Martha Vourtsi

Acting

Biography

Martha Vourtsis (Athens, 12 October 1937) is a Greek actress. Her mother was a painter and her father Michalis Vourtsis a conductor, one of the founders of the Opera in 1942. Her family settled from Odessa in Athens. She herself received a strict Russian upbringing. She appeared in several films, mainly performing dramatic roles in the so-called "melo" of the era, (She Who Did Not Bend, Great is the Grief, Outcasts of Society, My Heart Stops Paining, With Pain and Tears), but also in films of different genres, such as The Yellow Gloves and The Tough Man. Several years later, she made some appearances on television, such as in the state television series Odos Antheon (1987-1988), in the Mega Channel comedy series Eliza and the Others, as well as in the Mega Channel series Seven Deadly Mother-in-Laws. She had a leading role in the Mega Channel series 1 meios e otso, where she played the mother of Anna (Zeta Douka). As in 2008-2011, she played in the series I polikatoikia, as Panagiota Petrocheilou. In the 2004 theatrical winter, she appeared at the Veaki Theater in the performance Ta brembere petheanou orthia. The reviews were very good. She also appeared at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in July 2005 and in June 2006 in William Shakespeare's tragedy Coriolanus as part of the Athens Festival. She was married to the lyricist Xenophon Fileris who passed away in 2014.

Born: October 11, 1937

Place of Birth: Athens, Greece

Known For

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We despised My Sweetness

To preserve his mother and sister, Michalis works at the port of Piraeus. His sister falls in love with a poor young man, but she is engaged to another man. When the girl loses her light in an accident, her fiancée will disappear, and only the young man who really loves her will stay with her. The latter will sell the coffee shop that is given to him by a friend and he will be able to cure it in America.

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What the Night Hides

A poor couple struggles to survive, and the young man, wanting to make a lot of money easily, is lured by a suspicious man who moves in the world of nightlife.

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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.

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Kai oi tesseris itan yperohes

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Φόνος Χωρίς Ταυτότητα

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The yellow gloves

When it comes to his wife, Orestis is suspicious of everything, be it a moustachioed chauffeur or a lost pair of bumblebee-yellow gloves. But, are his fears justified or is this case of the lost fashion accessories a big misunderstanding?

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I Die Every Dawn

The story of three young girls that are sisters and remain with their mother a tavern in the port. The Persa, the more dynamic it has relations with the labeled Zachos. The Tasia waiting at the port for years, the return of her beloved. Hara, a tomboy, reluctant to reveal feelings for Alekos, who sees it as a good childhood friend. Among all these catalytic moves a man of law, Orpheus.

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Eliza and the others

Eliza Stamatiou lives with her mother, Margarita, and her younger brother, Giorgos, somewhere in Brahami. Their financial situation is very good and everyone at home has relative freedom of movement. Eliza works for a large insurance company, but her "secret" desire is to work in cinema, regardless of her specialty. In the boredom of everyday life and a rather indifferent life, Eliza juxtaposes her imagination, which has been fueled by endless hours in movie theaters or in front of the video. Her generally unsuccessful attempts to transfer elements and situations from movies and their corresponding heroines to her daily life, provoke laughter and emotion.

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The Jar

Two poor friends live together and hope to earn some money to marry their beloved ones. When they discover a jar full of pounds in a building site, their lives change.

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Antheon Street

The happiness of an engaged couple is tested by the family conflicts and frictions that arise between their in-laws and siblings. George, who works in an office, and Elsa decide to get engaged. However, Elsa's mother cannot accept "the grocer's son" as her son-in-law, as she calls him, and she never misses an opportunity to create all kinds of problems with her nagging and demands. George's mother, who runs a boutique on the same street, also never misses an opportunity to torpedo any attempt at reconciliation with her bride's family.