom in the late 1960's, co-starring with Aliki Vougiouklaki and Jenny Karezi. He became extremely popular in the early 1970's, when he starred opposite Gely Mavropoulou in the phenomenally successful TV series Agnostos polemos (1971), written by Nikos Foskolos.
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Nikos Rizos was a Greek actor. He took part in many Greek comedies in cinema. He and his wife Elsa had one son. Rizos began his career with "Anthropoi, anthropoi" in 1948 at the Metropolitan Theatre. He founded his own company in 1959 which he co-ran from 1961 with Vasilis Avlonitis and Georgia Vasileiadou. He appeared in various comedies in Greece and Germany, performing for the immigrant Greeks abroad. In 1986, he appeared at the Astor Theatre on Stadiou Street which he ran from the artistic performance until 1990. Rizos changed and he was a theatrical entrepreneur for 27 years. He starred in around 200 comedy films including The Taxi Driver (1953), The Dead Man's Treasure (1959), O Klearhos, i Marina kai o kontos (1961), Symmoria eraston (1972), and others. On television, he starred alongside Martha Karagianni in O dromos (1977). In 1999, he appeared in the television series of Tasos Athanasiadis's I aithousa tou thronou (1998). It was his last appearance on television. Rizos' last years were spent in Gyzi. He suffered a heart attack on 20 April 1999 and died in an Athens hospital from edema. He was 74 years old. He is buried at Athens First Cemetery.(1924-1999)- Actor
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Giorgos Foundas was born in 1924 in Parnassida, Greece. He was an actor and producer, known for The Asphalt Fever (1967), Me ti lampsi sta matia (1966) and The Shepherdess' Lover (1955). He died on 28 November 2010 in Athens, Greece.Στέλλα- Actress
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Aliki Vougiouklaki was born in 1934 (or 1933, according to some sources), in Maroussi Attikis, Greece. She studied at the Drama School of the Greek National Theater and made her stage debut in a 1953 Athens production of Molière's "Le malade imaginaire". Around the same time she made her movie debut in To pontikaki (1954). The late 1950's was her breakthrough period: she starred in a successful revival of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" (as Eliza Doolittle) and took the leading part in a very popular movie, Maiden's Cheek (1959). She instantly became Greece's most popular star, created her personal stage group (with a repertory including Aristophanes' "Lysistrata", Tennessee Williams' "Sweet Bird of Youth" and Sophocles' "Antigone") and starred in many films, light comedies and melodramas (in many of them she co-starred with Dimitris Papamichael, who was her husband and theater partner during 1965-1974). Her film Ypolohagos Natassa (1970) has been the biggest moneymaker in the history of Greek cinema.(1934-1996)- Actor
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Alekos Alexandrakis was born in 1928, in Athens, Greece. He studied at the Drama School of the Greek National Theater and made his stage debut in a 1949 Athens production of Daphne Du Maurier's "Autumn Tide". He soon became one of the best actors of his generation, appearing in Euripides' "Hippolytus" (title role), Ivan Turgenev's "A Month in the Country" (as Mikhail Alexandrovitz Rakitin), Sophocles' "Electra" (as Orestis), Neil Simon's "Plaza Suite" (as Jessie, Sam and Roy) and many other plays. He made his screen debut in 1949 and appeared in more than 60 films, proving himself equally adequate in comedy and drama. He also directed two interesting neorealist films in the early 1960's, Thriamvos (1962) and A Neighborhood Named 'The Dream' (1961).Η Σωφερίνα- She studied theatre at Marika Kotopouli's drama school. She worked with Karolos Koun Art Theatre. She played at "Blood Wedding" (Federico García Lorca) and "The glass Menagerie" (Tennessee Williams) in the late forties. She also worked with Mrs Katerina (famous Greek actress at that time) and with Kostas Mousouris's group in the early fifties. In the mid fifties she created a group with two Greek actors, Dimitris Horn and Giorgos Pappas. In the sixties she gave unforgettable performances with her own group. One of these performances was "A streetcar named desire" where she played Blanche du Bois. In 1967 she suffered the onset of cancer. Although she was seriously ill, she continued to appear on stage until 1982 (one year before her death). Her last appearance was as Sarah in a play which is widely known from the movie Children of a Lesser God (1986). At that time she no voice at all, the cancer having deprived her of it.Kalpiki lira 1955 (Aliki)
- Katina Paxinou was born in 1900, in Piraeus, Greece. She first appeared on stage in 1928, in an Athens production of Henry Bataille's "La femme nue". In the early 1930's she was one of the founding members of the National Theatre of Greece (previously named Royal Theatre) and performed several major roles in Sophocles' "Electra", Henrik Ibsen's "Ghosts" etc, often co-starring with her husband, Alexis Minotis. The outbreak of the Second World War found her in UK; she later managed to arrive at the US, where she was offered her first film role in 1943 in For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943). For her superb portrayal of the Spanish revolutionary Pilar in this classic film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's novel, she won a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award and a Golden Globe in 1944. She made a few more Hollywood movies, before returning to Greece in the early 1950's. During 1950 - 1971, some of her great performances were as Jocasta in Sophocles's "Oedipus Rex" (1951, 1952, 1955 and 1958, also staged at that time on Broadway with enormous success), as Countess Rosmarin Ostenburg in Christopher Fry's "The Dark Is Light Enough" (1957), as Clara Zachanassian in Friedrich Dürrenmatt's "The Visit" (1961), as Mary Tyrone in Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey Into Night" (1965) and in the title roles of Euripides' "Hecuba" (1955) and Bertolt Brecht's "Mother Courage" (1971). She also starred in some other movies; she was particularly touching as the Italian matriarch in the Luchino Visconti masterpiece Rocco and His Brothers (1960). She died of cancer in 1973 and is justly considered as the greatest Greek actress of the 20th century.Για ποιον κτυπά η καμπάνα
