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Jenny Karezi

Actor, Producer, Writer
Born January 1, 1932Died July 27, 1992 (60 years)
Evgenia Karpouzi was born in Athens, Greece, to a mathematician father and high school teacher mother. She studied under the direction of the Sisters of St. Joseph at a private French school in Thessaloniki, and later by the same Order in Athens. She learned French fluently. When she was a teenager, her father left the family and she continued to live with her mother. Her father died in a car accident in 1971. In 1951 she was accepted at the Greek National Theater,  where she studied in the Drama School. The playwright Angelos Terzakis and the director Dimitris Rontiris were among her teachers. Upon graduation, in 1954, she was immediately thrust into starring roles in the theatre, playing alongside actors such as Alexis Minotis and Katina Paxinou.

Known For

  • The Red Lanterns
  • Miss Director
  • Mia trelli... trelli oikogeneia
  • Jenny Jenny
  • Barrel Piano, Poverty and Earnestness
  • The Auntie from Chicago

Filmography

1972
Lysistrata · as Lysistrati
1972
Erotiki symfonia · as Eirini / Betty Stergiou
1971
Manto Mavrogenous · as Manto Mavrogenous
1970
A Woman in the Resistance · as Άννα Κολέτη
1968
A Knight for Vasoula · as Vasoula Liontou
1968
Love and Blood · as Foni Yeraka
1967
1967
1966
1966
Jenny Jenny · as Jenny Skoutari
1965
1964
Miss Director · as Lila Vasileiou
1964
A Great Love · as Lena
1964
Lola · as Λόλα
1963
The Red Lanterns · as Eleni Niculescu
1962
I nyfi toskase · as Kaiti Alexopoulou
1962
1961
Poia einai i Margarita · as Margarita Kondostavrou
1960
1960
Hristina · as Hristina
1960
The Young Lady's Fool · as Julia Karali
1960
Rendezvous at Corfu · as Diana Laniti / Mirka
1959
1958
1958
She's a Lunatic · as Jenny
1957
The Auntie from Chicago · as Katina Barda
1957
Lagoon of Desire · as Miranda
1957
1957
Trouble for Fathers · as Μπίλλυ Μαυρογιάννη
1955

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