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- Aspasia Papathanasiou was born on 20 October 1918 in Amfissa, Phocis, Greece. She was an actress, known for Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965), Electra (1962) and Mais (1976). She was married to Costas Mavrommatis. She died on 8 June 2020 in Greece.7/6/2020
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Stella Greka was born on 1 April 1922 in Athens, Greece. She is an actress, known for Marina (1947), Broken Hearts (1945) and The Villa with the Water Lilies (1945).- Actress
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Kaiti Grey was born on 14 May 1924 in Samos, Greece. She is an actress, known for Prepei na zisis, agapi mou (1965), Horismos (1966) and To hamini (1960).- Composer
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Mimis Plessas was born on 12 October 1924 in Athens, Greece. He is a composer and actor, known for Bullets Don't Come Back (1967), Trikymia mias kardias (1969) and Gorgones kai mages (1968). He is married to Loukila Kerrer-Plessa.- Nikos Vandoros was born on 12 December 1924 in Athens, Greece. He was an actor. He died on 1 February 2024 in Athens, Greece.1/2/2024
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Mikis Theodorakis was born in the Greek island of Chios, in 1925. It was the same year that the other great composer of Greece was born in Xanthi, Manos Hatzidakis. He fought during the 2nd World War, and was captured at the city of Tripoli. He was tortured, but when he was set free, he joined the partisan army of Greece named EAM, which means National Liberating Movement. He took part in the civil war in Greece which occurred during 1945-1949, always with the left parties of Greece. He was exiled for the first time in the island of Ikaria in 1947, he was transferred to the island of Makronisos in 1948.
He married Myrto Altinoglou, five years later in 1953, and one year later he moved in Paris in order to continue his studies in music. He composed continuously during the following years using some of the most wonderful poems in order to express the people of Greece. After Lamprakis, a Parliamentary representative was murdered, Theodorakis became a member of the Parliament and the number one enemy of the Right parties of Greece.
The great composer didn't not stop expressing his need and hope for democracy even when military dictator Georgios Papadopoulos took power in Greece in 1967. Some months later the military dictatorship decides that he is not 'welcome' in his own country, he was exiled for one more time. Great personalities express their support to this great composer, like Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Miller etc.
He became internationally famous when he composed the music for the film Zorba the Greek (1964), directed by Michael Cacoyannis and starring Anthony Quinn. But he was becoming very popular even before that film, when he was composing music for the Jules Dassin film Phaedra (1962) starring Melina Mercouri, Anthony Perkins, Raf Vallone, and Kakogiannis' Electra (1962) starring Irene Papas, Aleka Katselli. He even composed music for such acclaimed films like Z (1969) by Costa-Gavras starring Yves Montand and Papas, and Serpico (1973) by Sidney Lumet starring Al Pacino. He came back in 1974, but he stayed only for 6 years. Theodorakis was dissatisfied and went back in Paris and finished his third big work, Canto General, which together with the music from the film Zorba the Greek (1964) and "Axion Esti," a piece of work based on the poems of the Nobel winner poet Odysseas Elitis.
During the '80s, he became for one more time member of the Parliament and issue of controversy in the beginning of the 90s, when he collaborated with the right party's prime minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis. In 1992, he composed the Canto Olympico for the Olympic Games of Barcelona.
His opera Ilektra gained very good reviews, in Luxemburg, the Capital City Of Europe in 1995. He composed also another opera of Lysistrati for the Olympic Games of Athens in 2004. Although, he created controversies with his actions during the last decades, 1980-1990, Mikis Theodorakis was one of the greatest composers of Greece, and created the modern music of Greece together with Manos Hadjidakis.2/9/2021- Dina Stathatou was born on 14 April 1925 in Kefalonia, Greece. She was an actress, known for A Young Miss... Aged 39 (1954), Ena votsalo sti limni... (1952) and Santa Chikita (1953). She died on 13 April 2023 in Kefalonia, Greece.13/4/2023
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Daphne Skoura is known for Neraida tis Manis (1961), Stratiotes dihos stoli (1960) and The Wax Doll (1958).2/12/2020- Giannis Vogiatzis was born in 1926 in Etoliko, Greece. He is an actor, known for A Lady in Sirtaki Dance (1968), Some Like It Cool... (1963) and Smyrna (2021).
