Georgia Vasileiadou

Georgia Vasileiadou

Georgia Vasileiadou (Greek: Γεωργία Βασιλειάδου; 1897 – 12 February 1980) was a Greek actress. She appeared in more than forty films from 1930 to 1977. She was born in Athens in the Kypseli area in 1897 into a family of ten children. Her real name was Georgia Athanasiou, but she changed it to Vasiliadou when she decided to pursue singing and acting. She was forced to leave school early to work in a shop and help support her large family, after the sudden death of her father, who was a cavalry officer, after falling from a horse. She made her first artistic appearance in 1923 as a member of the Olympia Theater chorus, in Giuseppe Verdi's Ernani, rather coincidentally when she began her studies at the Gennadius School in 1923 and then appeared in various operas. She worked in major theater groups of the time with Kyveli, Marika Kotopouli, Dimitris Myrat, performing various roles. In the mid-1930s, she decided to stop, after a marriage that was unfortunate. She then met Sofia Vembo, who promised to help her. The man who discovered her and gave her the opportunity to have a great career was Alekos Sakellarios, so at the age of forty-two, Georgia Vassiliadou made a new dynamic start and with her innate talent immediately conquered the audience. Alekos Sakellarios offered her a role in 1939 in The Married Girls, which became the occasion for the beginning of a second, but better known career - this time as a world-loving comedian, the "most beautiful ugly" of Greek cinema, as she was described. Her company Finos Film produced her great successes such as: The Beauty of Athens, The Aunt from Chicago, Clearchos, Marina and the Shorty and many others. She took part in the television series Christ is Crucified Again. In the collections When Actors Sing 1 & 2, Vasiliadou can be heard in the songs "O kyr-Mentios" by Takis Morakis from the film The Treasure of the Retired[3] and "Apokriatiko Gaitanaki". She lived in Maroussi and had a daughter, Fotini Apostolidou, from her first marriage, while in 1945 she married her second husband, Kostas Gambaros, with whom she lived together until her death. In recent times, she suffered from bronchial asthma. Her health deteriorated and she was hospitalized at Evangelismos. She died on 12 February 1980.[5] She was buried two days later, in the presence of a small crowd, at the 1st Cemetery of Athens.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Athens, Greece
    Birthday
    January 1897
The Sculptor's Dream
The Sculptor's Dream
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The Germans Strike Again
The Germans Strike Again
7.2
1821 at the Cinema
1821 at the Cinema
0
Bouboulina
Bouboulina
7
The Auntie from Chicago
The Auntie from Chicago
6.8
Mrs. Midwife
Mrs. Midwife
7.8
Astero
Astero
3.2
The Beauty of Athens
The Beauty of Athens
6.6
The Coffee Reader (Kafetzou)
The Coffee Reader (Kafetzou)
7.9
Madame Mayor
Madame Mayor
6.9
The Uncle from Canada
The Uncle from Canada
3.5
The Bridegrooms of Eftyhia
The Bridegrooms of Eftyhia
6.4
The Grouch
The Grouch
7
Michalios of the 14th Regiment
Michalios of the 14th Regiment
5.9
The Treasure of the Beatitude
The Treasure of the Beatitude
7.3
The Unwilling Nanny
The Unwilling Nanny
6.5
Grousouzis
Grousouzis
7.1
Thymios in the Land of Striptease
Thymios in the Land of Striptease
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A Bird in the Hand Is Worth Two in the Bush
A Bird in the Hand Is Worth Two in the Bush
4
Better the Devil You Know
Better the Devil You Know
0
The Miserable
The Miserable
5.5
They ere all... Fools!
They ere all... Fools!
5.3
Athens dances Rock 'n' Roll
Athens dances Rock 'n' Roll
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Klearhos, Marina and the short one
Klearhos, Marina and the short one
7
The Wedding Dance
The Wedding Dance
4.7
Horse and Carriage
Horse and Carriage
6.6
Tallywoman: Operation Groom
Tallywoman: Operation Groom
5
Those Not Allowed to Love
Those Not Allowed to Love
3.5
The Watermelon
The Watermelon
3.5
My Nephew Manolis
My Nephew Manolis
4.5
The Happy Beginning
The Happy Beginning
6.6
Meletis of the Flying Squad
Meletis of the Flying Squad
3.8
Πιάσαμε την καλή
Πιάσαμε την καλή
6
Greedy for Everything
Greedy for Everything
5.5
One Night in Heaven
One Night in Heaven
4.5
I Loved and I Suffered
I Loved and I Suffered
3
Η περιπτερού
Η περιπτερού
0
The Greek woman and love
The Greek woman and love
3.5
So Many Dreams on the Streets
So Many Dreams on the Streets
0
Goal in Love
Goal in Love
5
Η Σμυρνιά
Η Σμυρνιά
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We without money
We without money
3
Η προξενήτρα
Η προξενήτρα
5.5
The Baroness and Prokopis
The Baroness and Prokopis
0
The 4 Stairs
The 4 Stairs
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Έξυπνοι και Κορόιδα
Έξυπνοι και Κορόιδα
0
The lover of the shepherdess
The lover of the shepherdess
6