Joly Garbi
Acting
Biography
Joly Garbi (Greek: Τζόλυ Γαρμπή, 1913 – 9 December 2002) was a Greek actress. She was the wife of the actor Thodoros Moridis for 60 years. They had no descendants. In their late years they lived isolated from the public eye in their summer home in Mati. She died in a nursing home, like her husband, and was buried in Marathon. Her death became known to the general public 10 days later. Thodoros Moridis died a year later, on December 22, 2003, at the age of 98 .
Born: January 1, 1913
Place of Birth: Johannesburg, South Africa
Known For
The Big Fool
Businessman Telis Birkas (Periklis Hristoforidis) decides to marry his daughter Antzela (Sasa Kastoura) with a nice guy, his accountant Dinos (Dinos Iliopoulos). Antzela though does not want to hear a word about it. Telis, decides to train Dinos in order for him to win his daughter's heart. Training does not go so well and so the call in the big guns.
The Tough Guy
Iraklis (Hercules) Leontopoulos is a low-paid employee with a heart of gold, who inherits a building together with its tenants. His easy disposition is his biggest problem because he can not collect any rents. In addition, he can not make any evictions nor can he demand any increase in the rents. Everything is about to change when his lawyer Aleka Palli makes him play the tough guy in order to collect the unpaid rents. The consequences of this transformation will be hilarious.
Fanouris and His Kin
A good-natured paterfamilias who is struggling to make ends meet rests his hopes on his successful expatriate brother to finally see their older sister get married. However, is the wealthy sibling willing to help?
We Have Only One Life
A bank teller discovers an accounting error, becomes rich and lives his life like he's never lived it.
Makrykostas and Kontogiorgis
Stelios Kondogiorgis (Dinos Iliopoulos) and Thomas Makrykostas (Costas Hajihristos) are two quiet men that come from the same Peloponnese village yet do not know each other. Their families however are involved in a bloody feud that started 80 years ago. Stelios and Thomas are the last male members from each family. After the last murders in the village where a member of each family died, Stelios' uncle (Pantelis Zervos) urges him to find and kill Thomas for revenge lest he finds him and kills him first. At the same time Thomas is visited by his aunt (Joly Garbi) who asks of him the same and provides him with weapons. Despite everything, neither Stelios nor Thomas are interested in murdering one another and they are both terrified from the idea that a stranger is looking for them in order to kill them. So, they decide to leave their respective jobs and hide at some remote hotel. Luck brings them together without them knowing of each other's identity as they share a room.
Thanos and Despina
Katina, an impoverished Greek woman, tries to arrange the marriage of her shepherd son, Thanos, to Despina, the daughter of a wealthy landowner. But Despina’s father, Vlahopoulos refuses to give his blessings.
The Wise Guy
Alekos (Dinos Iliopoulos) is in love with Voula (Maria Voulgari) whose brother threatens to kill him if he doesn't marry her soon. Alekos' father (Pantelis Zervos) on the other hand insists that Alekos' sister (Zoe Laskari) has to get married before him. His sister Annoula (Zoe Laskari) is in love with Antonis (Stephanos Stratigos) and pressures him to ask for her hand in marriage from her family. Antonis meets Alekos by accident at a cafe in Panorama - they don't know each other - and advises him to use the infalible method of "escaping through an engagement" to calm down Voula's brother. This is after all what he intends to do himself... And God help them...
Slum, my love
A poor bookstore decides to appear to the widow of a professor's friend as their lost grandson when she learns she is about to die.
O episkeptis tis omihlis
Someone like It Cold...
Lakis (Dinos Iliopoulos) has to make sure that his three sisters are married before he can marry his beloved Lela (Martha Karagianni). While at the beach, Eva (Zoe Laskari) and Maria (Hloi Liaskou) will meet Kleopas (Costas Voutsas) and Giorgos (Vagelis Voulgaridis) with whom they will start dating. But Rena (Rena Vlahopoulou) has a secret relationship with Thodoros (Giannis Vogiatzis) for 10 years.
Filmography
as Κυρία Ναταλία
as Ντελμπεντέραινα
as Thimokleia
as Εύα
as Despoina
as Androniki
as Harikleia
as Mrs. Aggeloutsou
as Mme. Vlahopoulos
as Ourania Birka
as Tasia Pana
as Amalia
as Maria's mother
as Efterpi Karavangeli
as Tasia
as Julie
as Eleni Karatasou
as Mother
as Faneromeni
as Aleka's mother
as Areti Kourouzou
as Ourania Baratela
as Katerina
as Andromahi
as Antigoni Zoubouli
as Σοφία
as Eleni
as Katerina
as Paraskevoula
as Sotiria Papadopoulou
as Loukia Delli
as Kyria Katina
as Mrs. Makrygianni
as Δήμητρα
as Katerina Kaplani
as Mrs. Kalvou