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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1933-07-16

Place of Birth

Athens, Greece

Mairi Hronopoulou

Biography

Mary Chronopoulou (Greek: Μαίρη Χρονοπούλου; 16 July 1933 - 6 Octomber 2023) was a Greek actress. She was one of the most popular actresses of the 1960s. She starred in many films, 16 of which were produced by Finos Film. She was one of the main protagonists of Greek theatre and cinema. She was born and raised in Athens. She graduated from the National Theatre School, where she appeared in dance groups and in ancient dramas. In 1957 she began collaborating with the independent theatre, performing at the Acropolis in the plays by Alekos Sakellarios-Christos Giannakopoulos “The Lady” and “Romance of a Maid”. She first appeared in cinema as an extra in Dinos Dimopoulos’ Happy Beginning in 1954, when she was still a student. In 1958 she took a small role in Michael Cacoyannis’ The Last Lie. From 1963 onwards, she starred in dozens of dramatic films by Finos Film, and not only, in the roles of a damsel and a femme fatale, alongside all the male protagonists of the era, such as Nikos Kourkoulos, Phaedon Georgitsis, Dimitris Papamichael, Giorgos Fountas and Alekos Alexandrakis. Among these social and dramatic films, she also appeared in three successful musicals by Yannis Dalianidis: The Sea Beads, A Lady with a Bouzouki and Mermaids and Guys. In the period 1967-1968, she won the Critics' Association Award for Best Leading Actress. In her theatrical career, she collaborated with all the major troupes of Athens. In 1972 she formed her own troupe, with which she staged the plays: "What Time Will You Come Back, Penelope" by Somerset Maugham and "A Hot Girl" by Iakovos Kambanelis. She also had important performances in the new Greek cinema, such as in Theodoros Angelopoulos' films The Hunters and Journey to Kythera, while she won the Best Actress award at the Thessaloniki Festival with the film The Swallow's Children by Kostas Vrettakos, in 1987. On June 16, 2021, Mary Chronopoulou was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the IRIS Awards Ceremony by the Hellenic Film Academy. She passed away on October 6, 2023, at the age of 90. (Source: Wikipedia)

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The Other Me

The Other Me

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Savage Hunt

Savage Hunt

An American photographer unwittingly brings footage of torture by the Greek military junta into the USA along with proof of America's involvement in it.He's pursued by inept and heavy handed henchmen leaving a trail of bloody and brutal murders in their wake.

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Enopios Enopio

Enopios Enopio

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Voyage to Cythera

Voyage to Cythera

An old communist returning to Greece after 32 years in the Soviet Union is disillusioned with the state of things.

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Mana einai mono mia

Mana einai mono mia

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The Children of the Swallow

The Children of the Swallow

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The Red Lanterns

The Red Lanterns

The inextricably intertwined stories of five sex workers who live in a brothel at Pireas harbor.

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A Matter of Dignity

A Matter of Dignity

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Cyprus in Flames

Cyprus in Flames

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Our Old Friends

Our Old Friends

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Stournara 288

Stournara 288

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The Sunday girl

The Sunday girl

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The Gigolo of Athens

The Gigolo of Athens

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Panic in the Schools

Panic in the Schools

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Bread for a Fugitive

Bread for a Fugitive

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