Eleni Papadaki (Greek: ΕλÎνη Παπαδάκη, 1903â€"1944) was a
celebrated Greek stage actress who was murdered during the Dekemvriana
events, accused unjustly for political reasons by the communists, of
having collaborated with the Nazi occupation forces and the
collaborationist regime during the Axis occupation.She was born on 4
November 1903 in Athens to an affluent family, the granddaughter of
university professor Stylianos Konstantinidis. She studied philology
at Athens University, phonetics, music and piano at the Great
Conservatory of Athens, but began an acting career at the age of
twenty-two in 1925, in Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of
an Author. The theatre critic for the Demokratia newspaper greeted her
performance with the comment that "today the stage has acquired a
great actress". At the same time, she also performed in Oscar Wilde's
Salome.Her most successful performances during the last part of her
career was in ancient Greek tragedies.During the Axis occupation of
Greece she has been accused of being the mistress of the
collaborationist prime minister Ioannis Rallis including right-wing
newspapers of the Greek Resistance.
celebrated Greek stage actress who was murdered during the Dekemvriana
events, accused unjustly for political reasons by the communists, of
having collaborated with the Nazi occupation forces and the
collaborationist regime during the Axis occupation.She was born on 4
November 1903 in Athens to an affluent family, the granddaughter of
university professor Stylianos Konstantinidis. She studied philology
at Athens University, phonetics, music and piano at the Great
Conservatory of Athens, but began an acting career at the age of
twenty-two in 1925, in Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of
an Author. The theatre critic for the Demokratia newspaper greeted her
performance with the comment that "today the stage has acquired a
great actress". At the same time, she also performed in Oscar Wilde's
Salome.Her most successful performances during the last part of her
career was in ancient Greek tragedies.During the Axis occupation of
Greece she has been accused of being the mistress of the
collaborationist prime minister Ioannis Rallis including right-wing
newspapers of the Greek Resistance.
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