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Mary Chronopoulou was born in 1933, in Athens, Greece. She studied at the Drama School of the Greek National Theater, where she made her stage debut in 1953 as a member of the Chorus in Euripides' "Hippolytus". She had a fruitful theatrical career, appearing in many plays, like Lillian Hellmann's "The Little Foxes" (as Regina), Tennesse Williams' "The Fugitive Kind" (as Carol), John Osborne's "Look Back in Anger" (as Alison Porter)and Maxim Gorky's "The Enemies" (as Tatiana Bartin). She was very active in films, too, playing a wide variety of parts in comedies, musicals, melodramas and film noirs. She also sang in some of her plays and movies; some of the songs she performed in 1960's musicals are still popular today in Greece.- Actor
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Nikos Xanthopoulos was born on 31 August 1934 in Athens, Greece. He was an actor, known for Agapisa kai ponesa (1963), Ftohogeitonia agapi mou (1969) and Amartola heria (1963). He was married to Eleni Karpeta and Erifilli Xanthopoulou. He died on 22 January 2023 in Athens, Greece.- Actress
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Rena Vlahopoulou was born in 1923 in Corfu, Greece. She was an actress and producer, known for The Girl from Corfu (1956), A Greek Woman in the Harem (1971) and I Rena einai 'off-side' (1972). She was married to Giorgos Lafazanis, Giannis Kostopoulos and Kostas Vasileiou. She died on 29 July 2004 in Athens, Greece.Η Χαρτοπαίχτρα (Kerkyra b. 1923-2004)- Actor
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Byron Pallis was born in 1923 in Athens, Greece. He was an actor and producer, known for I ora tis alitheias (1969), Marinos Kontaras (1948) and Karagiozis, o adikimenos tis zois (1959). He was married to Afroditi Grigoriadou. He died on 14 December 1995 in Athens, Greece.- Orestis Makris was a Greek actor and tenor. Makris graduated from the Athens Conservatoire and first entered the scene as a tenor in the troupe of Rozalia Nika in 1925. He later joined the Papaioannou troupe, before moving to more comedic roles. Makris excelled in the portrayal of folk characters, especially the stock role of the "drunkard". Makris also participated in about forty movies, mostly as an over-strict father. He is considered one of the most significant modern Greek actors. He was decorated with the Order of the Phoenix. He died on 29 January 1975 in Athens and is buried at the First Cemetery in a family grave.Ο Μεθύστακας
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At the beginning of her career she played several roles at the Greek National Theatre with Katina Paxinou and Alexis Minotis. At the same time she appeared at several movies and she became a star, a protagonist at once. she creates her own personal groups and plays mostly comedy with (1960) great successs.In 1968 she gets married to Kostas Kazakos and they create their own group on stage. They stage plays of Albee (Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf) Ibsen (Hedda Gabler), and the ancient Greek tragics Sophocles (Electra, Oedipus Rex), Euripides (Medea). Her last appearence on stage was at Loula Anagnostakis (a female Greek author) play "Diamonds and Blues".Ραντεβού στην Κέρκυρα '60 (1932-1992)- Despo Diamantidou was born on 13 July 1916 in Piraeus, Greece. She was an actress, known for Love and Death (1975), Topkapi (1964) and Sapila kai aristokratia (1967). She was married to Andreas Filippides. She died on 18 February 2004 in Athens, Greece.
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Dimitris Papamichael was born in 1934, in Piraeus, Greece. He studied acting at the Drama School of the National Greek Theater, where he made his stage debut in 1955 in Euripides' "Hecuba" and interpreted several important roles during 1955-1960: Treplev in Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull", Jimmy Porter in John Osborne's "Look Back in Anger" etc. He then collaborated with the prestigious Theatro Technis (Art Theater) and created a personal group with his then wife, Aliki Vougiouklaki: between 1964 and 1974 they appeared together in several plays including George Bernard Shaw's "My Fair Lady") and starred in some of the most commercially successful films in the history of Greek cinema (their on screen partnership had started in 1959 and their marriage - in 1965 - was received with much enthusiasm from their fans). After their divorce (1974) Papamichael retired from films and concentrated on theater; he was much praised for his excellent work in William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" (title role) and Euripides' "Medea" (as Jason).(1934-2004)- Nikos Kourkoulos was born in 1934, in Athens, Greece. He studied acting at the Drama School of the Greek National Theater and made his stage debut in a 1958 Athens production of Alexandre Dumas fils's "La dame aux camélias", opposite Ellie Lambeti and Dimitris Horn. He was one of the founders of the prestigious stage group Proskinio and appeared in the 1967 Broadway musical "Ilya Darling", with Melina Mercouri. He created his personal group in the early 1970's, with a repertory which included, among others, Franz Kafka's "The Trial", Arthur Miller's "View from the Bridge" and Bertolt Brecht's "The Beggar's Opera". His last stage appearance to date was in the title role of Sophocles' "Philoktitis" (1991); he then became artistic director of the Greek National Theater. His film career has been equally successful: he starred in many films from the late 1950's until the early 1980's. His most commercial films have been melodramas with a social background, like Oratotis miden (1970).A smiling afternoon 1979
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Faidon Georgitsis studied at the drama schools of Karolos Koun, Christos Vlachiotis and Pelos Katselis. His first cinematographic appearance was at the 1960 Jules Dassin's film. He has worked with Karolos Koun in his the experimental Art Theater and at the "National Theatre of Northern Greece". Apart from cinema and theatre he had participated in numerous TV series, during the 70's and 90's. He had directed theatrical plays and films.- Emilios Chilakis is known for Truants (1996), Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001) and The Island (2010).
