Name Katia Dandoulaki | Role Theatre actress | |
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Full Name Ekaterini Dandoulaki Spouse Marios Ploritis (m. 1996–2006) Movies A Night in Athens, To sfalma, Sweet Country, AD, Lesviakos Avgoustos Similar People Marios Ploritis, Yannis Bezos, Zeta Makrypoulia, Katerina Lechou, Joyce Evidi | ||
ΜΑΝΤΕΨΕ ΠΟΙΟΣ ΘΑ ΠΕΘΑΝΕΙ ΑΠΟΨΕ
Ekaterini "Katia" Dandoulaki (Greek: Κάτια Δανδουλάκη; born May 16, 1948) is a theatre, television and film actress. She is best known for her role as protagonist Virna Drakou on the Greek television series Lampsi in the 1990s.
Contents
- Biography
- Career
- Katia Dandoulaki Theatre
- 19661979
- 19791985
- 1995present
- National Theatre of Greece Productions
- Television and film work
- References
Biography
She was the spouse of the Greek intellectual, translator, writer Marios Ploritis, who translated many of her plays, until his death in 2006.
Dandoulaki studied English at Boston University for one year (1968) and speaks fluent English.
Career
Katia Dandoulaki starred in many popular Greek films, like Papaflessas (1971) with Dimitris Papamixail. She played the role of Marmo Panteou, a young wife, in the classic TV series "Pantheoi, Oi" (1977), based on a classic novel by Tassos Athanassiadis. During the 90s she starred as Virna Drakou in a popular Greek soap opera of Nikos Foskolos Lampsi.
She also played Maria Callas in Terence MacNally's Master Class, and Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire. She was one of the basic stars in the TV series, "Istera irthan oi melisses" (2000), directed by Yiannis Koutsomitis. It was one of the few successes that ET1, the state TV channel, had in the last few years. During the 2001-2002 season she played Emma in the classic Pinter play 'Betrayal'. It was a big success, and directed by Stamatis Fasoulis. Her co-stars were S. Zalmas and K. Konstantopoulos.
Lately, she worked on Vera Sto Dexi, as a main character, until 2007.
Katia Dandoulaki Theatre
Katia Dandoulaki has a theatre named after her in Athens. The modern theatre of Katia Dandoulaki resulted from the remodelling of the third floor of a commercial complex of entertainment halls built in the 1960s. In particular, the 1000 m2 area of the Superstar Theatre was completely remodelled. It is a work by architect Katerina Thanou.
The theatre proper has 500 stalls on an inclined level and a stage 200 m2 with a revolving section which offered the possibility of multiple uses. The foyer, with an area of 250 m2, is on two levels and includes a bar, bookshop, lounge and a small exhibition area in the loft.