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Mary Chronopolo dies The Daily

Mary Chronopolo dies The Daily

Ancient Greek Cinema’s Greatest Hero Dies at 90 Marie Chronopolou.

The actress was admitted to hospital “Evangelismos” was injected into the hospitalAfter she fell down the stairs.

A great actress loved by people with iconic roles that remain forever etched in the collective memory. His acting talent came from Comedy, music for drama in old and new cinema, He collaborated with the biggest names of producers, directors and actors.

A star of ancient Greek cinema

Born in Athens in 1933, Mary Kronopoulou distinguished herself in theatre, cinema and singing.

In cinema First appeared as a co-star in “Happy Beginning”. By Dinos Dimopoulos, produced by Finos Film in 1954, when she was still a student. In 1958, Finos returned to film in a small role in “The Last Lie” by Michalis Kagogiannis. From 1963 she appeared in several Finos film dramas, not only in dame and femme fatale roles, but also alongside all-male protagonists such as Nikos Korgolos, Peyton Georgetzis, Dimitris Babamichael, Giorgos Foundas and Alegos. Alexandrakis.

He measured his decade 1960s and 1970s As one of the stars of the golden age of Greek cinema.

Among his unique performances, he is in the film “Red Lights” by Vassilis Georgiadis, a 1964 Foreign Language Film Oscar nominee, as well as films by Theodoros Angelopoulos “Hunters” And “Gitra Journey”.

He succeeded First Actress Award at the Thessaloniki Festival In 1987, he received the Overall Contribution Award at the IRIS Awards ceremony by the Hellenic Film Academy in June 2021, with the film “The Swallow’s Children” by Kostas Vretagos.

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“Where’s my prize? Too heavy! I loved cinema from the first moment He loved me, I can’t tell. And cinema gave me so much joy. I want to win awards and thank the Academy for giving it to me. Show me a man who doesn’t like winning awards and I’ll show you a big liar. Thank you so much for being here tonight. I really thank you, I’m going to cry,” he said when receiving his award, and at the end he added: “I accept this applause for going back on stage after so many years, even with a cane. “