Melpo Zarokosta

Melpo Zarokosta

Melpo Zarokosta (Piraeus, May 7, 1933) is a Greek actress. She was born in Piraeus in 1933. She is the daughter of Elias Zarokosta, one of the first Greek actuaries, and Despina Spyropoulou. After the War, she emigrated for a short time to Alexandria, Egypt, and then to Sydney, Australia, where she studied theater at the Metropolitan Theater and at the Canandale School of Radio Studies, directing, screenwriting, and acting. She stayed there for 11 years and began her artistic career in television and theater. She performed in Sydney in Jean Anouilh's Antigone, and also Hecuba in Greek for the Greek community. In 1957, she married her first husband, pianist Andreas Diamantidis, and went with him to London, where they stayed for a year. Due to family obligations, she returned to Greece in 1958. Almost simultaneously with her return to Athens, she began her collaboration with the company of Lambros Konstantaras. There she met her future second husband, also an actor and director, Victor Pagoulatos, with whom she had a son, Alexander. She was involved in translating and adapting plays for theater, radio and television. She wrote her first play, The Women's Tutoring School, in which she co-starred with Dinos Iliopoulos, Nora Valsami and Nikos Apergi. Since then, several of her own plays have been performed in Athens and the province. She was the first female member of the Greek Playwrights' Society since 1960, a member of the Board of Directors. since 1990 and President of the Company from 1999 to 2001.

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Filmography

2016

Asteras Rachoulas
Asteras Rachoulas
as Mpermpilo
TV - Released: 10/24/2016

2013

Strangers in the House
Strangers in the House
as Agapi
Movie - Released: 8/9/2013

2011

Clinical Case
Clinical Case
as κα Στέλλα
TV - Released: 11/18/2011

2006

Extended Play
Extended Play
as Grandmother
Movie - Released: 10/19/2006
Honorable Cuckolds
Honorable Cuckolds
TV - Released: 10/2/2006

2005

Γάμος με τα Όλα του
Γάμος με τα Όλα του
as μαμά
TV - Released: 9/30/2005

2004

Βελούδο από μετάξι
Βελούδο από μετάξι
as Κάκια
TV - Released: 9/24/2004

2000

Παππούδες εν δράσει
Παππούδες εν δράσει
as Ελένη
TV - Released: 10/13/2000

1997

TV
Δανεικός πατέρας
as Φρόσω, μητέρα
TV - Released: 10/3/1997

1993

Ο χήρος, η χήρα και τα χειρότερα
Ο χήρος, η χήρα και τα χειρότερα
as Σιλβή, μητέρα Λουκίας
TV - Released: 2/4/1993

1990

Eisai to laheio mou
Eisai to laheio mou
Movie - Released: 4/5/1990

1989

O kapetanios ki i horeftria
O kapetanios ki i horeftria
Movie - Released: 1/1/1989

1988

Life Sentence
Life Sentence
as Elsa's mother
Movie - Released: 10/1/1988

1985

Θυμήσου τον Σεπτέμβρη
Θυμήσου τον Σεπτέμβρη
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/1/1985

1982

Turning Point
Turning Point
as Efi
Movie - Released: 10/12/1982

1981

Τα Τσακάλια
Τα Τσακάλια
as Eleni's Mother
Movie - Released: 6/7/1981

1972

Aliki the Dictator
Aliki the Dictator
as Κα Φιρφιρίκου
Movie - Released: 3/20/1972

1971

Αεροσυνοδός
Αεροσυνοδός
as Martha Valma-Dupon
Movie - Released: 1/1/1971

1970

A Crazy... Crazy... 40-Year-Old Woman
A Crazy... Crazy... 40-Year-Old Woman
as Kaiti
Movie - Released: 4/13/1970
A Funny Girl
A Funny Girl
as Λαίδη
Movie - Released: 10/26/1970
Love forever
Love forever
as Nurse
Movie - Released: 3/16/1970

1969

The Leventopaido
The Leventopaido
as Nora Athanasiou
Movie - Released: 11/10/1969
The Man Who Returned from the Plates
The Man Who Returned from the Plates
as Lemonia Louna
Movie - Released: 1/1/1969
The Countess of Fabrica
The Countess of Fabrica
as Bianca Katakouzinou
Movie - Released: 1/1/1969

1967

Some tired boys
Some tired boys
as Mrs. Maltezou
Movie - Released: 11/13/1967

1966

My wife went mad
My wife went mad
as Giouli
Movie - Released: 12/19/1966
All Men Are the Same
All Men Are the Same
as Angela
Movie - Released: 8/14/1966

1965

A Matter of Earnestness
A Matter of Earnestness
as Nanta Mavrogialourou
Movie - Released: 12/6/1965

1964

Divorce, Greek Style
Divorce, Greek Style
as Anna Madelou
Movie - Released: 8/13/1964
The Orgies Villa
The Orgies Villa
as Eva
Movie - Released: 10/17/1964

1961

Death Will Return
Death Will Return
as Aliki
Movie - Released: 6/12/1961

1960

The Papadopoulou Family
The Papadopoulou Family
as Marina Papadopoulou
Movie - Released: 1/1/1960

1959

Maiden's Cheek
Maiden's Cheek
as Popi Alexiou
Movie - Released: 11/16/1959