Sapfo Notara

Sapfo Notara

1907-01-01 – 1985-06-11 (age 78) Iraklio, Crete, Greece
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Biography

Sappho Notara (Vissani, Ioannina, April 13, 1907 – Athens, June 11, 1985) was a Greek film and theater actress.

Her real surname was Handanou. She studied at the Professional Theater School and the Drama School of the Piraeus Association. She got the surname Notara from the street where the drama school she attended was located.

Se made his debut in the theater and collaborated with the greatest actors of the time (Marika Kotopoulis, Katerina Andreadis, Christoforo Nezer, Elli Lambeti, Dimitri Horn). She also appeared in several motion pictures. Her commanding voice will be unforgettable:

"Her physiognomy, her thunderous hoarse voice and her inner exuberance helped her to create a strictly personal comic type, which she supported with particular success".

Among her performances is a song with lyrics by Jean-Paul Sartre and music by Manos Hadjidakis, entitled "On Blamando Street". Her swan song was her collaboration with the latter, in "Pornografia", in 1981. She also became famous through her lines, such as "Sodom and Gomorrah are happening in here" and "Burlotto".

She left an era with her performances in the films Ah, this woman of mine, The Card Player, Pornography and Mrs. Kyriaki (the latter was a radio production by Kostas P. Panagiotopoulos).

She was close friends with the painter Yiannis Tsarouchis and the writer Kostas Takhtsis.

(Source: Wikipedia)

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Known For

Madame Mayor
If Luck Favors You
If Luck Favors You

1964

as Koula

The Trip
Five Thousand Lies
Five Thousand Lies

1966

as Efthalia

Mrs. Midwife
Mrs. Midwife

1961

as Πολυξένη

Oh, That Woman of Mine!
Exotic Vitamins
Exotic Vitamins

1964

as Leni

Synoikia to Oneiro
Windfall in Athens
Windfall in Athens

1954

as Miss Ketty

The Gambler Lady
The Gambler Lady

1964

as Marigo

My Dimitri... My Dimitri
The She-Wolf
The She-Wolf

1951

as Taso

Hooray for Madness
Hooray for Madness

1962

as aunt Evridiki

The Madman
The Madman

1963

as Melpomeni

To Win the Lottery
To Win the Lottery

1970

as Thodora

A Pitiful Don Juan
A Pitiful Don Juan

1960

as Katerina

The Referee
The Referee

1963

as Menelaos' Mother

Don't Fall in Love on a Saturday
Don't Fall in Love on a Saturday

1962

as Harikleia's mother

At Night The Entanglements
Mini Skirt and Karate