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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.
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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), Provocation (1971) and Roda, tsanta & kopana 5 (2019).- 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").- 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.
- 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
- 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.
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- 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).- 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.
- 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.- Elli Fotiou was born in October 1940 in Piraeus, Greece. She is an actress, known for Epistrofi (1965), The Fear (1966) and One-Penny Youth (1967). She is married to Stefanos Linaios.
- 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).
- 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.- Actor
- Writer
- Composer
Kostas Martakis was born on May 25th, 1984 as Konstantinos Martakis, in Piraeus, Attiki, to Nikolaos Martakis and Lamprini Limperopoulou. At the age of 16 Kostas was a very well known basketball player. He played basketball until the age of 21 that he started his music career on the Dream Show the music (2006), and even though he didn't win Kostas won the love of the Greek crowds. In 2007 he released his debut album Anatropi (Subversion). It became a big hit with fans and made a place for himself in the music world with a succession of big-selling albums. His music career is still on the run with big hits that break the Greek top ten and a few of them going outside Greece. Kostas has released five studio albums until now and 2022 finds him in the studio recording his latest (sixth) personal album.
Kostas has branched out into an acting career, having most recently starred in Rent the Musical (2012), Your Face Sounds Familiar (2013), Dancing with the Stars (2014), Kalimeroudia (2015) and more.- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Giorgos Konstas was born in 1949 in Piraeus, Greece. He was an actor and writer, known for Sti skia tou fovou (1988), Viotehnia oneiron (1990) and To Be Continued... (2001). He died on 17 January 2015 in Athens, Greece.- Aimilios Veakis was born on 13 December 1884 in Piraeus, Greece. He was an actor, known for Astero (1929), The Voice of the Heart (1943) and Maria Pentagiotissa (1927). He died on 29 June 1951 in Athens, Greece.
- Giorgos Loukakis was born in 1924 in Piraeus, Greece. He was an actor, known for I genia ton iroon (1969), Ston ilingo tis zois (1969) and Synomosia sti Mesogeio (1975). He died in 1995.
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- Producer
Lucia Rikaki was born on July 14, 1961 in Piraeus, Greece. She studied history of art, graphic design, cinema and photography at Dartington College of Arts in Devon, England. She has collaborated with the Council of Europe in Strasbourg and the Danish Ministry of Environment, before returning to Greece, where she founded "Orama Films" (1984), producing art films, TV programs and theatrical plays.
She was a prolific and critically acclaimed director of both feature films and documentaries. A socially engaged and involved artist, she transformed her passion into a multifaceted work as director, writer, producer and cinematographer. She was the creator of two international documentary festivals in Greece: The EcoFilms in Rhodes and the Health Film Festival "Hippocrates" in Kos. In 1995 she created "104 Art Theater Stage", and "The Comedy Club," the only stand-up comedy venue to date in Greece.
Her last documentary, the "Salvation Plan," was filmed in the hospital "Sotiria" at Athens, where she was hospitalized and which was at the time playing host to an ambitious art exhibition. She died to cancer on December 28, 2011, at he age of 50.- Kakia Analyti was born in 1934, in Piraeus, Greece. She studied at the Drama School of the Athens Conservatory, under the guidance of director Dimitris Rontiris. She made her stage debut in a 1955 Athens production of Grigorios Xenopoulos' "To Fioro tou Levante" and then collaborated with major stage stars of the period, like Katerina and Manos Katrakis. In 1963 she founded the theater "Analyti" and created her personal group with her husband, popular actor Kostas Rigopoulos. Their repertory included plays by Tennessee Williams ("The Glass Menagerie" in which she played Amanda), Aleksei Arbuzov, André Roussin, George Dialegmenos and many others. Their biggest stage hit -and the biggest commercial success in the history of the Greek theater in the 20th century- was François Campaux's comedy "Agapi mou oua-oua" (Cherie Noire), in which Analyti played, for six consecutive seasons, the part of an African maid. She also appeared in a number of 1960s films, mostly melodramas in which she interpreted innocent, romantic girls. She left the stage in the early 1990s and died of a heart attack in 2002.
- Music Department
- Composer
- Actor
Hristos Kyriazis was born on 2 April 1953 in Piraeus, Greece. He was a composer and actor, known for Giannis Tsimberidis: Ela moraki mou (2011), Alkistis Protopsalti: Dose mou ftera (2020) and Hristos Kyriazis: Moro mou (1999). He died on 10 November 2021 in Athens, Greece.- 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.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Victor Adams was born on 28 March 1901 in Piraeus, Greece. He was an actor, known for Scouts to the Rescue (1939), The Duke Comes Back (1937) and Here's Flash Casey (1938). He died on 10 January 1990 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- 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
- Writer
- Director
Vassilis Mavromatis was born on 15 April 1935 in Piraeus, Greece. He was an actor and writer, known for Skies stin ammo (1970), Oi dyo alepoudes (1963) and Oute milaei, oute lalaei (1966). He was married to Lila Kafantari and Kaiti Homata. He died on 2 November 2017 in Athens, Greece.- Haris Ksanthoudakis was born in 1950 in Piraeus, Athens, Greece. Haris was a composer, known for I gynaika pou evlepe ta oneira (1987), Otan o Sagal kostize ligotero apo ena kilo patates (1996) and Fiction (1977). Haris died on 7 November 2023 in 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).- Writer
- Additional Crew
- Director
Marios Ploritis was born on 19 January 1919 in Piraeus, Greece. He was a writer and director, known for To theatro tis Defteras (1970), Oraia mou kyria (1994) and Daneistes (1998). He was married to Katia Dandoulaki, Marika Anemoyiianni and Ellie Lambeti. He died on 29 December 2006 in Athens, Greece.- Nicola Zaccaria was born on 9 March 1923 in Piraeus, Athens, Greece. He was an actor, known for Le trouvère (1972), NET Opera Theater (1967) and Tancrède (1981). He was married to Marilyn Horne. He died on 24 July 2007 in Athens, Greece.
