Ellie Loukou (Greek: Έλλη Î›Î¿Ï ÎºÎ¿Ï…; 13 April 1926 â€" 3
September 1983), known professionally as Ellie Lambeti (Greek:
Έλλη ΛαμπÎτη), was a Greek actress.Lambeti was born in 1926
in the village of Vilia, Attiki, to Kostas Loukos and Anastasia
Stamati. She had six siblings. Her maternal grandfather was a Captain
Stamatis who fought together with Kolokotronis against the Turks in
1821, when the modern Greek democracy was created. In 1928, the family
moved to Athens. During the war of 1940 she moved to the big
neoclassical style house on Delphon and Didotou street where she had
been living all her life. During the Dekemvriana in December 1944, her
mother, who was in the house at the time, was killed by a loose shot
fired amidst the battle. This took a significant psychological toll on
Lambeti, that lasted well into her adult life.Ellie studied theatre at
Marika Kotopouli's drama school. She made her first steps on the stage
at the time of German occupation of Greece. She passed this difficult
period as all her theatre colleges. In 1941, she was rejected from two
theatre schools: the state one (Ethniko) and a private one named for
the Greek actress Marika Kotopouli. However, Kotopouli herself
recognized Lambeti's talent and hired her. She adopted the
professional surname Lambeti and became a lead actress. She starred in
Hanneles Himmelfahrt by Hauptmann. In 1945, she met Marios Ploritis,
her future husband, during the filming one of her first films,
Adoulotoi sklavoi (1946).In 1946 Lambeti became one of the actresses
that played for the famous modern theatre director Karolos Koun; she
was the female lead in the Greek productions of the following plays:
September 1983), known professionally as Ellie Lambeti (Greek:
Έλλη ΛαμπÎτη), was a Greek actress.Lambeti was born in 1926
in the village of Vilia, Attiki, to Kostas Loukos and Anastasia
Stamati. She had six siblings. Her maternal grandfather was a Captain
Stamatis who fought together with Kolokotronis against the Turks in
1821, when the modern Greek democracy was created. In 1928, the family
moved to Athens. During the war of 1940 she moved to the big
neoclassical style house on Delphon and Didotou street where she had
been living all her life. During the Dekemvriana in December 1944, her
mother, who was in the house at the time, was killed by a loose shot
fired amidst the battle. This took a significant psychological toll on
Lambeti, that lasted well into her adult life.Ellie studied theatre at
Marika Kotopouli's drama school. She made her first steps on the stage
at the time of German occupation of Greece. She passed this difficult
period as all her theatre colleges. In 1941, she was rejected from two
theatre schools: the state one (Ethniko) and a private one named for
the Greek actress Marika Kotopouli. However, Kotopouli herself
recognized Lambeti's talent and hired her. She adopted the
professional surname Lambeti and became a lead actress. She starred in
Hanneles Himmelfahrt by Hauptmann. In 1945, she met Marios Ploritis,
her future husband, during the filming one of her first films,
Adoulotoi sklavoi (1946).In 1946 Lambeti became one of the actresses
that played for the famous modern theatre director Karolos Koun; she
was the female lead in the Greek productions of the following plays:
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