Eleni Halkousi
Biography
Eleni Chalkousi (Greek: Ελένη Χαλκούση, Istanbul, 1901 - Athens, 28 March 1993) was a great Greek actress, chronicler and translator of plays. She was originally from Chios. She graduated from the Zappeion Girls' School (1922) and attended aesthetic and literature courses at the School of Oriental Languages of the Sorbonne, in Paris, and at the Conservatoire (Conservatory) as well as theater courses at the drama school of actor Charles Le Barzy. She appeared for the first time on the theatrical stage at the Art Theater of Spyros Melas in 1925. A year later in 1926 she directed her own troupe, Neoi, at the Kyvelis Theater. From then until 1935, she toured almost all of Greece as a troupe leader, usually staging avant-garde plays. From 1936 to 1945, she collaborated with Marika Kotopouli's troupe as an actress, assistant director and professor at the Marika Kotopouli Drama School. She was one of the best students of Kyveli and Marika Kotopouli. Previously, however, she is said to have collaborated with the Popular Stage of Karolos Koun. In 1945, she was hired at the National Theater, where she excelled until the end of her career, participating in numerous theatrical performances with great success. However, she was also successful in cinema with her participation from 1942 to 1969, where she moved to television, where her last artistic presence was in the television series The Merchants of Nations in 1973. Her last theatrical appearance was in 1985, in Thesmophoriazuesa, with the Modern Theater of G. Messalas. Eleni Chalkousi was an excellent translator of plays, an artistic chronicler in many newspapers and magazines, as well as with numerous television presentations, a writer, the well-known Savoir Vivre that she published, and a trade unionist in her field. Finally, for many years she was a member of the teaching staff of the Drama School of the National Theater Foundation. Eleni Chalkousi spoke French and Turkish. She was a permanent resident of Athens. (Source: Wikipedia)
Known For & Full Filmography9 Titles
Movie - 1961, 2h 15m • as Julia
Intent on marrying into money, two antagonists will stop at nothing to seduce a young heiress, renouncing their sweethearts just to get a greater chance at a lucrative love. But, what does the girl have to say about their risky business?
Movie - 1958, 2h 15m • as Duchess
Journalist Jonis comes to Aegina with his daughter Alice for work, but also for vacation. At the port, Aliki meets Jean, a descendant of a prominent aristocratic family on the island, who does not reveal his true identity to her, but introduces himself as Giannaros, the island's drunkard. At some other point, they will meet again and he will introduce himself as Jean. Alice will think she has discovered Giannaros' twin brother...
Movie - 1964, 2h 15m • as Aristea
A deliberate injustice forces an orphaned music student to leave home, only to land a job as a pianist for an affluent woman's canaries. Now, it's time to turn the page. Can she find a bright future amid two hundred and one songbirds?
Movie - 1943, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Mr. Spyros is released from prison after having served time for the murder of his wife's lover. He accidentally meets a young couple who want to get married, but the mother of the girl is against the marriage. When Mr. Spyros realizes that the girl is his daughter and her mother his wife, he makes an important decision.
Movie - 1960, 2h 15m • as Eleni
A womanizing lawyer spends his holidays in mother's hotel in Corfu. What they do not know is that he has set up an entire trap by his mother and Lanitis entrepreneur, to finally learn what true love. The bait is daughter's trader Diana who plays the role of Mirka.
Movie - 1969, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Louisa Ragozzi, exhausted by her husband's antics, whom she caught red-handed with her typist, pretends to have amnesia and does not recognize him. She asks their servant Petros to throw him out of the house. Her husband is worried and seeks the help of a famous psychiatrist, who tries to help Louisa regain her memory. However, he must proceed discreetly, because the "psychopath" thinks that the doctor is her husband!
Movie - 1943, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
This is a short story about a great love between two young people who have loved each other since childhood. They overcome the various obstacles they encounter in life and manage to unite, but a sad misunderstanding separates them and leads the girl to suicide.
Movie - 1963, 2h 15m • as author
Mina is a poor girl who arrives on Corfu for vacation. There, she meets Darzento, a rich man pretending to be poor, and poses as the daughter of a shipowner. Then, he shows up, and things take a new turn.
Movie - 1951, 2h 15m • as Anna Marki
Returning to Athens after the end of the World War II, Captain Nikolas finds out what happened to his family from a neighbor.