W9- Greece -Early Cinema Actresses
by road-traveled | created - 24 Jul 2016 | updated - 19 Nov 2017 | Public
1. Smaroula Giouli
Actress | To soferaki
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 March 7, 2012 in Athens, Greece.
1930 - 2012, (82).
29 credits, 43-71.
2. Melina Mercouri
Actress | Pote tin Kyriaki
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 ...
1920 - 1994, (73).
3. Katina Paxinou
Actress | For Whom the Bell Tolls
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 ...
1900 - 1973, (72).
4. Despo Diamantidou
Actress | Love and Death
Despo Diamantidou was born on July 13, 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 February 18, 2004 in Athens, Greece.
1916 - 2004, (87).
79 credits, 49-2003.
5. Ellie Lambeti
Actress | To teleftaio psemma
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 ...
1926 - 1983, (57).
10 credits, 1946-1968.
Greece. USA.
6. Jenny Karezi
Actress | Lysistrati
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 ...
1932 - 1992, (60).
41 credits, 55-90.
7. Mary Hronopoulou
Actress | Ta paidia tis Helidonas
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 "...
1933 -
50 + credits, 1954 +
8. Maro Kodou
Actress | I de gyni na fovitai ton andra
Maro Kodou was born on June 21, 1934 in Athens, Greece. She is an actress, known for And the Woman Shall Fear Her Husband (1965), What If... (2012) and Antigone (1961).
1934 -
71 + credits, 1954 +
9. Zoi Laskari
Actress | O atsidas
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 ...
1944 - 2017, 72
29 + credits, 1961 +
10. Irene Papas
Actress | The Guns of Navarone
Irene Papas was born on September 3, 1929 in Chilimodion, Corinth, Greece. She was an actress and director, known for The Guns of Navarone (1961), The Message (1976) and Electra (1962). She was married to José Kohn and Alkis Papas. She died on September 14, 2022 in Chiliomodion, Corinthia, Greece.
1926 -
credits 1948 +
11. Rena Vlahopoulou
Actress | Protevousianikes peripeteies
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 July 29, 2004 ...
1923 - 2004, (81).
41 credits, 53-91.
12. Aliki Vougiouklaki
Actress | Madalena
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 ...
1934 - 1966, (62).
66 credits, 60-96.
13. Athanasia Moustaka
Actress | Stratiotes dihos stoli
Athanasia Moustaka was a Greek actress with a significant theatrical career until the mid-60s. She was distinguished for her modest ethos, indomitable hard work and exemplary professional conscientiousness. She is the daughter of the actor and trouper Dionysios Plessas. In 1913, at the age of 14, ...
1898 - 1970, (71).
23 credits, 29-66.
14. Nitsa Tsaganea
Actress | Oi Germanoi xanarhontai...
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 April 30, 2002 in Athens, Greece.
1904 - 2002, (98).
60 credits, 36-95.
15. Miranta Myrat
Actress | Eros kai kymata
Miranta Myrat was born in 1905 in Athens, Greece. She was an actress, known for Love and Waves (1928), Miss Lawyer (1933) and Forgotten Faces (1946). She died on January 27, 1994 in Greece.
1905 - 1994, (89).
49 credits, 28-89.
16. Sapfo Notara
Actress | Min erotevesai to Savvato...
Sapfo Notara was born in 1907 in Iraklio, Crete, Greece. She was an actress, known for Don't Fall in Love on a Saturday (1962), Football Pools and Bouzouki Joints (1968) and Dimitri mou... Dimitri mou (1967). She died on June 11, 1985 in Athens, Greece.
1907 - 1985, (78).
35 credits, 51-78.
17. Joly Garbi
Actress | Htypokardia sto thranio
Joly Garbi was born in 1913 in Johannesburg, South Africa. She was an actress, known for Throbs at the Desk (1963), The Smart Aleck (1966) and O episkeptis tis omihlis (1991). She was married to Thodoros Moridis. She died in December 2002 in Athens, Greece.
1913 - 2002, (89).
76 credits, 32-92.
South Africa. Greece.
18. Ilia Livykou
Actress | Sta synora tis prodosias
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 September 6, 2002.
1919 - 2002, (83).
46 credits, 48-74.
19. Tasso Kavadia
Actress | Frenitis
Tasso Kavadia was born on January 10, 1921 in Patra, Greece. She was an actress and writer, known for Frenitis (1971), Guilty Relationships (1974) and Stella (1955). She was married to Vasilis Kazantzis. She died on December 18, 2010 in Athens, Greece.
1921 - 2010, (89).
62 credits, 54-2009.
20. Sperantza Vrana
Actress | Melpo
Sperantza Vrana was born on February 6, 1926 in Messolongi, Greece. She was an actress, known for Melpo (1958), Lust and Passion (1960) and The Counterfeit Coin (1955). She died on September 29, 2009 in Athens, Greece.
1926 - 2009, (83).
40 credits, 50-2010.
21. Theano Ioannidou
Actress | Ilektra
Theano Ioannidou was born on January 1, 1930 in Athens, Greece. She was an actress, known for Electra (1962), Mimikos and Mary (1958) and Some Water, Please, Mrs. Vangelio! (1959). She died on September 27, 2009 in Athens, Greece.
1930 - 2009, (79).
20 credits, 54-85.
22. Margarita Papageorgiou
Actress | Haroumeno xekinima
Margarita Papageorgiou was born on January 1, 1935 in Greece. She was an actress, known for The Happy Beginning (1954), The Ogre of Athens (1956) and The Magic City (1954). She died on January 24, 2021 in Greece.
1935 -
credits 1954 +
23. Anna Fonsou
Actress | Idiotiki mou zoi
Anna Fonsou was born on July 4, 1939 in Kaissariani, Athens, Greece. She is an actress, known for Her Private Life (1971), The Tomboy (1959) and The Boy I Love (1960).
1939 -
56 + credits, 1957 +
24. Martha Karagianni
Actress | Merikoi to protimoun kryo...
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 ...
1939 -
64 + credits, 1954 +
25. Elena Nathanail
Actress | Randevou me mia agnosti
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 ...
1941 -2008, (67).
42 credits, 64-2007.
26. Kiki Persi
Actress | O drapetis
Kiki Persi was born in 1920 in Alexandria , Egypt. She was an actress, known for O drapetis (1991), The Man Who Returned from the Heat (1972) and Annio, i tseligopoula tis kataras (1971). She died on January 9, 2005 in Athens, Greece.
35 credits, 54-97.
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