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Irene Papas was born on 3 September 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 14 September 2022 in Chiliomodion, Corinthia, Greece.14/9/2022- Actress
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Kali Kalo was born on 20 December 1926 in Athens, Greece. She was an actress, known for Nights in Athens (1954), I Want a Forceful Man (1959) and Love Stories (1959). She was married to Kostas Karanikolas, Dimitri Valmas and Georges Mamalakis. She died on 8 March 2024 in Athens, Greece.8/3/2024- Margarita Labrinou was born in 1925 in Egypt. She was an actress, known for The Happy Beginning (1954), Marriage Adventures (1959) and Sudden Love (1984). She died on 1 November 2022 in Athens, Greece.1/11/2022
- Nikos Filippopoulos was a Greek theater and film actor. He studied at the Dramatic School of the National Theatre. He also studied Byzantine and European music and radio direction. As a child, he participated in the radio show 'I ora tou paidiou' while also participating in the theater of Antigoni Metaxa. He took part in radio broadcasts and developed directing activity: he directed Greek and foreign plays, historical and folklore chronicles, shows with religious themes, etc. He adapted various theatrical texts. He first appeared in the theater in 1948 and until 1982 he participated in 62 performances of the National Theatre. In film, he's mostly known from the film And the Woman Shall Fear Her Husband (1965) having the supporting role of Themistoklis.27/12/2020
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Stefanos Linaios was born in August 1928 in Messini, Greece. He is an actor and director, known for Oi neoi sto theatro (1989), Anoihtoi logariasmoi (2000) and To theatro tis Defteras (1970). He is married to Elli Fotiou.- Actor
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Chronis Aidonidis was born on 23 December 1928 in Karoti, Evros, Greece. He was an actor and composer, known for Ha-Darom - Alice Lo Gara Kan Af Pa'am (1998), Hronis Aidonidis-Vangelis Dimoudis-Manos Koutsangelidis-Kostas Meretakis: Otan m' egennas mana mou (2014) and Thraki, topos kai istoria (1997). He was married to Foteini Aidonidou. He died on 23 October 2023 in Athens, Greece.23/10/2023- Titos Patrikios is known for O metritis (2000), Titos, poiitis se episfali isorropia (2010) and Take the Gifts (2012).
- Giota Gianna was born in 1928 in Athens, Greece. She was an actress, known for O drapetis tou feggariou (1994), Isovites (2008) and Ta Stekia: Istories Agoraiou Politismou (2014). She died on 5 July 2023 in Athens, Greece.5/7/2023
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Roviros Manthoulis was born on 10 July 1929 in Comotini, Greece. He was a director and writer, known for Prosopo me prosopo (1966), Anthropoi kai theoi (1965) and The Greatest Force (1963). He died on 21 April 2022 in Paris, France.21/4/2022- Actor
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Theodoros Katsadramis was born on 20 May 1929 in Arcadia, Greece. He was an actor and writer, known for I ekpombi (1968), Ena yperoho zevgari (1973) and Theoi ston Olympo (1978). He was married to Angelica Kapellari and Ketty Papanika. He died on 22 March 2024 in Greece.22/3/2024- Actress
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Anna Kyriakou is a Greek actress. She studied at the Drama School of the National Theater as well as at the Ecole de théâtre Charles Dullin in Paris (1954-1956), with Jean Vilar as her teacher. She made her first theatrical appearance as a teenager at the REX Theater with the Marika Kotopouli troupe in the play "Carmen". Collaborations ensued with the troupes Manolidou-Pappas, Vasilis Logothetidis, Katerina Andreadi, Manos Katrakis. In 1953-1954 he collaborated with Dimitris Myrat's troupe. Returning from Paris, she collaborated in leading roles with the troupes of Dinos Iliopoulos, Mimis Fotopoulos and Alekos Alexandrakis. In 1959 she starred in the "Piraeus Theatre" of Dimitris Rontiris in the plays "The Mistress of the Inn", "The Marriage of Figaro" and "Electra" to follow a period of more than 20 years of collaboration with the National Theatre, starting with a great success as Calliope in "Temptation" by Grigorios Xenopoulos. At the National Theater she participated in leading roles in 34 plays from 1960 to 1981. In 1982 he collaborated with "Aplo Theatro" of Antonis Antypas - Hristos Politis in the opening act of the play "Entertaining Mr Sloane". Her appearance in the cinema was also notable: O methystakas (1950), Ziteitai pseftis (1961), Bridegroom Urgently Wanted (1971), Safe Sex (1999), To klama vgike ap' ton Paradeiso (2001), Blackmail Boy (2003) etc. She took part in many TV series, from Ekeinos ki ekeinos (1972), I geitonia mas (1972) and Yungermann in the 1970s to Oi treis Harites (1990) in which she played the legendary Aunt Bebeka. She appeared in a guest role in Constantine's and Helen's (1998), playing the role of Aunt Maro, as well as in Epta thanasimes petheres (2004), where she played the evil mother-in-law. She also had a rich repertoire in radio drama. A member of the Union of Greek Actors since 1949. She was married to the well-known modernist architect Margaritis Apostolidis, with whom she had a son, civil engineer Christos Apostolidis.- Soula Athanasiadou was born in 1929 in Greece. She was an actress, known for Leni (2003), To syrtaki tis amartias (1966) and I timoria (1965). She died on 12 April 2022 in Athens, Greece.12/4/2022
- 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).
