Antigoni Valakou (Greek: Î'ντιγόνη Î'αλάκου; 24 March
1930 â€" 12 November 2013) was one of Greece’s most important film
and stage actresses.Valakou was born in Kavala in 1930 and her family
moved to Athens when she was 16 years old. She attended the Dramatic
School of Vasilis Rotas. She got her first theatrical role in 1946 and
performed with the famous Grek actor Aimilios Veakis. In the early
1950s she became known as an “ingénue†, before joining the
National Theater of Greece, where she starred in productions of plays
by Shakespeare, Charles Morgan, Bernard Shaw and Jean Anouilh, Arthur
Miller and others.From 1958 she had her own theatrical group. She
performed more than 120 roles including Maria Stuart, Hedda Gabler,
Juliet, Nora, Bernarda Alba, Electra, Antigone, Cassandra, Medea,
Agauë, Iphigenia, Jocasta, etc. She played Ophelia in a 1955
production of Hamlet and Electra (directed by Spyros Evangelatos) in
1972. Her most recent appearances on stage were in the title roles in
Martin Sherman's Rose in 2000 and Stephen Temperley's Madame Flo in
2011.She appeared in more than fifteen films, and also worked in radio
and television, mostly in plays adaptations. She was a teacher at the
National Theatre of Greece Drama School for some twenty years.
1930 â€" 12 November 2013) was one of Greece’s most important film
and stage actresses.Valakou was born in Kavala in 1930 and her family
moved to Athens when she was 16 years old. She attended the Dramatic
School of Vasilis Rotas. She got her first theatrical role in 1946 and
performed with the famous Grek actor Aimilios Veakis. In the early
1950s she became known as an “ingénue†, before joining the
National Theater of Greece, where she starred in productions of plays
by Shakespeare, Charles Morgan, Bernard Shaw and Jean Anouilh, Arthur
Miller and others.From 1958 she had her own theatrical group. She
performed more than 120 roles including Maria Stuart, Hedda Gabler,
Juliet, Nora, Bernarda Alba, Electra, Antigone, Cassandra, Medea,
Agauë, Iphigenia, Jocasta, etc. She played Ophelia in a 1955
production of Hamlet and Electra (directed by Spyros Evangelatos) in
1972. Her most recent appearances on stage were in the title roles in
Martin Sherman's Rose in 2000 and Stephen Temperley's Madame Flo in
2011.She appeared in more than fifteen films, and also worked in radio
and television, mostly in plays adaptations. She was a teacher at the
National Theatre of Greece Drama School for some twenty years.
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