Cybele (Greek: ΚυβÎλη) (13 July 1888 â€" 26 May 1978) was the
stage name of the famous Greek actress Cybele Andrianou (Greek:
ΚυβÎλη Î'Î½Î´Ï Î¹Î±Î½Î¿Ï ).She was born on 13 July 1888 to an
unmarried couple in Smyrna and spent the first two years of her life
in an Athens orphanage. At the age of two-and-a-half, she was adopted
by Anastasis and Maria Andrianou. The family of a famous Athenian
lawyer of the time, who had recently lost their only child, helped
Cybele's adoptive parents financially. In 1901, at the age of 13, she
received her first award for her stage performance.Cybele was one of
the main actresses of Nea Skini from 1901 to 1906. There, she had the
chance to perform the only roles of her life based on ancient Greek
tragedy: Euripides' Alcestis and Sophocles' Antigone. She later became
known for her performances in plays of Leo Tolstoy, Carlo Goldoni and
Henrik Ibsen. In 1908, she worked for the first time with Gregorios
Xenopoulos, who wrote her the theatric play The Red Rock (Ο
Κόκκινος Î'Ï Î¬Ï‡Î¿Ï‚), based his short novel written of the
same name. The play was of huge success, and was repeated by Cybele's
theatrical group for many years to come. Xenopoulos continued to write
her at least one play a year, until 1925. Cybele also worked with
Pantelis Horn (the father of Dimitris Horn) from 1910 to 1934. In
1932, she joined forces with Marika Kotopouli, her "stage enemy", in
order to compete the newly founded National Theater of Greece. After
the German invasion, she fled along with her husband, George
Papandreou, and the Greek government and royal family to the Middle
East. After the war, she returned in Greece and performed various
roles with the National Theater, accompanied by Ellie Lambeti,
Dimitris Horn, Mitsos Myrat and other famous actors and actresses. The
summer of 1951 she made her only appearance in an ancient Greek
comedy, in Aristophanes' Lysistrata. Cybele appeared in only two films
during her career, in 1933 and 1956.Cybele's first husband was Mitsos
Myrat, with whom she continued to work on stage after their divorce.
She later married a prominent businessman, Kostas Theodoridis. Her
third husband was George Papandreou, later Prime Minister. When Cybele
died, in 1978, at the age of 89, she had 4 children, 3 grandchildren,
6 great grandchildren and 5 great-great grandchildren.
stage name of the famous Greek actress Cybele Andrianou (Greek:
ΚυβÎλη Î'Î½Î´Ï Î¹Î±Î½Î¿Ï ).She was born on 13 July 1888 to an
unmarried couple in Smyrna and spent the first two years of her life
in an Athens orphanage. At the age of two-and-a-half, she was adopted
by Anastasis and Maria Andrianou. The family of a famous Athenian
lawyer of the time, who had recently lost their only child, helped
Cybele's adoptive parents financially. In 1901, at the age of 13, she
received her first award for her stage performance.Cybele was one of
the main actresses of Nea Skini from 1901 to 1906. There, she had the
chance to perform the only roles of her life based on ancient Greek
tragedy: Euripides' Alcestis and Sophocles' Antigone. She later became
known for her performances in plays of Leo Tolstoy, Carlo Goldoni and
Henrik Ibsen. In 1908, she worked for the first time with Gregorios
Xenopoulos, who wrote her the theatric play The Red Rock (Ο
Κόκκινος Î'Ï Î¬Ï‡Î¿Ï‚), based his short novel written of the
same name. The play was of huge success, and was repeated by Cybele's
theatrical group for many years to come. Xenopoulos continued to write
her at least one play a year, until 1925. Cybele also worked with
Pantelis Horn (the father of Dimitris Horn) from 1910 to 1934. In
1932, she joined forces with Marika Kotopouli, her "stage enemy", in
order to compete the newly founded National Theater of Greece. After
the German invasion, she fled along with her husband, George
Papandreou, and the Greek government and royal family to the Middle
East. After the war, she returned in Greece and performed various
roles with the National Theater, accompanied by Ellie Lambeti,
Dimitris Horn, Mitsos Myrat and other famous actors and actresses. The
summer of 1951 she made her only appearance in an ancient Greek
comedy, in Aristophanes' Lysistrata. Cybele appeared in only two films
during her career, in 1933 and 1956.Cybele's first husband was Mitsos
Myrat, with whom she continued to work on stage after their divorce.
She later married a prominent businessman, Kostas Theodoridis. Her
third husband was George Papandreou, later Prime Minister. When Cybele
died, in 1978, at the age of 89, she had 4 children, 3 grandchildren,
6 great grandchildren and 5 great-great grandchildren.
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