- Voula Harilaou was born on 14 December 1937 in Athens, Greece. She was an actress, known for Mana, kane kouragio (1962), I Am a Man and... I Will Do as I Please! (1960) and Efialtis (1961). She died on 28 July 2022 in Athens, Greece.6/2022
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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 1984.26/2/2020- Afroditi Grigoriadou was born on 29 December 1931 in Sevastopol, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. She was an actress, known for To lathos (1965), Miranda, agapi mou (1966) and To fthinoporo mias kardias (1969). She was married to Byron Pallis. She died on 2 July 2020 in Athens, Greece.2/7/2020
- Kostas Gousgounis was born on 21 March 1931 in Larissa, Greece. He was an actor, known for Sex... 13 beaufort! (1971), Synomosia sti Mesogeio (1975) and I leoforos tou thanatou (1966). He died on 6 May 2022 in Athens, Greece.6/5/2022
- Kiki Dimoula was born on 6 June 1931 in Athens, Greece. She was married to Athos Dimoulas. She died on 22 February 2020 in Athens, Greece.22/2/2020
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Souli Sabah was born on 16 February 1931 in Alexandria, Egypt. She was an actress, known for The Fortune Teller (1956), An eheis tyhi... (1964) and The Villa of Orgies (1964). She was married to Dimitris Nikolaidis. She died on 2 May 2023 in Athens, Greece.2/5/2023- Maria Voulgari is known for The Wise Guy (1962), The Road with the Acacias (1954) and To Exypno Pouli (1961).1/4/2021
- Dinos Christianopoulos is known for To houftalo (2015), Kaliarda (2015) and I parea tou Tsitsani kai o Dinos Hristianopoulos (2000).11/8/2020
- Giannis Diakogiannis was born on 5 January 1931 in Athens, Greece. He died on 13 February 2022 in Athens, Greece.13/12/2022
- Vaso Meridiotou is known for Jack of All Trades, Master of None (1963), Boat of Joy (1967) and Diplopennies (1966).29/8/2022
- Despoina Stylianopoulou was born in 1932. She is an actress, known for O petheropliktos (1968), I Agapi Mas (1968) and The Brightest Star (1967).
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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).19/7/2021- 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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Giorgos Voutsinos was born on 16 August 1932 in Piraeus, Greece. He was an actor and director, known for Ser Antrikos kai... (1987), To theatro tis Defteras (1970) and Etsi, allios... ki alliotika (1987). He was married to Vada Karakatsani. He died on 6 April 2023 in Athens, Greece.6/4/2023- Actor
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Rénos Mandis was born on 31 May 1932 in Athens, Greece. He was an actor, known for La Femme Nikita (1990), Cover Up (1984) and Counterstrike (1990). He died on 8 May 2023 in Athens, Greece.9/5/2023- Hristos Daktylidis is known for To theatro tis Defteras (1970), High Treason (1971) and Love and Blood (1968).
- She was born in Athens in 1932. She first appeared in a childhood scene in the theaters of her mother Eva Mela and her stepfather G. Koukoulis. She was mainly an actor of the theater. In the 1970s she participated in 31 productions of the National Theater, while in the next decade she worked in the Municipal Theater of Serres town. Between 1956 and 1983 she played in 12 films. Her roles were always small, but she usually managed to stand out. His top film presence was in the role of Roula, in 1962's "O Theothoros Ke To Thikanno". Her first appearance was in the movie "O Ziliarogatos" of 1956. A few scenes on movies, even fewer her quests. Yet, her youthful freshness was captivating the audience.
