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WW2 inspired many artists, to pay tribute to the Greco-Italian war on the Albanian front, the German Occupation and the hardships of the Greek people until the liberation. Directors, screenwriters and writers were inspired by the war and created some of the most iconic films we watch every year on the anniversary of "NO" "Oxi Day" on October 28th every year. On the occasion of the ‎‎anniversary...

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Zoe Laskari : December 12, 1942 – August 18, 2017 was a Greek actress, one of the most famous stars of the old Greek cinema, who began her career by winning the title of "Star Hellas" in 1959. Her real name was Zoe Kouroukli. In the late 60s she was considered – along with Aliki Vougiouklaki and Jenny Karezi– one of the most commercial actresses of Greek cinema. She held the title of Feme...

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Yiannis Kalamitsis - 31 October 1939 – 3 November 2013, was a Greek playwright, lyricist and radio producer. He first followed, the profession of his father who was a merchant of textiles and women's clothing. He began studying architecture in Canada but left the field. He did various jobs in Greece and other countries. He collaborated with well-known artists and wrote reviews and lyrics that...

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Giannis Gionakis -September 18, 1922 – August 25, 2002 was a stage and film actor. He began studying Medicine but was won over by the theatre .Gionakis performed in hundreds of big screen films mostly comedies and many theatrical musicals, he was a brilliant mimic and an excellent self taught dancer. He was proposed to make a career in Paris by fellow comedian and friend Louis De Funes due to...

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Sperantza Vrana was a Greek actress, singer and author. She was born as Elpida Homatianou in Messolongi on 6 February, either in 1926 or 1932. Sperantza was a passionate woman and due to her character and charm was labeled as sex symbol during the 1950's. She had a rich career and appeared in many on stage plays and over 18 big screen movies. She wrote several books with the most famous one...

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Our great comedian Stavros Paravas was born on April 15, 1935 to parents from Asia Minor and was the youngest of his five siblings. He grew up in a refugee settlement, on Alexandras Avenue. His childhood was difficult, but full of love, carefreeness and dreams, as he said. Paravas studied acting secretly, his parents only discovered that he had become an actor in year three, he appeared in...

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Aleka (Alexandra) Katseli, nee Mazaraki (Athens, October 19, 1917 - September 11, 1994), was a great Greek actress and qualified dance artist. She appeared for the first time at the Art Theatre in 1942, during the Occupation. After the liberation, and a series of successes, she was hired in 1945 at the National Theatre of Greece, from the stage of which she made her first appearance as Portsia...

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Chronis Exarchakos was a Greek actor born in 1932 in Ermoupolis, Syros. He first appeared in the theater in the play The Villa, with the Rigopoulos- Analytis troupe. A year later he makes his debut in the cinema, with the film of Odysseus Kosteletos Divorce ala Greek. He appeared in 20 films and 60 musical theatrical plays. Just like his roles so in real life, he generously spread laughter. His...

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Manos Katrakis - August 14, 1908 – September 2, 1984 was a Greek actor in theatre and film. Katrakis was a restless and creative spirit, distinguished for his talent, deep – characteristic voice, simplicity, generosity and sensitivity. He first appeared on a theatrical stage in Athens in 1927. The director Kostas Leloudas was thrilled by his potential and a year later he played in the first...

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Stelios Kazantzidis, 29 August 1931 – 14 September 2001 was a prominent leading Greek singer of popular music, or Laïkó. He collaborated with many of Greece's foremost composers, a hallmark in his career – and an event of great importance for the musical scene of post-war Greece – was his cooperation with composer Vassilis Tsitsanis. Starting in 1956 it resulted in several new songs as well as...

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Pantelis Zervos (December 23, 1908 – January 22, 1982) was a Greek actor in theatre and film. A characteristic figure of the "golden age" of Greek cinema (50s, 60s and early 70s) usually played the character of the gendarmerie, the father, the mayor-commune or the mentor of the protagonists, where he presented himself as traditional and strict, but always fair and good. His most important...

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Nikos Xanthopoulos (born 14 March 1934) is a Greek actor, known for his roles in the 1960s era Greek Drama Cinema. He was also a singer of Greek folk bouzouki, having released many albums and singles. He is known as "the child of the folk" mainly for playing roles depicting men from the lower working classes. Xanthopoulos sang over 300 songs in thirty movies, but his singing talent was not...

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Polly Panou (October 28, 1940 – September 27, 2013) was a Greek folk singer(rebetissa). She was born in Athens on October 28, 1940, but grew up in Patras. Her real name was Polytimi Koliopanou. "Godfather" of her artistic name was Grigoris Bithikotsis, the man who discovered her in Patras and was destined to change her life. She was one of the most important voices of Greek folk music and she...

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Vicky Moscholiou 23 May 1943 – 16 August 2005, born in Metaxourgeio in Athens, was a Greek singer. On 14 March 2010, Alpha TV ranked her the 13th top-certified female artist in the nation's phonographic era (since 1960). She rose to fame in 1964 with Stavros Xarhakos' song "Hathike to feggari" (The Moon is Lost), which was composed for the movie Lola.Moscholiou continued with collaborations...

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Apostolos Avdis or Avdelopoulos Apostolos was born in Patras in 1903. He studied Theology for a while at the University of Athens and immediately afterwards he enrolled in the School of Cadets. He abandoned everything and went out to the theater in 1929, studying at the Drama School of the Athens Conservatory. He performed in many theatrical plays and was considered an A rated actor. He...

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In this episode I pay tribute to actor Spiros Kalogirou, one of the "bad guys" of greek cinema. Spyros Kalogirou November 3, 1922 - June 27, 2009 was a Greek actor of theatre and cinema, who was identified with the role of evil on the big screen. Characteristic was his trembling voice and his wild appearance. Yet Spiro played in many comedies and is regarded as one of the best Greek actors of...

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Rena Pagrati 13 March 1949 – 25 June 1998 was a child star, a Greek cinema, TV and theatre actress. Rena Pagrati was also a singer in the Greek musical band "Nostradamus". On 25 June 1998 she committed suicide.

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Sapfo Notara born Sapfo Chandanou 1907 – June 11, 1985) was a Greek actress, known for supporting capabilities in acting. In Greek films, she acted in comedies as an aunt or a housewife. Notara had a radio programme called I Kiria Kiriaki. One of her last theatre appearances was in the play Pornography (1981)where she collaborated with by Manos Hatzidakis. Listen to the podcast and find out...

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Giannis Poulopoulos 29 June 1941 – 23 August 2020 was a Greek singer-songwriter, who had several hits in Greece during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. In terms of total album sales, he is the fourth biggest-selling Greek singer of all time. Poulopoulos liked singing from an early age. Prompted by friends, he unsuccessfully sought an audition with Columbia Records, while also working as a builder,...

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Kostas Voutsas born Konstantinos Savvopoulos 31 December 1931 – 26 February 2020, was a Greek actor, director, and writer. Voutsas was born in Vyronas, Athens in 1931 to a refugee family from Epivates, and moved to Thessaloniki in 1932. He studied drama at the Drama School of the Macedonian Conservatory of Thessaloniki and made his stage and screen debut in 1953. He was a major actor in Finos...

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