- Alkis Kourkoulos was born on 15 January 1967 in Athens, Greece. He is an actor, known for Ante geia... (1991), Logo timis (1996) and Anastasia (1993).
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Kostas Kazakos was born in 1935, in Pyrgos Ilias, Greece. He studied at the Drama School of "Theatro Technis" under the supervision of Carolos Koun. He made his stage debut in 1957 and then collaborated with many serious stage groups. He also played supporting roles in some films. But his real breakthrough came in 1967, when he was offered the lead in the film Kontserto gia polyvola (1967), opposite Jenny Karezi. He married Karezi in 1968 and they created their own stage company; their repertory included, among others, Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" (in which he played George), Sophocles' "Oedipus Rex" (title role) and Euripides' "Medea" (in which he played Jason). He also starred in a few more movies, including the widely acclaimed _Iphigenia (1977)_. After Karezi's death (in 1992), he continued his stage activity; he won raves for his work in Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman".- Actor
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Kostas Voutsas was born in Athens, in 1931. He studied at the Drama School of the Macedonian Conservatory of Thessaloniki and made his stage and screen debut in 1953. His breakthrough came in 1961, when Giannis Dalianidis gave him a key part in his phenomenally successful youth melodrama Spoiled Rotten (1961). He soon became one of the best and most popular comic actors of his generation and created personal groups, starring in many Greek comedies by top play-writers and classics like Aristophanes' "Sfikes" (as Philokleon), Molière's "Le bourgeois gentilhomme" (title role) etc. He also starred in about 60 movies, mostly comedies and musicals of the 'golden era' of Greek commercial cinema and received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival in 1984.Μερικοί το προτιμούν κρύο- Actor
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Actor, director, translator. He has born in Athens, Greece in 1956. He graduated from Drama School "Veakis" in 1977. In 1986 he established his own theatre company the "Contemporary Theatre of Athens". In 1996 he founded a Drama School which operates under the supervision of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture. He is a member of the Greek Actors Union where he has previously served as vice president. He is also a member of the Greek Playwrites Guild.- Actress
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- Elena Nathanael was born in Athens, the daughter of a well-off textile designer and manufacturer. Her impressive good looks got her noticed by producers and directors of the, then-blooming, Greek commercial cinema of the mid-sixties. After studying drama at the Pelos Katselis Drama School, Elena got her first screen part in the 1963 movie Kati na kaiei (Something burning), directed by Yiannis Dalianides. Her second screen role came in 1965 in the German movie Walsungenblunt, directed by Rolf Thiele and based on a Thomas Mann novel. A few more parts followed in Greek movies of the late sixties, usually in the Athenian spoilt rich girl mould. In 1968 she got a best actress award at the Salonica film festival for her part in the movie Randevou me mia agnosti (Rendez-vous with a stranger). In the early seventies she established her screen persona (that of a free-spirited, beautiful young woman) and became something of a fashion icon but with the abrupt decline of the Greek commercial cinema in 1973 her career came to a halt. After a seven year absence she made a comeback of sorts with a number of straight-to-video movies, usually light comedies. Her last role worthy of her beauty and acting abilities was that of Julia in the hugely successful Thornbirds spin-off TV soap, Aggigma psyhis, in 1998.(1941-2008)
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Sperantza Vrana was born on 6 February 1926 in Messolongi, Greece. She was an actress, known for Melpo (1958), Lust and Passion (1960) and The Counterfeit Coin (1955). She died on 29 September 2009 in Athens, Greece.(Messolongi b. 1926-2009) Kalpiki lira 1955 (Maria) (1926-2009)- Actress
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Myrto Parashi is known for Dyo fengaria ton Avgousto (1978), O ieros vrahos (2004) and I epanastasi tis siopis (1997).- Actor
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Dimitris Horn was born in 1921, in Athens, Greece. His father was Pantelis Horn, a well-known Greek playwright. He studied at the Drama School of the National Theater of Greece, where he made his stage debut in 1941. He collaborated with the National Theater many times in his career, but also made personal stage groups with famous actors, like Mary Aroni, Alekos Alexandrakis and Ellie Lambeti, who also was his life companion for some years (1953 - 1958). He soon established a reputation as the best actor of his generation, giving solid performances in such classics as Nikolay Gogol's "The Diary of a Madman" (title role), William Shakespeare's "Richard III" (title role), Molière's "Don Juan" (title role), Luigi Pirandello's "Henry IV" (title role) etc. Equally important was his screen work; he starred in only 10 films, but most of them have attained legendary status, like The Counterfeit Coin (1955) and A Girl in Black (1956). He died in 1998, but will always be fondly remembered as the "jeune premier par excellence" of the Greek stage and screen.Κυριακάτικο Ξύπνημα '58 (1921-1988)- Actor
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Katrakis was born in Kissamos, Chania, Crete. He was the youngest of the five children of the merchant Charalambos Katrakis merchant and his wife Irini.
In 1919 the family moved to Athens, where Manos, who had almost no acting experience, first appeared in theatrical scene. He made his debut aged just 18 years, with the group "Young" at work "To love." His brio and capacity enthralled the director Kostas Leloudas, so a year later, in 1928, he played the leading role in the silent film The Banner of 1821 (1929) (i.e. "The banner of 1821").
