Sofia Vempo was a well known singer and actress of Greece before the
second world war. During the war against the Italians and the Germans,
she became very popular because she sang some wonderful songs that
inspired the Greek people and humiliated the dictators of Germany and
Italy.
During the Greek military dictatorship 1967-1974, and especially during
1973 she helped and had hidden students in her apartment that were
being sought by the police of that period. Her spouse was
'Mimis
Traiforos', a well known composer
of classic Greek songs.
Sofia was also the star of another movie besides the classic
Stella (1955). She was the star of
Stournara 288 (1959), where she
played a famous singer who was forgotten by her fans and lived as a
piano teacher.
She is known as the 'National Singer of Greeece, her songs are
performed by many singers like
Haris Alexiou. Her most popular song of
the World War 2 period was named Paidia Ths Ellados Paidia, which
means, Children of Greece, and it was about the military boys of
Greece.