- Iro Kyriakaki was born in Poros, Attica, Greece. She is known for The Red Lanterns (1963), Dyo fengaria ton Avgousto (1978) and The Children of the Swallow (1987).
- Babis Anthopoulos was born on 17 August 1933 in Athens, Greece. He was an actor, known for Something Hot (1964), Mia trelli... trelli oikogeneia (1965) and I geitonia mas (1972). He died on 7 August 2021 in Athens, Greece.7/8/2021
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Jannis Mallouchos is known for Dust (2012).- Maria Konstadarou is known for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008) and Apousies (1987).
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- Soula Nikiforidou is known for The Red Lanterns (1963) and The Secret of the Accused (1958).?
- Dimitris Tsoutsis is known for Epta thanasimes petheres (2004), The Color of Iris (1974) and The Souliotes (1972).3/2/2020 (ΛΑΘΟΣ ΦΩΤΟ)
- Louiza Batista is known for The Young Lady's Fool (1960), Melpo (1958) and I Rena einai 'off-side' (1972).
- Olga Tournaki was born in 1933 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She was an actress, known for Gamos sto Perithorio (1989), Athoos i enohos? (1989) and Erotika Paihnidia (1960). She died on 15 March 2022 in Greece.15/3/2022
- Jenny Roussea was born in 1933, in Zakynthos, Greece, and studied at the Drama School of the National Theater of Greece. She made her professional stage debut in a 1956 Athens production of "The Diary of Anne Frank". She collaborated with many groups, before making a real sensation in 1964, when she appeared as Mascha in Checkhov's "Three Sisters". For many years she was the leading lady of Kostas Moussouris' stage group, appearing in Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit" (as Elvira), Tennessee Williams' "Summer and Smoke" (as Alma), Jacques Deval's "Tovarich" etc. She made her movie debut in 1949, but approached screen stardom in the mid-sixties in a series of melodramas and comedies.
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- Elena Apergi was an actress, known for I Blame the People (1966), Madalena (1960) and Maria Pentagiotissa (1957). She was married to Dionysis Pagoulatos. She died on 20 January 2023 in Athens, Greece.20/1/2023
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Zozo Sapountzaki was born in Salonica, Greece and studied drama and music at the Musical Theatre School. She first appeared on stage as a child, along with her sister Vaso, as the Sapountzaki baby sisters (ta Sapountzakia). She bloomed into what can only be called a brunette bombshell and appeared in musicals, revues, vaudeville and burlesque not only in Greece but all around Europe, the Middle East and the U.S. At one point, in the late 1950s, she appeared in Las Vegas where the local press dubbed her toast of the town. Her film career icluded mostly comedies and musicals and some costume dramas. Her celebrated legs were always the focal point in most of her movies. Zozo is still going strong even today, making appearances in talk shows and musical revues in Athens.- 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.6/10/2023- Melpo Zarokosta was born in 1933 in Athens, Greece. She is a writer and actress, known for Ap' tin komodia sto drama (1970), To leventopaido (1969) and Guilty Relationships (1974).
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Costa-Gavras was born on 12 February 1933 in Loutra-Iraias, Greece. He is a director and writer, known for Z (1969), Missing (1982) and Amen. (2002). He has been married to Michèle Ray-Gavras since 1968. They have two children.- Elsa Rizou is known for Something Hot (1964), The Taxi Driver (1953) and The Lady and the Tramp (1968). She was previously married to Nikos Rizos.
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Angelos Theodoropoulos was born in 1934 in Athens, Greece. He was an actor and director, known for Athens through the Mobile Eye (2011), He Wanted to Become King (1967) and Horismos (1966). He died on 1 August 2020 in Athens, Greece.2/8/2020- Actress
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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).- Actor
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Giannis Vogiatzis was born on 20 December 1934 in Athens, Greece. He was an actor, known for Eisai to tairi mou! (2001), In the Nick of Time (2005) and Rantevou ston aera (1966). He died on 15 May 2023 in Athens, Greece.15/5/2023- Rika Dialyna was born on 8 August 1934 in Iraklio, Crete, Greece. She is an actress, known for O thanatos tou Timotheou Konsta (1987), The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse (1964) and Oi tyhodiohtes (1981).
