Smaro Stefanidou

Smaro Stefanidou
Σμάρω Στεφανίδου
Born April 9, 1913(1913-04-09)
Athens,  Greece
Died November 7, 2010(2010-11-07) (aged 97)
Athens,  Greece
Occupation actress

Smaro Stefanidou (Greek: Σμάρω Στεφανίδου, April 9, 1913 – November 7, 2010[1]) was a Greek theatre, film, television and radio actress.

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Biography

Her family's origin is from Asia Minor. She graduated from Business School in Athens, she learned foreign languages and the piano. From a very young age she presented plays for children. Without telling her parents, she worked to pay for her tuition at the National Theatre Drama School, as her parents didn't want her to become an actress.

After her graduation from the Drama School, in 1937, she was hired by the top theatre star of these times, Marika Kotopouli. Since 1952 she was the main character actress in the company of Vassilis Logothetidis, with whom she stayed until his death, in 1960.

She also she acted alongside Katerina, Elli Lampeti, Dimitris Horn, Lambros Konstantaras, Giannis Fertis, Xenia Kalogeropoulou, Aliki Vougiouklaki, Stefanos Lineos, Giannis Gkionakis, Nikos Kourkoulos, Antonis Antypas and many more.

A bright point in her career was her rendition of queen Hecuba in the play Trojan Women by Euripides translated and directed by Giannis Tsarouchis at a makeshift theatre on Kaplanon Street and in Delphi At the "Tsarouhis Academy", as she playfully called it, she learned a lot from the charismatic artist.

She made her first cinema appearance in 1951, with G. Zervos' film "Four steps". Since then, she appeared in many movies, among which adaptations of theatre plays in which she had played. She also worked a lot for the radio, taking part in radio serials, radio theatre and readings of novels.

She married singer - chansonnier Vassos Seitanidis (1913–1965) and in 1951 they had a daughter, Leda - Irene, now known as Leda Shantala, a yoga teacher, Bharata natyam dancer/teacher/choreographer and dance therapist.

Smaro Stefanidou and her daughter, in the fall of 2003, created the "Shantom House of Culture", in Chalandri (a suburb of Athens), a centre hosting lessons, workshops and seminars (dance, yoga, martial arts, theatre, alternative therapies etc...) as well as performances. She died in 2010, at the age of 97.

Theatre

1937-1940: Marika Kotopouli Company

1940-1942: Katerina Andreadi Company

1942-1944: Art Theatre

1944: Katerina Andreadi Company

1946: United Artists Troupe

1949-50: Vasso Manolidou - Y. Pappas Company

1952-1960: Vassilis Logothetidis Company

1960-1962: Dimitris Horn Company

1962-63

In the summer of 1962 she took part in the musical play by Bost - Theodorakis Omorfi poli (Beautiful City) (Park Theatre) In the winter of 1962-63 she appeared again with Dimitris Horn in the plays

Immediately after, with the Lambros Konstandaras Company in the plays

1964-67: Various troupes

1967-1984

A small selection of her many theatrical appearances

Films

Year Film Transliteration Role
1951 The Four Steps Τα τέσσερα σκαλοπάτια
Ta tessera skalopatia		 Loukia Asprokotsyfa
1952 The Tower of Knights Ο πύργος των ιπποτών
O pyrgos ton ippoton		 Orsa Delarossa
1953 Santa Chiquita Σάντα Τσικίτα Mrs. Delacovia
1954 A' 39 Year Miss Δεσποινίς ετών 39
Despinis eton 39		 Chrysanthi Karadari
1956 The jealous husband Ο ζηλιαρόγατος
O ziliarogatos		 Mina Moutsopoulou
1957 The lover of all women Ο γυναικάς
O ghinaikas		 Kotina Frabala-Zouboulou
1960 Three dolls and myself! Τρεις κούκλες κι εγώ!
Treis koukles ki ego		 Hrissa
1960 Maddalena Μανταλένα
'		 Pipitsa
1961 Woe to the young! Αλλοίμονο στους νέους
Allimono stous neous		 Eleni
... Voyage Ταξίδι
Taxidi
... The lover is coming Ο εραστής έρχεται
O erastis erchetai
... Lucky for me I've gone mad Ευτυχώς τρελλάθηκα
Evtyhos trellathika
1964 My Greek Wedding Γάμος αλά Ελληνικά
Gamos ala Ellinika		 Petros' mother
1964 Aristeidis and his Ladies Ο Αριστείδης και τα κορίτσια του
O Aristidis ke ta koritsia tou		 Evdokia
1967 Mia pendaras niata Μιας πεντάρας νιάτα' Marika Konstandinou
1968 The madman is the sanest of all Ο τρελός τα 'χει 400 Sultana
1973 20 Ladies and I 20 γυναίκες κι εγώ
20 yinekes ki ego		 Smaro Filippou

Television

Theatrical plays on television

etc.

Television series

Radio

She took part, for a great number of years, in many theatrical and literary radio shows, as well as in radio serials such as:

She read, in installments, the novels:

External links

References

  1. ^ http://news.in.gr/culture/article/?aid=1231066495