Among his remarkable film performances are included the ones of the title role in Marinos Kontaras (1948) by Giorgos Tzavellas, in A Neighborhood Named 'The Dream' (1961) by Alekos Alexandrakis, in Electra (1962) by Michael Cacoyannis, and in Enas delikanis (1963) by Manolis Scouloudis. Awarded at the International Festival of San Francisco, for for his interpretation as Creon in Antigone (1961) by Giorgos Tzavellas, and in the Thessaloniki Film Festival for his performance in A Neighborhood Named 'The Dream' (1961)." He also participated in hundreds of events where the readings of Greek poetry and literature with his unique voice, remained classics.
He died shortly after completing the filming of Voyage to Cythera (1984) of the great director Theodoros Angelopoulos.- Actor
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Yannis Voglis was born in 1937, in Athens, Greece. He studied acting at the Drama School of Pelos Katselis and made his stage debut in a 1961 Athens revival of Brecht's "The Rise of Arthuro Oui" (directed by Carolos Koun). He had a solid theatrical career; his highlihts include Ibsen's "Peer Guyyd" (title role), Shakespeare's "Coriolanus" (title role), Sophocles' "Philoktitis" (title role), Gorky's "The Enemies" (as Zahar Bartin) and many Greek plays. He also starred in many movies; his most powerful role was as the cruel landowner in the Academy Award nominated _Homa vaftike kokkino, To (1965)_, but he was also touching as the shepherd in Koritsia ston ilio (1968). He also appeared in international productions and TV series.(1937-2016)- Actor
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Born in 1913 (or 1915, according to some sources), in Alexandria, Egypt, but raised in Marseille, France. His family moved in Athens in 1935. He studied acting at the Drama School of Giannoulis Sarantidis and made his stage debut in a 1944 Athens production of Leo Lenz's "Lady I Love You." In 1946, he became a stage sensation starring opposite Marika Kotopouli in Carlo Goldoni's "A Servant of Two Masters" (as Truffaldino). He never left the stage for the next fifty years, appearing with great success in ancient (Aristophanes' "Thesmophoriazouses") and modern Greek comedies (Dimitris Psathas' "Thanasakis o politevomnenos", Alekos Sakellarios' and Hristos Giannakopoulos' "O filos mou o Lefterakis"), musicals ("Irma la Douce", "Some like It Hot") etc. He also became one of the all-time greats of the Greek cinema, starring in about 90 films. He died of lung infection in 2001.- Actor
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Mimis Fotopoulos was the son of Nikolaos Fotopoulos and Anna Papadopoulos. He was born in Zatouna of Gortynia on April 20, 1913. Zatouna is a small village, 4 km away from Dimitsana, at 1,050 meters altitude. His father died when Mimis was young. The young Fotopoulos preferred to study at the Faculty of Philosophy in Athens, but, in the second year, he left it to study theater at the Drama School of the Royal Theater, which was later renamed the National Theater, as we know it today. He took part in the Greek Resistance and married Margarita Tsala, from whom he had two daughters, Anna and Maria. He participated in various troupes until he made his own troupe. He played in travelling troupes, toured abroad, participated in many Greek films, mainly of the old Greek cinema, wrote plays and books, directed in the theater. He wrote the plays "A Girl at the Window" (1966) and "Pelopidas the Good Citizen" (1976). He published three books: "25 years of theater" (1958), "The river of my life", published by Kastaniotis, 1965, autobiographical, and "El Daba-Homer of the English", published by Modern Times, 1965. Finally, the poetry collections: "Bouloukia" (1940), "Semitonia" (1960), "Sklira trioleta" (1961), "The Death of the days" (1976), "Ballads of love and death" (1984) His wife had been exiled to Gyaros during the junta, when he was left alone with his two daughters. At that time he decided to make paintings with collage of stamps. This was another artistic activity, not so well known by Mimis Fotopoulos. He died on October 29, 1986, of a sudden heart attack.Λατέρνα φτώχεια και φιλότιμο- Actor
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Kostas Hatzihristos was born in 1921 in Salonica, Greece. He was an actor and director, known for Thimios in the Land of Striptease (1963), Who Will Pay for the Marble? (1956) and World Gone Mad (1963). He was married to Ketty Diridaoua and Eleni Pantazi. He died on 3 October 2001 in Athens, Greece.Της Κακαμοίρας- Actor
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Thanasis Vengos was born in 1927 in Neo Faliro, Piraeus, Greece. He made his movie debut in 1952 and played many supporting parts in films of the 1950s, often working as a technician, too. His first really major part was in the anti-war comedy Psila ta heria Hitler (1962); he followed that with a long series of comedies, which made him extremely popular. He created the recognizable persona of the everyday man who keeps running to earn his daily bread. His best roles often have a tragic dimension, as the anti-heroes he played in the commercial and artistic hits Ti ekanes ston polemo Thanasi (1971) and Enas xenoiastos palaviaris (1971).But he was also fine in purely dramatical roles, as in It's a Long Road (1998). He also did some interesting stage work, starring in ancient (Aristophanes' "Peace" and "Acharneis") and modern Greek comedies (Giorgos Lazaridis' "O trellos tou Luna-park").Η Αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα (Neo Faliron 1927-2011)- Ilia Livykou was born in 1919 in Heraklio Crete, Greece. She was an actress, known for Sta synora tis prodosias (1968), Enas delikanis (1963) and Antigone (1961). She was married to Agisilaos Kozyris. She died on 6 September 2002.Ο Ζηλιαρόγατος
- Giannis Gionakis was born on 18 September 1922 in Athens, Greece. He was an actor, known for Jeep Kiosk and Love (1957), I krevvatomourmoura (1971) and Oti thelei o laos (1964). He died on 25 August 2002 in Athens, Greece.(1922-2002)
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Smaroula Giouli was born in 1930 in Thessaloniki, Greece. She was an actress and director, known for The Taxi Driver (1953), Come to Daddy... (1950) and The Last Mission (1949). She was married to Evaggelos Livadas. She died on 7 March 2012 in Athens, Greece.Μοντέρνοι Αριστοκράτες- Actress
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Beata Asimakopoulou was born in 1932. She was an actress and costume designer, known for Doe (1962), Gerakina (1958) and Sarakatsanissa (1959). She was married to Orestis Laskos. She died on 20 April 2009 in Athens, Greece.- Actor
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Konstantinos Tzoumas was born on 30 August 1944 in Piraeus, Greece. He was an actor and writer, known for Pretty Smart (1987), Happy Day (1976) and Rembetiko (1983). He died on 25 June 2022.- Smaro Stefanidou was born on 4 September 1913 in Athens, Greece. She was an actress, known for The Four Stairs (1951), Madalena (1960) and Gamos Ala... Ellinika (1964). She was married to Vasos Seitanidis. She died on 7 November 2010 in Athens, Greece.
