Despo Diamantidou
Acting
Biography
Despoina "Despo" Diamantidou (Greek: Δέσπω Διαμαντίδου; 13 July 1916 – 18 February 2004) was a Greek actress. She appeared in more than seventy films from 1949 to 2003. She played Tatiana in Alan King's summer replacement sitcom, Ivan the Terrible starring Lou Jacobi, which aired on ABC from 21 August to 18 September 1976. Source: Article "Despo Diamantidou" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Born: July 13, 1916
Place of Birth: Piraeus, Greece
Known For
The Notary
Γιάννης και Μαρία
Love and Death
In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.
And the Woman Shall Fear Her Husband
When a man decides to marry the woman he's been living with, she stops being the silent patient person she was and claims to be the boss in the house. Her behaviour changes so much after the marriage that the husband gets so irritated as to ask for a divorce even a few hours later..
Snow White and the 7 Old Boys
Alexia is a young woman who comes from the countryside and is in love with a rich man, Paris, who is studying abroad. Her stepmother treats her cruelly and forces her to escape from home. Alexia finds herself in an isolated area by chance, where she is discovered by seven brothers who live together in a nearby house. The seven bachelors put her up and treat her like a member of their own family.
The Red Lanterns
The inextricably intertwined stories of five sex workers who live in a brothel at Pireas harbor.
A Matter of Dignity
A daughter discovers her wealthy family is actually on the verge of bankruptcy and decides to charm a millionaire for his money in marriage. Soon she is torn between living a lie and keeping up appearances.
Never on Sunday
An American scholar in Greece sets about improving the local prostitute with whom he is infatuated.
Queen of Clubs
A model (Elena Nathanail) is on vacation with her sailor husband (Thodoros Roumpanis), and she falls in love with an employee (Spyros Fokas) who works in the hotel where they are staying. She confesses her feelings to her husband, and he abandons her. The young woman hooks up with with the employee, who goes with her to Athens. There, their passion – and her crisis - will reach their peak.
Topkapi
Arthur Simon Simpson is a small-time crook biding his time in Greece. One of his potential victims turns out to be a gentleman thief planning to steal the emerald-encrusted dagger of the Mehmed II from Istanbul's Topkapi Museum.
Filmography
as Grandmother
as María
as Antoni's Mother
as House Owner
as Γιαγιά
as Νικολίνα
as Maria
as Mother
as Gypsy Woman
as Mourner
as Group Member
as Uljan (uncredited)
as Aniela
as Bobby
as Marianthi
as Woman Guard
as Mrs. President
as The Lady
as Bebeka
as Roza
as Dora
as Mina's mother
as Voula
as Madam Pari
as Despoina
as Mrs. Papas
as Vicky
as Maria's mother
as woman at hospital
as Head Seamstress
as Liza
as Aliki's mother
as Aglaia
as Giokari
as Afroditi
as Despo
as Self
as Katy
as Lida's mother
as Narrator
as Kakia
as Sofia
as Eleni