- Actor
- Composer
- Music Department
Vangelis Germanos was born on 14 November 1949 in Castella, Piraeus, Greece. He is an actor and composer, known for Glykoxino krasi (1999), Mystikes diadromes (2001) and Varieté (1985).- Gikas Biniaris was born on 1 January 1915 in Piraeus, Greece. He was an actor and director, known for To theatro tis Defteras (1970), The Dawn of Victory (1971) and Away from the World (1958). He died on 1 January 1980 in Piraeus, Greece.
- Georgios I. Dritsakos was born in Piraeus, Greece.
On Friday, August 13, 2004, in Athens, Greece, Adjutant of the Hellenic Air Force, Colonel Georgios Dritsakos accompanied His Excellency the President of the Hellenic Republic Constantinos Stephanopoulos to declare open the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, Athens 2004, the Olympic Homecoming of the modern era during the during the Opening Ceremony in Athens, Greece.
And on the last day on Sunday, August 29, 2004, Adjutant of the Hellenic Air Force, Colonel Georgios Dritsakos have to attend the Closing Ceremony of the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, Athens 2004, the Olympic Homecoming, and he accompanied His Excellency the President of the Hellenic Republic Constantinos Stephanopoulos. - 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).
- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vasilis Vlahodimitropoulos was born on 1 November 1944 in Piraeus, Greece. He is a director and assistant director, known for Kati allo... (1973), Yungermann and Loxandra (1980).- Director
- Actor
- Producer
Mimis Kougioumtzis was born in 1936 in Piraeus, Athens, Greece. He was a director and actor, known for Hroniko - Sylloges apo to Theatro Tehnis (1972), Prin apo tin parastasi (1981) and 17 sta 18 (2000). He died on 1 March 2003 in Athens, Greece.- Director
- Writer
Giorgos Dambasis was born on 29 March 1940 in Piraeus, Greece. He is a director and writer, known for VIDEO-grafies (1989), Dodeka kai mia efhes gia to 1989 (1988) and To theatro tis Defteras (1970).- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
Stavros Avdoulos was born on 4 March 1944 in Piraeus, Greece. He is a writer and assistant director, known for Synomosia sti Mesogeio (1975), Ariadni (2002) and Iatriko aporrito (2008).- 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
- 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.- 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 The Abduction of Persephone (1956). He died on 24 January 2021 in Greece.
- Composer
- Music Department
Menelaos Pallantios was born on 11 February 1914 in Piraeus, Athens, Greece. He was a composer, known for The Four Stairs (1951), Stratiotes dihos stoli (1960) and That's How My Life Ended (1952). He died on 9 August 2012 in Athens, Greece.- Make-Up Department
- Producer
- Production Manager
Nikos Varveris was born in 1928 in Piraeus, Greece. He is a producer and production manager, known for I thysia tou Avraam (1971), Prokopis, o aprokopos (1969) and Alt!... Kai s' efaga - Edo Prokopis (1969).- Camera and Electrical Department
Mixalis Pikramenos was born on 29 December 1966 in Piraeus, Greece. Mixalis is known for Crash the System (2022), 1,000 Times More Brutal (2012) and Rapturious (2007). Mixalis has been married to Tanja Grzeskowitz since 20 September 1995.- Costas Simitis was born on 23 June 1936 in Piraeus, Greece. He is married to Daphni Arkadiou.
- 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.- Director
- Actor
- Camera and Electrical Department
Kostas Kimoulis was born on 1 January 1964 in Piraeus, Greece. He is a director and actor, known for Asynitheis ypoptoi (1996), Eglimata (1998) and Patra-Venetia (2002).- 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).
- Hristoforos Dikas was born on 16 November 1985 in Piraeus, Athens, Greece. He is an actor, known for I-4: Loufa & Apallagi (2008), Cloudy Sunday (2015) and A23 Galliko Aroma (2016).
- 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.- Set Decorator
- Costume Designer
- Writer
Yannis Tsarouchis was born on 13 January 1910 in Piraeus, Greece. He was a set decorator and costume designer, known for To theatro tis Defteras (1970), Stella (1955) and The Girl of the Neighbourhood (1954). He died on 20 July 1989 in Athens, Greece.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Mihalis Yenitsaris was a Greek singer, composer and lyricist. He wrote most of his songs. His most famous are "Ego Magkas Fenomouna", "O saltadoros", "Aris Velouchiotis", "Empika mes to kapilio", "Stelios Kardaras and "Ego kala kathomouna". He was born and died in Agia Sofia, Piraeus. He was also known as "The last rebetis".