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Renos Haralambidis was born on 14 October 1970 in Athens, Greece. He is an actor and writer, known for No Budget Story (1997), The Heart of the Beast (2005) and 4 Black Suits (2010).- Anna-Maria Papaharalambous is known for 10i entoli (2004), Psithyroi kardias (1997) and I efkoli... Lia (2005).
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Stratos Tzortzoglou (Georgeoglou)
Known for his breakthrough starring role as Orestes on the film "Landscape in the Mist "directed by Palm d'Or in Cannes festival Theodoros Angelopoulos (Landscape in the mist-Ulysses Gaze) who talked of Stratos as "someone who can absorb everything, turning this to an advantage"
Also St. Holden wrote in his review in New York times: ...Orestes,whom Stratos Tzortzoglou imbues with a "winning sweetness", works for an itinerant theater company that has been traveling around Greece. "Landscape in the Mist'' has already won many honors, and was the Greek entry for best foreign film in the Academy Awards. A 126-minute work of exceptional beauty.
Next was "One Love and the Other" directed by Eva Bergman who starred opposite Lena Endre (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Faithless) in which the nominated for 9 Oscars Ingmar Bergman (Fanny and Alexander-Seventh Seal-Persona) compared Stratos to "a Stradivarius violin," adding that "the great actors are great instruments".
After that, he had a starring role in the film "Up ,Down and Sideways" opposite to Irene Pappas (Electra,Z,Captain Corelli's Mandolin) under the direction of the 5 times Academy Award nominee Michael Cacoyannis (Zorba the Greek-Trojan Women-Iphigenia) who described Stratos as "that rare phenomenon, a natural who combines striking good looks with that special brand of talent which blends a fiery temperament with easy personal charm". Stratos reached a summit of his profession with his performance as Stavros in the above film which garnered him an Award as Best Actor at the Greek National Awards.
The chairman of 20th Century Fox Jim Gianopulos said about him that " Stratos is destined for great things, he has a unique way of capturing the audiences with his charm,his authenticity and has truly mastered his art form.He is bound to succeed in the American entertainment industry", while the Oscar winning actress for Moonstruck Olympia Dukakis said that "Stratos has a lot to offer to the American film industry in his unique sense of acting, combing talent, intuition, passion and determination".Η Φανέλα με το εννιά- Titos Vandis was born on 7 November 1917 in Thessaloniki, Greece. He was an actor and writer, known for Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972), Prosohi, kindynos! (1983) and Dawn on the Third Day (1962). He was married to Nancy Hall, Eleanore Mahlein, Ketty Asprea, Aleka Paizi, Maria Alkaiou and Betty Valassi. He died on 23 February 2003 in Athens, Greece.
- Kostas Kakavas was born in 1936 in Athens, Greece. He is an actor, known for Tears and Bouzouki Strumming (1969), Anastasa (1962) and The Promise (1961).
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Maro Kodou was born on 21 June 1934 in Athens, Greece. She is an actress, known for And the Woman Shall Fear Her Husband (1965), What If... (2012) and Antigone (1961).Μια Ιταλίδα από την Κυψέλη- Antigoni Valakou was born in 1930 in Kavala, Greece. She was an actress, known for Golfo, Girl of the Mountains (1955), Heaven Is Ours (1953) and The Road with the Acacias (1954). She died on 11 November 2013 in Greece.
- Anna Synodinou was born on 21 November 1927 in Loutraki, Greece. She was an actress, known for The 300 Spartans (1962), Ilektra (1962) and Dollars and Dreams (1956). She was married to George Marinakis. She died on 7 January 2016 in Athens, Greece.
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Alexis Minotis was born on 8 August 1898 in Canea, Greece. He was an actor and director, known for The Chase (1946), Land of the Pharaohs (1955) and Notorious (1946). He was married to Katina Paxinou. He died on 11 November 1990 in Athens, Greece.- Actor
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Vassilis Haralambopoulos was born on 20 September 1970 in Athens, Greece. He is an actor and writer, known for Bank Bang (2008), Eisai to tairi mou! (2001) and Me lene Vangeli (2011).- Giorgos Ninios was born on 5 March 1951. He is an actor, known for O drapetis (1991), Dexiotera tis dexias (1989) and Isimeria (1991).
