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Alexis Minotis (Greek: Αλέξης Μινωτής; born Alexandros Minotakis (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Μινωτάκης); 8 August 1900 – 11 November 1990) was a Greek actor and director of theater and film.
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Alexis Minotis (Greek: Αλέξης Μινωτής; born Alexandros Minotakis (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Μινωτάκης); 8 August 1900 – 11 November 1990) was a Greek actor and director of theater and film.
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Life and career Alexandros Minotakis was born on 8 August 1900, in Deliana, Chania. He first appeared on stage in his native Crete as Chorus Leader and later as Messenger in Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus. From 1925 until 1930, he worked in close collaboration with the famous Greek actress Marika Kotopouli in her own theatre. During this period, he appeared in the great Shakespearan roles in The Merchant of Venice, King Lear, Macbeth and played the title role in Hamlet, the first time the play had been staged in Greece. Other roles in the classical repertoire were Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts and Peer Gynt. He expanded his talents by directing ancient Greek tragedies such as Hecuba, Antigone, The Phoenissae, Prometheus Bound, Oedipus at Colonus, as well as Seán O'Casey's Juno and the Paycock, August Strindberg's The Father and Brecht's Mother Courage. In 1940, he married the actress Katina Paxinou, and together they appeared in many productions at the National Theatre of Greece in Athens, which was founded in 1930 by Minister of Education Georgios Papandreou. In 1946, he went to Hollywood to appear in Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious with Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains. In the same year, he also appeared…
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Death On 10 November 1990, he felt unwell and was later taken to the Red Cross Hospital, and doctors diagnosed him with a stroke. He died at 11:15 am, on 11 November, aged 90, with his close friend and collaborator, actress Vana Blazoudaki, his niece Aleka Makrygiori, and actors from the National Theatre by his side. His body was placed in public viewing for two days beginning on 13 November 1990, at the chapel of the Metropolitan Church of Saint Eleftherios, and he was buried at public expense at 3:00 pm, on 15 November 1990, following a funeral service held by the Metropolitan Church, at the First Cemetery of Athens.