Tzeni Karezi

In memoriam

The beloved actress of theater and film Archeological Museum was born in Athens on January 12, 1932. Her real name was Eugenia Karpouzi. She spent her childhood in different cities, following transfer to her parents who were teachers. In Thessaloniki internal entered the French School Nuns and later continued at the same Saint Joseph in Athens. H love for theater began to be manifested by her school, even years, and expressed its participation in school plays. The 1951-year of graduation from the Greek-French School, took part in the play Antigone by Sophocles staged at REX from graduating, performing the title role. In the same year was accepted at the Drama School at the National Theatre, where he studied next to Dimitris Pontiri, Angelo Terzaki, the Katerina and George Pappas, who was also the first great love. He graduated in 1954 starring Ms. immediately anointed. Her first role was in the theater plank next to Melina Mercouri and Vassilis Diamantopoulos, the work that Helen came in October 1954 at the Theatre Kotopouli. Great roles followed, next to Alexis Minotis and Katina Paxinou (Ophelia in Hamlet, King Lear in Korntelia, Adela in Bernarda Alba House of Lorca, etc.) At the same time in 1955 did the film debut with the Laterna, poverty and pride of Alekos Sakellariou, to follow more than 30 films, including The koroidaki of Miss (1960), The bride ran away (1962), Red Lanterns (1963), the office manager Miss (1964), A crazy crazy family (1965), Jenny - Jenny (1966), A Knight for Vassula (1968), A woman in the resistance (1970). The National Theatre remained until 1959, playing works of Tolstoy, the Antregef, Hugo Beit and Aristophanes, next to Mary Aroni. After 1960, it created its own private theater companies and worked with super comedians like Konstantaras Lambros, Dinos Iliopoulos, Mimis Fotopoulos and Dionysis Papagiannopoulos. From 1968 until her death played with Kostas Kazakos, Kambanellis, Albi, Ibsen, Chekhov, Anagnostakis, and in 1985 performed the first ancient drama, with Medea, directed Bolanaki, show that in the Odeon and Epidaurus resounding success. Last of the theater was the blues Diamonds and Loula Anagnostakis. In her personal life did two weddings. The first journalist to Chatzifoti Zachos in 1962 and the second with actor Kostas Kazakos in 1967, with whom he remained married until the end of her life. In Kazakos gained a son, Constantine, who successfully followed in the footsteps of his parents, himself being an actress. The Archeological Museum died on July 27, 1992, defeated by cancer. Founded in memory of the same year, the Foundation Archeological Museum, for palliative treatment of patients suffering from cancer and chronic diseases and concluding in any way relieve their pain.

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