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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.22/1/2023- Actor
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Anestis Vlahos was born on 7 February 1934 in Prossoutsani, Drama, Greece. He was an actor and producer, known for Kierion (1968), Me ti lampsi sta matia (1966) and Bed of Grass (1957). He died on 23 August 2021 in Athens, Greece.23/8/2021- Orfeas Zahos was born in 1934 in Athens, Greece. He was an actor, known for Tis zileias ta kamomata (1971), Ena gelasto apogevma (1979) and They Stole Golfo (1961). He died on 19 December 2021 in Athens, Greece.19/12/2021
- Despoina Nikolaidou was born in 1934. She was an actress, known for Theoi ston Olympo (1978), Sapila kai aristokratia (1967) and Agonia (1969). She was married to Giorgos Moutsios. She died on 16 February 2023.16/2/2023
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Giorgos Konstadinou was born on 27 October 1934 in Athens, Greece. He is a writer and director, known for The Jerks (1987), Oi teleftaioi PASOKratores (1989) and Enas axiolatreftos belas (1994).- Composer
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Giorgos Katsaros was born on 7 March 1934 in Corfu, Greece. He is a composer, known for I Agapi Mas (1968), Tsakitzis: Protector of the Poor (1960) and Exodos kindynou (1980).- Actress
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Born in Greece where she learned classical singing. Fired from Athen's conservatory because she used to sing jazz in cabarets. Began an international career as singer in the early 1960s. Sold her first million records in Germany.
Released a jazz album produced by Quincy Jones in 1962. Sold over 300 millions albums worldwide. Married to the music producer André Chapelle January, 13, 2003, in Switzerland. Her latest album, "Fille du soleil" (Mercury/Universal, 2002), contains songs written by Charles Aznavour, Jean-Claude Brialy, Marie Nimier, and Daniel Lavoie.- Writer
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Vassilis Vassilikos was born on 18 November 1934 in Kavala, Thasos, Greece. He was a writer and actor, known for Z (1969), Young Aphrodites (1963) and Shanghai (2012). He was married to Vasso Papantoniou and Dimitra. He died on 30 November 2023.30/11/2023- Lefteris Giftopoulos is known for Kolasmenes psyhes sta dihtya tis idonis (1974), Image of Love (1972) and Her Private Life (1971).
- Nelly Pappa is known for Lyngos the Archbandit (1959), I oraia tis Roumelis (1962) and World Gone Mad (1963).
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Giota Lydia is known for Betrayed Love (1962), Ah!... Kai namoun antras (1966) and Allou to oneiro, ki allou to thavma (1957).- Titika Sarigouli was born on 30 November 1934 in Athens, Greece. She was an actress, known for Hiker's Zone (2019), Proto kardioktypi (1963) and To mystiko tou kokkinou mandya (1960). She died on 22 January 2021 in Athens, Greece.22/1/2021
- Giannis Kasdaglis is known for Giannis kai Maria (1982), Love and Blood (1968) and O episkeptis tis omihlis (1991).
- Frantzeska Alexandrou is known for O kloios (1987), Some Water, Please, Mrs. Vangelio! (1959) and The Uncle from Canada (1959).
- Nitsa Marouda was born in 1935 in Patras, Greece. She was an actress, known for Neiata sto pezodromio (1964), To leventopaido (1969) and Mia trelli... trelli oikogeneia (1965). She died on 10 November 2022 in Athens, Greece.10/11/2022
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Antzela Zileia was born on 24 March 1939 in Athens, Greece. She was an actress, known for The Bridge of Happiness (1964), Agapisa kai ponesa (1963) and Forty Brave Lads (1961). She died on 29 June 2023 in Greece.29/6/2023- Alexandra Ladikou was born in 1935 in Kavala, Greece. She is an actress, known for Eternity and a Day (1998), Sta dihtya tou tromou (1975) and Omorfes meres (1970).