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Labros Konstadaras (13 March 1913 - 28 June 1985) was one of the greatest actors of Greek theatre and cinema, excellent both in comedy and drama, with ancestry from Istanbul. He was the brother of actress Mitsi Konstadaras and father of former New Democracy MP Dimitris Konstadaras who gave him two grandchildren, Pavlina in 1974 and Labros in 1979. He was born in Kolonaki Athens and died at "Asklepieion" hospital of Voula Athens. Earlier (1978 and 1983) he had suffered two strokes.
In 1930 he joined, after his family's insistence and without his own will, the non-commissioned Navy School in Corfu, from where he eventually escaped by swimming. He was spared the Court-martial after his family's actions. In 1934 he went to Paris to study goldsmith, in order to take on the family jewelry shop in downtown Athens. He abandoned his studies and did various jobs, until he was discovered by the French Director Louis Zoybe when he played a bit part in a theatrical performance. He studied actor at the theatre "Atene" and in the summer of 1938, he returned to Greece, starting his career.
He served the Greek theatre for 40 years, acting in 191 plays and people still enjoy him through his films (more than 75, mostly comedies). He excelled in roles of the mature, rich and womanizer or "father" of several well-known stars of the era in movies such as "My Daughter, the Socialist", "Some Weary Lads", "A Matter of Earnestness", "Alice in the Navy".
He married in first wedlock actress Julie Georgopoulou in 1945 and in the second Filio Kekatou in 1971. He spent his last years in Varkiza Athens. He is buried in the first cemetery of Athens.- Nikos Tzogias was born in 1921 in Athens, Greece. He was an actor, known for Fate Writes History (1957), A Man for All the Chores (1966) and Poleitai agapi (1992). He died on 1 March 1996 in Athens, Greece.
- Nelly Angelidou was born in 1927 in Athens, Greece. She was an actress, known for Death Strikes Again (1961), The Outlaws (1958) and O ilios tou thanatou (1978). She died on 6 October 2014 in Athens, Greece.(1927-2014)
- Andreas Barkoulis was born on 24 July 1936 in Piraeus, Greece. He was an actor, known for Alygisti sti zoi (1964), The Suitcase of the Priest (1978) and Take Me Away, My Love (1960). He was married to Maria, Maria Vlasopoulou - Barkouli, Angela Fara', Aleka Stratigou, ??? and Fotini Anastasiou. He died on 23 August 2016 in Athens, Greece.Η Μουσίτσα (1936 - 2016) Tsakitzis (The poor's protector) 1960
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Gelly Mavropoulou was born in 1932, in Thessaloniki, Greece, but raised in Athens. She belongs to a large theatrical family and studied at the prestigious Theatro Technis (Art Theater)under the direction of Carolos Koun. She made her stage debut in a 1955 Athens production of George Axelrod's "The Seven-Year Itch" starring Melina Mercouri, and quickly became a top actress, playing important leading roles in Shakespeare's "Othello" (as Dysdemona) and "The Taming of the Shrew" (as Bianca), Aeschylus' "Oresteia" (as Goddess Athena), Molière's "Le Tartuffe" (as Dorine) and many other modern and classical plays; she often created personal groups and finished her career in the early 1990s as a member of the Greek National Theater. She also acted regularly in films and became one of the major Greek female movie stars of the 1950's and 1960's, satisfactory in both comedies and melodramas. But she enjoyed the biggest success of her career in 1971, when she starred in the legendary TV series Agnostos polemos (1971).(1932 - 2021)- Actor
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Stelios Vokovich was born in 1912 in Hartalimi, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. He is an actor and director, known for To theatro tis Defteras (1970), Our Love Began on Cyprus (1960) and Attik's Street Organ (1955).- Actor
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Thodoris Atheridis was born on 3 May 1965 in Thessaloniki, Greece. He is an actor and writer, known for Love Struck (2014), Perfect Strangers (2016) and Mia melissa ton Avgousto (2007).Σχεδόν Ξένοι- Vagelis Voulgaridis was born in 1942 in Athens, Greece. He is an actor, known for Ta paliopaida (1963), Klemeni agapi (1966) and Nyhtes sto Miramare (1960).Ο Κατήφορος
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Lakis Komninos was born in 1944 in Mitilini, Greece. He is an actor and producer, known for The Dawn of Victory (1971), Pavlos Melas (1974) and To epomeno thyma (1990).- Nikos Galanos is known for Afti i tin alli (1986), Athanates istories agapis (1976) and Ta simadia tis vias (1989).
- Zoe Laskari was born in Thessaloniki, Greece. In 1959 she won the title of "Miss Greece" and two years later she played the female lead in Giannis Dalianidis's youth melodrama _Katiforos, O (1961)_. The success of that film made Laskari a star; she signed an exclusive contract with Finos Film, the most powerful Greek studio of the period, and appeared in many films, musicals, comedies and melodramas (most of them were directed by the prolific Dalianidis, who became her mentor). She made her stage debut in the late 1960s, but really concentrated on theater after the decline of the Greek commercial cinema in the mid-1970s; her stage work includes Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" (as Martha), Euripides' "The Trojan Women" (as Eleni), Neil Simon's "Barefoot in the Park" etc.Ο Κατήφορος
- Hloi Liaskou is known for Rantevou ston aera (1966), Koritsia gia filima (1965) and Something Hot (1964).
