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Mairi Hronopoulou

1933 - 2023 (age 90) • Acting

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.

Known For

Voyage to Cythera

71%

Voula

1984

The Other Me

82%

Matrona

2019

The Red Lanterns

71%

Mary Pana

1963

The Hunters

75%

Diamantis' Wife

1977

The Fear

72%

Mrs. Kanali

1966

Mermaids for Love

63%

Flora

1968

Blood on the Land

71%

Eirini

1966

The Blue Beads from Greece

72%

Sofia

1967

The Other Me

82%

Matrona

2019

Towards Freedom

40%

Nina Horn

1996

Mana einai mono mia

73%

Μαίρη

1993

The Children of the Swallow

60%

Foteini

1987

Voyage to Cythera

71%

Voula

1984

The Gigolo of Athens

52%

Savvina

1982

Panic in the Schools

52%

Biki (reporter)

1982

Our Old Friends

90%

Unknown

1982

The Hemline

43%

Stefania Stavrpoulou

1980

Each With Their Own Madness...

70%

journalist

1980

Savage Hunt

70%

Irene

1980

The Hunters

75%

Diamantis' Wife

1977

Feminism

68%

Eleni

1973

Hippocrates And Democracy

68%

Aspasia

1972

The Jungle of Cities

62%

Nelli Rokou

1970

In the name of the law

70%

Tonia Evelpidi

1970

Visibility Zero

66%

Hristina Richter

1970

When the City Dies

48%

Paola

1969

Mermaids for Love

63%

Flora

1968

The Avenue of Hate

80%

Sofia Veneti

1968

A Woman's Past

73%

Anna

1968

Too Late for Tears

70%
1968

A Lady In Bouzoukia

59%

Elena Apergi

1968

Bread for a Fugitive

100%
1967

The Blue Beads from Greece

72%

Sofia

1967

Tears for Electra

53%

Lina Petridi

1966

Zero Hour Society

61%

Lia

1966

The Fear

72%

Mrs. Kanali

1966

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