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Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1934-07-20

Place of Birth

Marousi, Athens Prefecture, Greece

Aliki Vougiouklaki

Biography

Aliki Vougiouklaki (Greek: Αλίκη Σταματίνα Βουγιουκλάκη, 20 July 1934 – 23 July 1996) was a Greek cinema and theater actress, singer and theatrical producer. She is one of the most popular actresses in Greece, and was often referred to as "the National Star of Greece". In 1950 she secretly took exams at the Drama School of the National Theatre, from which she graduated three years later with distinction. Before graduating from the School, she began her career in the theatre. Her first theatrical role was as Louison in Molière's The Imaginary Patient in 1953, while her first film appearance was in the film The Little Mouse in 1954. In 1960, she won the Best Actress award at the 1st Thessaloniki Film Festival for her performance in the film Maddalena, directed by Dinos Dimopoulos, while the same film represented Greece at the Cannes International Film Festival, where it left very good impressions. At the same festival, the 1959 film The Slapping Came Out of Paradise. In 1961, Vougiouklaki formed her own troupe, with which she staged the play My Fair Lady that winter, starting in Thessaloniki. In 1962, she staged George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra with well-known co-stars, directed by Alexis Solomos and musically arranged by Manos Hadjidakis, however, the performance did not go well despite receiving very good reviews, because the audience did not like Aliki with pitch-black hair as Cleopatra, resulting in her being withdrawn very soon. This was followed by the hugely successful works Beating Heart in the Chair in 1962 (the well-known film adaptation was made in 1963), Pass the First of the Month in 1963, etc. In 1963, wanting to give an international boost to her career, she starred with British co-stars in the English-language film Aliki my love (released in Greece in 1964 as Aliki), which, however, did not have the expected success. Later, she met Filopoimenas Finos and began a permanent collaboration with his company, Finos Film. Together they made some of the biggest box office hits of Greek cinema, including the films: Astero, The Wood Came Out of Paradise, Madalena, The Kicking Hat, Alice in the Navy, Lisa and the Other, The Liar, The Bait, The Lady and the Tramp, The Blonde Teacher, The Fairy and the Boy, Lieutenant Natasha, The Daughter of the Sun, Mary of Silence, A Funny Girl, I Love You, The Journey, etc. In addition, she starred in popular films from other companies such as: Modern Cinderella, The Soferina, Heartbeats at the Desk, The Brightest Star, My Daughter the Socialist, Ah! This Woman of Mine, Double Poverty, etc. The film roles of the cute mischievous schoolgirl, the rich girl who rebels against her wealthy father, the poor and insignificant girl who manages to rise socially, succeed and become famous, had and continue to have a great impact on the audience, ensuring the actress rare popularity, while the film Lieutenant Natasha was the biggest box office success in the history of Greek cinema for three decades, with the next two box office successes also belonging to Aliki Vougiouklaki. Vougiouklaki died in 1996 at the age of 62, just three months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. (Source: Wikipedia)

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You Can’t Take From One Who Does Not Have

You Can’t Take From One Who Does Not Have

You Can’t Take From One Who Does No Have (Ouk an lavois para tou mi ehontos) is a Greek animated mini-series that aired in the 2010-2011 season on Mega. Ouk an lavois para tou mi ehontos develops in modern Athens where Charos goes, wanting to withdraw from his obligations. However, he is short an obolus on his books, what Menippus owes since he died. Hermes, as the carrier of souls and responsible for Menippus not having the obolus, together with Charus try to help Menippus make money to pay him the obolus. The series was scheduled to begin in the 2009–2010 season, but was eventually rescheduled for the following season’s schedule. The series consists of a total of one cycle with 14 episodes.

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Enopios Enopio

Enopios Enopio

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I theatrina

I theatrina

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Mazi

Mazi

Mazi is tvshow on Mega Channel in 2000 until 2003

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Και Εύθυμη και Χήρα

Και Εύθυμη και Χήρα

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Nelly, the Spy

Nelly, the Spy

Against the backdrop of the Nazis' rapid rise to power, a Greek music student arrives in 1936 Berlin and becomes a cabaret singer. In Europe, WWII rages on, and joining the Resistance is the only way to fight back. Will Nelly do her part?