- Nitsa Tsaganea was born in 1904. She was an actress, known for Oi Germanoi xanarhontai... (1948), Nilly Willy (1995) and The Brightest Star (1967). She was married to Hristos Tsaganeas and Georges Vitsoris. She died on 30 April 2002 in Athens, Greece.(1904-2002) Χαρούμενο Ξεκίνημα, Ένας ηρωας με παντούλφες 1958
- Tsaganeas was born in Braila, Romania. He starred in several movies, his most famous role being the college headmaster in Maiden's Cheek (1959). His first important role was in Oi Germanoi xanarhontai... (1948) with Vasilis Logothetidis. He married, secondly, to Nitsa Tsaganea. He died on his 70th birthday and was buried in the First Cemetery of Athens. His wife and their daughter were later buried alongside him.
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Vasiliadou was born in 1897, in Athens, Greece. Her real name was Georgia Athanasiou. She was obliged to leave school early and work as a shop girl, in order to help her family. She made her stage debut in 1918, but began her studies at the Gennadeios Phonetic School in 1923 and appeared in some operas. She then worked with the major theater companies of the period (Kyveli , Marika Kotopouli, Dimitris Myrat), playing a wide range of parts. In the mid-1930s she decided to retire, but Alekos Sakellarios offered her a small part in the 1939 musical comedy "Koritsia tis pantreias"; that was the genesis of a second career for the middle-aged actress, who went on to star in many comedies and revues and created personal stage groups until the late 1960s. She also made a tentative movie debut in 1930, but became one of the all-time greats of the Greek cinema during the 1950s, when she starred in extremely popular comedies like I oraia ton Athinon (1954), in which Nikos Tsiforos played with her unconventional external appearance, and The Auntie from Chicago (1957), in which director-writer Alekos Sakellarios cast her as a wealthy Greek-American who returns to Greece after thirty years and brings a fresh lifestyle to the family of her conservative brother. She died in 1980, but is always fondly remembered by Greek audiences.- Actor
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Vangelis Kazan was born in 1936 in Nafplio, Greece. He was an actor and director, known for Lavete theseis (1973), Iron Gate (1978) and Ypothesi Polk (1978). He died on 10 March 2008 in Athens, Greece.- Mary Aroni was born in 1914, in Athens, Greece. She studied at the Drama School of the National Theater of Greece and made her stage debut in 1935, opposite legendary Greek actress Marika Kotopouli. She was soon hailed as a major actress, created personal groups and collaborated with the National Theater of Greece, excelling in, among others, Aristophanes' "Lysistrata" (title role), Schiller's "Mary Stewart" (as Elizabeth), O'Neill's "Mourning Becomes Electra" (as Christine Mannon) and Chekhov's "The Seagull" (as Arkadina). She starred in only a handful of movies, but two of them have been extremely successful:Youngsters and Adults in Action! (1963),as a middle-aged widow in love with a businessman, and Mia trelli... trelli oikogeneia (1965), as Jenny Karezi's crazy mama. She died in 1992.
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Anna Vagena was born on 15 June 1947 in Larissa, Greece. She is an actress and director, known for Anna's Engagement (1972), Ekviastai (1972) and Allos Havai... allos plironei No 3 (1988). She was previously married to Loukianos Kilaidonis.Το προξενιό της Άννας- Actress
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Betty Livanou was born in 1951 in Athens, Greece. She is an actress and writer, known for Taxidi tou melitos (1979), A Time to Kill (1993) and I paralia (2023). She is married to Giorgos Panousopoulos.Οι Απέναντι- Dimitris Kallivokas was born in 1930 in Athens, Greece. He is an actor, known for To kefali tis gatas (1988), To berdema (2000) and On Air (2008).
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Nikitas Tsakiroglou was born in 1938 in Athens, Greece. He is an actor and director, known for Grey Route (2012), To theatro tis Defteras (1970) and Pathiasmeni gynaika (2000). He is married to Chryssoula Diavati. They have one child.Οι Τεμπέληδες της Εύφορης Κοιλάδας- Anna Fonsou was born on 4 July 1939 in Kaissariani, Athens, Greece. She is an actress, known for Her Private Life (1971), The Tomboy (1959) and The Boy I Love (1960).Το αγόρι που αγαπώ
- Nikiforos Naneris was born in October 1940 in Athens, Greece. He was an actor and writer, known for Oikogeneia Zardi (1983), Omorfes meres (1970) and Anoihti epistoli (1967). He died on 5 April 2011 in Milies, Pilio, Greece.
- Dina Trianti is known for They Stole Golfo (1961), World Gone Mad (1963) and Lyngos the Archbandit (1959).
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Martha Karagianni was born in 1939, in Athens, Greece. She studied ballet and made her first screen appearance in Madame X (1956). Three years later, in 1957, she made her stage debut. She alternated theater and cinema for the next few years, but her real breakthrough came in the early 1960s, when she started appearing in a series of films directed by her screen mentor Giannis Dalianidis; all of them were musicals and comedies and made her extremely popular. Her stage work includes Mikis Theodorakis "Omorphi poli", Joe Masteroff's "Cabaret" (as Sally Bowles), Nell Dunn's "Steaming" and many Greek comedies. She also starred in some TV series.- Actor
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Georges Corraface has risen to star status in Europe throughout a career in film, theatre and television.
This ruggedly charismatic leading man is notably a box-office draw in Greece, Spain and France, where he lives and is a popular celebrity.
A classically trained and versatile actor, his gift for languages and his multi-cultural background has enabled him to work in eight languages and an even wider variety of accents.