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Margarita Papageorgiou was born on 1 January 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 24 January 2021 in Greece.24/1/2021- Actor
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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".13/9/2022- Alekos Fasianos was born on 16 December 1935 in Athens, Greece. He was married to Mariza. He died on 16 January 2022 in Athens, Greece.16/1/2022
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Costas was raised in Egypt, and had a Greek education in Ambeteios School of Cairo. He speaks five languages, Greek, French, English, Italian and Arabic, and writes and creates in three (Greek, English and French). Interested in poetry and literature since a very early age, he was involved in theatre, and appeared and directed Greek amateur troupes in Cairo. He appeared also in Egyptian films as an extra, as well in 5 Greek films that where shot in Cairo, to be acquainted to the cinema as he aspired to become a film director. In 1957, he traveled to Greece, and studied in the High School of Cinema (Ioannides Vamvakas). He became a professional Assistant director in 1958, working for Nkos Koundouros film "The River" (To Potami). Since then, he organized the Group (Omada) for creating the rising "New Greek Cinema, and became one of the intellectual leaders of the Group. In 1961, he directed his first short film, that was censored by the Minister of Presidency as "anti-touristic". One year later, he directed (credited only as "technical advisor for the direction" the film "Enas Delikanis". By this time, he became a friend and collaborator of french director Jean-Daniel Pollet, and this relation followed until the french director's death. In 1965 he directed his first feature film, and in 1967 he flew to Paris, escaping from the Greek Dictatorship. He returned to Greece in 1973, and since he followed his activities in cinema, theatre, writing, music, journalism etc. In 1986 he met the composer Thesia Panayiotou, and up to now, they are companions in life and creation.- Music Department
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- Composer
Lefteris Papadopoulos was born in November 1935 in Athens, Greece. He is a writer and composer, known for The Exorcist (1973), To leventopaido (1969) and My Life in Ruins (2009). He is married to Rea Mouzenidou. They have two children.- Nikos Tsoukas was born on 16 February 1935 in Deskati, Grevena, Greece. He is an actor, known for 2 Crazies and a Shrewd One (1970), O anthropos pou tha ginotan... keratas!!! (1989) and To leventopaido (1969).
- Kia Bozou was born in 1935 in Eleftheroupoli, Kavala, Greece. She was an actress, known for Gymnoi sto dromo (1969), Gorgones kai mages (1968) and Perifrona me, agapi mou (1968). She died on 7 September 2020 in Greece.7/9/2020
- Actress
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Mary Linda was born on 9 November 1935 in Pirgos, Ilias, Greece. She is an actress, known for Beckett (2021), Cruise to Rhodes (1960) and Laos Kai Kolonaki (1959). She was previously married to Manolis Hiotis.- Nikos Kapios was born in 1935 in Crete, Greece. He is an actor, known for To theatro tis Defteras (1970), O Kotsos kai oi exogiinoi (1980) and Tapi kai psyhraimoi (1994).
- Additional Crew
- Actor
- Director
Fotis Metaxopoulos was born on 13 May 1935 in Athens, Greece. He is an actor and director, known for Assignment Skybolt (1968), I Agapi Mas (1968) and Diplopennies (1966). He is married to Nana Doga.- Rania Ioannidou is known for To kafe tis Haras (2003), Marriage Adventures (1959) and Dyo xenoi (1997). She was previously married to Kostas Theodossis.
- 7/2/2023
- 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).
- 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).
- Eva Kotamanidou was born on 16 March 1936 in Athens, Greece. She was an actress, known for Roza (1982), The Travelling Players (1975) and Zoi harisameni (1993). She died on 26 November 2020 in Greece.26/11/2020
- Veta Proedrou was born on 31 October 1936 in Thassos, Greece. She is an actress, known for Trikymia mias kardias (1969), How Married People Live (1959) and Stahtopouta (1960).
- Mimis Stefanakos was born on 19 October 1936 in Kalamata, Greece. He was an actor, known for Agapoula mou (1960), Karagouna (1961) and I Killed for My Child (1962). He was married to Martha Karagianni. He died on 17 December 2021 in Greece.17/12/2021
- Kostas Fyssoun is known for I Am a Man and... I Will Do as I Please! (1960), That Something... Else! (1963) and Laos Kai Kolonaki (1959).23/6/2020
- Vasilis Malouhos was an actor, known for Mitsos, the Laughing Stock (1984), Operation Rainbow (1972) and Gia tin timi kai gia ton erota (1969). He died on 15 June 2022 in Athens, Greece.15/6/2022
- Efi Roditi is known for Thanasi, pare t' oplo sou (1972), Ti ekanes ston polemo Thanasi (1971) and ...Ystera, irthan oi melisses (2000).