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- 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.
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Haris Romas was born on 23 March 1960 in Piraeus, Greece. He is an actor and writer, known for Constantine's and Helen's (1998), Lifting (2001) and O kakos vezyris (1997).- Actor
- Producer
- Director
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").- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Omiros Efstratiadis was born on 3 May 1938 in Piraeus, Greece. He is a director and writer, known for She Knew No Other Way (1973), Roda, tsanta & kopana 5 (2019) and Provocation (1971).- 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.
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Nikos Alevras was born in 1948 in Piraeus, Greece. He is a director and writer, known for O pappous mou (1974), Erimos kai monos gia na mou fygei o ponos (2006) and Alevrino: To sperma tou symPANtos (2023).- Actor
- Writer
- Casting Department
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.- 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.
- Actor
- Director
Apostolos Souglakos was born at Maniatika (Pireas/Athens). His father already had 3 daughters so he was really happy to have a son. Apostolos was never a good student. Since then, he wanted to be the strongest and the most honest of all. He never completed his studies at school. Afterwards he started spending his time with sports. He joined a football team for 3 months and at the age of 10 he started going to a gym for boxing. None of these sports seemed interesting to Apostolos. Soon he became a wrestler and this gave him the opportunity to become famous and travel across Europe, Africa and the USA. During the early 60s, Apostolos started taking small roles in movies. As he says, he has taken part in more than 60 movies. The golden age of his career was undeniably the decade of 1980. In 1984 he got the chance to play in a movie as the leading actor. This movie was Ta katharmata (1984), a movie that was a big hit for its time. The next year he did To remali tis Athinas (1987), a shocking exploitation film for the Greek standards at the time. Afterwards he did 3 videomovies, which were also great.
When the video-era was over in Greece, he returned to what he knows best: Wrestling. In the meanwhile he never stopped appearing in TV-shows and series. In 2000 he decided to take his chances at music with his debut CD entitled "Rapismata".
2002 marked his return to the movies with Ta remalia (2003), a film that continues the fine tradition of Souglakos' movies.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Vasilis Diamantopoulos was born on 15 November 1920 in Piraeus, Greece. He was an actor and director, known for Mathe paidi mou grammata (1981), The Children of the Swallow (1987) and Marinos Kontaras (1948). He was married to Marina Georgiou and Tonia Karali. He died on 5 May 1999 in Athens, Greece.- 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.
- Vasilis Kailas was born on 1 May 1953 in Piraeus, Greece. He is an actor, known for The Bitter Beloved (1965), Vengos, o trellos kamikazi (1980) and Doe (1962).
- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Stelios Vamvakaris was born on 2 March 1947 in Piraeus, Greece. He was a composer, known for Athens Blues (2001), Rembetiko (1983) and Geia sou perifani ki athanati ergatia (2002). He died on 17 June 2019 in Athens, Greece.- Director
- Writer
- Editor
Menios Ditsas was born in 1943 in Piraeus, Greece. He was a director and writer, known for Kapos etsi (1980), Nyhterini exodos (1991) and I avli me ta skoupidia (1993). He died on 23 January 2013 in Athens, Greece.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Makis Delaportas was born on 29 November 1960 in Piraeus, Greece. He is an actor, known for To retire (1990), Agria neiata (1982) and The Big Gun (1981).- Actor
- Composer
- Music Department
Tolis Voskopoulos was born on 26 July 1940 in Piraeus, Greece. He was an actor and composer, known for Mia gynaika, mia agapi, mia zoi! (1971), Adelfia mou, alites, poulia (1971) and The Christmas Tango (2011). He was married to Antzela Gerekou, Julia Papadimitriou, Marinella and Stella Stratigou. He died on 19 July 2021 in Athens, Greece.- Haris Nazos was born in 1937 in Piraeus, Greece. He was an actor, known for Epangelmaties remalia (1976), The Man Who Returned from the Heat (1972) and Akropol (1996). He died on 24 January 2021 in Greece.
- Composer
- Actor
- Music Department
Dimos Moutsis was born on 2 August 1938 in Piraeus, Greece. He was a composer and actor, known for Beckett (2021), Funny Girl (1970) and In the Nick of Time (2005). He died on 6 March 2024 in Athens, Greece.- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Manos Venieris was born in 1943 in Nikaia, Piraeus, Greece. He was an actor and writer, known for Emeis Hasan... aftoi masan! (2003), Ela Mimi ston topo sou (1987) and Klepsan ta dis... tin kalpi na deis (1989). He was married to Maria Bonikou. He died on 8 September 2020.- Giourkas Seitaridis was born on 4 June 1981 in Piraeus, Greece.
- Elena Kleus was born in 1932 in Piraeus, Greece. She is an actress, known for La Gioconda (1958), Girl Dreams (1953) and Carovana di canzoni (1955).
- Andy Cavell was born on 20 April 1945 in Piraeus, Greece.
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vagelis Traiforos was born in 1940 in Piraeus, Greece. He is an actor and assistant director, known for Sta dihtya tou tromou (1975), Antzela, o peirasmos (1988) and Agia Ermioni, thygatera diakonou Filippou (1988).- Actor
- Director
Thymios Karakatsanis was born on 8 December 1940 in Piraeus, Greece. He was an actor and director, known for O kyrios genikos (1973), To hamogelo tis Pythias (1979) and The Brightest Star (1967). He died on 30 June 2012 in Athens, Greece.- Kostas Mourselas was born in January 1932 in Piraeus, Greece. He is a writer, known for Prosopo me prosopo (1966), A Law-Abiding Citizen (1974) and The Summer of Rage (1962).