At the height of an auspicious and daring theater career, as a member of the famed Peter Brook Company in Paris, Corraface was discovered by David Lean in 1987. The legendary director cast him in the title role of "Nostromo". Although the film was never made, due to Lean's illness, the resultant attention launched Corraface into American productions with films like Not Without My Daughter (1991), Impromptu (1991) Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992) and Escape from L.A. (1996).
In recent years, however, he has found his most challenging and successful roles in European film and television where his original characterizations have won him a loyal and ever-growing following, critical acclaim and Best Actor awards.
The smolderingly lusty Yaman in La pasión turca (1994) wooed audiences in Spain. Meanwhile, in France, Corraface was getting rave reviews for a wide variety of starring movie roles, ranging from the candid and ebullient macho, Cheto, in the romantic comedy Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan (1998) to the swarthy and noble ex-con, Max, in the dark psychological thriller Préférence (1998).
In Greece, he made his mark with his performances first as a tormented and emotionally disconnected everyman in Slaughter of the Cock (1996), then as the comically naive and soulful peasant on a pilgrimage in Word of Honor (2001). Both parts earned him the highest film awards in Greece. He went on to portray Fannis, the introspective and traumatized exile in the nostalgic comedy A Touch of Spice (2003), which broke all Greek box-office records before conquering audiences abroad.
French television has made Corraface a broadcast star with mini-series roles like the suavely sophisticated François in The Blue Bicycle (2000), the hurt and sensitive rebel Thomas in L'été rouge (2002), or the earnestly bumbling professor in Le château des oliviers (1993)". Other TV productions focusing on contemporary issues have reinforced his popularity, through characters such as the haunted, hard-drinking journalist Rachid in the made for Arte film, Algiers-Beirut: A Souvenir (1998), or as Alex, a solitary, fast-talking swat team crisis negociator in Alex Santana, négociateur (2002), a series of made-for-TV movies (TF1).
Overall, Corraface appears to enthusiastically alternate his more commercial work with dedicated involvement in less mainstream "films d'auteurs" with a new generation of independent filmmakers.- Actress
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Eleni Halkousi was born in 1901 in Istanbul, Turkey. She was an actress and writer, known for The Voice of the Heart (1943), To theatro tis Defteras (1970) and The Alley of Paradise (1943). She died on 28 March 1993 in Athens, Greece.(1901 b. Istanbul-1993 d. Athens)- Actor
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Periklis Hristoforidis was born in 1907 in Trabzon, Turkey. He was an actor, known for Those Not Allowed to Love (1951), Ziteitai pseftis (1961) and The Taxi Driver (1953). He was married to Anna. He died in 1983 in Thessaloniki, Greece.Κορίτσια για φίλημα 1965- Giorgos Gavriilidis was born in 1908. He was an actor, known for Koritsia gia filima (1965), The Man on the Train (1958) and The Lady and the Tramp (1968). He was married to Marika Krevata. He died on 23 July 1982.
- Anna Fonsou was born on 4 July 1939 in Kaissariani, Athens, Greece. She is an actress, known for Her Private Life (1971), The Tomboy (1959) and The Boy I Love (1960).
- Xenia Kalogeropoulou was born in 1936, in Athens, Greece. She studied acting at the Royal Academy od Dramatic Art of London and made her stage debut in 1956 as a member of the London - based french group "La Troupe Francaise". She made her Athens stage debut in 1958 and quickly became one of the top actresses of her generation, appearing in Chekhov's "The Seagull" (as Nina), Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" (as Porcia), Turgenev's "A Month in the Country" (as Natalia), Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" (as Cecily) etc. She created personal groups (with Giannis Fertis, who was her husband for some years) and founded the theater "Porta". She has also written and directed interesting plays for children. She made her screen debut in 1958 and had a short but fruitful movie career (about 40 films between 1958 and 1972).
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Yannis Fertis was born in Athens, in 1938. He studied at the Drama School of "Theatro Technis" under the supervision of Carolos Koun and made his stage debut in 1959. His breakthrough stage role was Chance Wayne in an Athens 1960 production of Tennessee Williams "Sweet Bird of Youth" opposite Melina Mercouri; he became a major theater actor and created personal groups, collaborating with Xenia Kalogeropoulou, who was his wife during 1965 - 1976, and other important actors and directors. His stage work includes Tchekhov's "The Seagull" (as Trepliev), Ibsen's "Ghosts" (as Oswald),Molière's "Don Juan" (title role) etc. He also starred in several TV series and films; his best screen role is the innocent young hero of _Zestos minas Avgoustos(1966)_.- Actress
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Mary Chronopoulou was born in 1933, in Athens, Greece. She studied at the Drama School of the Greek National Theater, where she made her stage debut in 1953 as a member of the Chorus in Euripides' "Hippolytus". She had a fruitful theatrical career, appearing in many plays, like Lillian Hellmann's "The Little Foxes" (as Regina), Tennesse Williams' "The Fugitive Kind" (as Carol), John Osborne's "Look Back in Anger" (as Alison Porter)and Maxim Gorky's "The Enemies" (as Tatiana Bartin). She was very active in films, too, playing a wide variety of parts in comedies, musicals, melodramas and film noirs. She also sang in some of her plays and movies; some of the songs she performed in 1960's musicals are still popular today in Greece.- Actor
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Giorgos Pantzas was born in 1937 in Athens, Greece. He is an actor and director, known for Ta Hristougenna tou aliti (1962), Let the Cobbler Stick to His Last (1969) and O aktypitos... ktypithike (1970).Η Λίζα και η Άλλη 1961