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Paraskinio

Paraskinio

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The Trip

The Trip

This film is a social comment of the times, exploring issues that centre around relationships and what was allowed and what was not allowed at the time (early 60s) in Greece. There are sub-plots also, mainly relating to the life of the poor city dwellers, social injustice and seeming double standards. Aliki Vougiouklaki is a poor young girl dreaming of a better life and the "handsome prince on a white stallion" who will deliver her from her miserable existence. She meets and falls in love with a young man (Nikos Kourkoulos) who also falls in love with her, but things are not as simple as they first seem. His past comes to haunt them with tragic consequences. Vassilis Diamantopoulos is excellent as the half-crazed old captain whose life strangely echoes that of young Aliki.

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The Underdog

The Underdog

A young woman asks from a ship magnate to help her immigrate to Australia but he falls in love with her.

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Astero

Astero

This immensely successful remake of the 1929 foustanella classic was directed by Dinos Dimopoulos and quickly established its stars (Dimitris Papamichael and the beautiful Aliki Vouyouklaki) as the Greek cinema's top box-office draws. The story itself rigidly follows the conventions of its subgenre, although because Greek filmmakers were still churning out foustanellas for decades afterward, it hardly seems more dated than the original. Once again, it tells the tale of Mitros (Titos Vandis), a wealthy herd owner with a foster daughter named Astero (Vouyouklaki) whom he marries off to another herd owner, despite the fact that she and his son Thimios (Papamichael) are desperately in love. The other herd owner dies and Astero loses her mind a bit (although she doesn't wig out quite as spectacularly as Aliki Theodoridou in the silent original), but Mitros finally comes to the right decision and allows the children to marry.

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Holidays in Aegina

Holidays in Aegina

Journalist Jonis comes to Aegina with his daughter Alice for work, but also for vacation. At the port, Aliki meets Jean, a descendant of a prominent aristocratic family on the island, who does not reveal his true identity to her, but introduces himself as Giannaros, the island's drunkard. At some other point, they will meet again and he will introduce himself as Jean. Alice will think she has discovered Giannaros' twin brother...

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Madalena

Madalena

Madalena is a tough seventeen-year-old who is forced to take on her father's ferry business after he dies. She has her many brothers and sisters to support, and there is no one else to do the job. So she rallies her defenses and sets out to give her rival in the ferry business a run for his money. But at the same time, the rival's handsome son is starting to look better and better. Madalena refuses to acknowledge her feelings for him -- though how long she can sustain that denial is the question.

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The Daughter of the Sun

The Daughter of the Sun

The plain of Thessaly, 1910. The tenant farmers suffer untold hardships, both from the Arvanites invaders who ravage and seize their possessions and from the chief landlord of the area Stratos Karatzas, who claims the lion’s share of their harvest. The dynamic daughter of one of the tenant farmers, Maya, who is about to get married to a young farmer, Lefteris, leads their struggle for better conditions and confronts Karatzas – as well as his niece Vgenio, who also wants Lefteris. The latter plots and succeeds to separate them. Lefteris leaves for the army and Karatzas persuades Maya to marry him. Lefteris is captured during an ambush set by the Turks, but in the end he is set free and returns to Maya’s arms forever.

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The Teacher with the Golden Hair

The Teacher with the Golden Hair

Amid blinding prejudice, a vivacious blonde teacher gets married to an honest man, only to see him leave for the Greco-Italian Front, a few hours after their wedding ceremony. Will she cope with her loss, when there's no one to turn to?

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Lieutenant Natassa

Lieutenant Natassa

The year is 1965. Natasa Arseni visits Dachau, the place where she was found by the Americans at the end of the World War II. She returns to Greece, and during the train ride she recalls those past events. Before the beginning of the Greek-Italian war, she met Orestis . With the German invasion, Orestis, who was an officer in the Greek army, left for the Middle East. She followed him and accompanied him back to occupied Greece on a mission. She was arrested, interrogated and tortured and was finally sentenced to execution.

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