She was one of the most popular stars of the golden age of old Greek cinema.
Another loss for Greek cinema and theater. The popular actress passed away at the age of 82 Martha Karagiannis, which contributed to the “golden age” of Greek cinema remaining alive to this day. The actress breathed her last on Sunday afternoon. At her side was the psychiatrist Dimitris Souras, with whom she had a friendship of many years.
Martha Karagianni (November 6, 1939) was one of the most popular stars of the golden age of old Greek cinema, with some of the most famous films in which she starred in Some Prefer It Cold, Kissing Girls, A Lady in bouzoukis” and “Mermaids and Magicians”.
Her film career was associated with the brilliant musicals and comedies of Yiannis Dalianidis. Their collaboration began in 1961 in the film Liar Wanted. She characteristically says that, although she was only 21-22 years old, Finos considered her “worn out” because she had already taken part in films which the important producer characterized as mediocre.
Her parents were of Pontic origin. Her mother Domna was born in Baku and her father Harilaos in Yekaterinedar. She was born in Athens but grew up in Keratsini.
She studied dance and from the age of eight she started giving performances at the Lyric Stage participating in the children’s ballet of Loukia Sakellaropoulou (together with Eleni Prokopiou).
She made her film debut at the age of 17 (1956) in the Finos Films film, “The Unknown”, directed by Oresti Laskou. He did the test at Fino’s studios with Aristidis Karydis Fuchs and Dino Katsouridis.
Her theatrical debut took place in 1957 in the revue “Elephants and Fleas” where she met Yiannis Dalianidis. Previously, Napoleon Eleftheriou had seen her dancing at the “Se la pen” center and proposed to her to perform in this revue. Later he collaborated with the musical theater entrepreneur Vassilis Bournelis (Acropolis Theatre).
He appeared on television for the first time in the series O Dromos, 1977, the script of which was signed initially and until his death by Kostas Pretenderis.
Martha Karagianni married the Dimitris Stefanakos, Olympiakos football player, in October, 1960. The wedding took place in the church of Agios Georgios, in Kypseli. They had a child who died three days after his birth. The couple divorced a few months later.
In 2001, she wrote her autobiography entitled “My baby love is a feast” which was published by “Ankyra” publications. A large part of the book includes interviews he had given up until then. More biographical information as well as more information about the films and plays she participated in are included in the second autobiographical book, “Martha Karagianni, a girl for a musical”, 2009 written by Makis Delaportas for Orpheas publications.
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