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Christina Kalogerikou

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Occupation
  
Actress

Movies
  
Stella, Nekri politeia

Died
  
November 3, 1968, Greece


Role
  
Actress

Name
  
Christina Kalogerikou

Ex-spouse
  
Nikolaos Koukoulas

Born
  
1885
Greece

Parents
  
Elpiniki Roussos, Pantelis Roussos

Siblings
  
Anthi Roussos, Evangelia Roussos

Similar People
  
Michael Cacoyannis, Manos Hadjidakis, Aristeidis Karydis‑Fuchs

Christina Kalogerikou (Greek: Χριστίνα Καλογερίκου; 1885 – 3 November 1968) was an actress which she was awarded for her work in the theatre. She is descended from an acting family and acted at the National Theatre.

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Biography

Christina Kalogerikou was born in 1885 and was the daughter of Pantelis Roussos and his wife Elpiniki. The two sisters, Evangelia and Anthi did a great career in the characterists of the Greek theatre. Anthi was the first wife of Nikos Miliadis, father of celebrated actor Takis Miliadis.

She married Nikolaos Koukoulas and afterwards married her second husband Panos Kalogerikos. It is believed that she married Marios Paleologos.

She was decorated as actor with Taxiarchis Evpiias. Kalogerikou died in 1968.

Artwork presentation

She played mostly in roles at the National Theatre. After World War II, she left and starred herself in movies with her most popular role was the mother of Giorgos Foudas and the noted father in-law of Melina Mercouri in Stella by Mihalis Kakogiannis, she starred in To Amaxaki in 1955 by Dinos Dimopoulos, she played a part in the bankrupt leader, on the side of Orestis Makris and Vasilis Avlonitis.

References

Christina Kalogerikou Wikipedia