Native name Σμάρω Στεφανίδου Name Smaro Stefanidou Children Lida Shantala | Occupation Actress Role Theatre actress | |
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Died November 7, 2010, Athens, Greece Spouse Vasos Seitanidis (m. ?–1965) Education National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Movies and TV shows Despoinis eton 39, O ziliarogatos, Madalena, Alloimono stous neous, Kai oi tesseris itan ypero Similar People Vasilis Logothetidis, Kaiti Lambropoulou, Yorgos Javellas, Alekos Sakellarios, Nikos Rizos | ||
Smaro Stefanidou (Greek: Σμάρω Στεφανίδου; April 9, 1913 – November 7, 2010) was a Greek theatre, film, television and radio actress.
Contents
- Biography
- 19371940 Marika Kotopouli Company
- 19401942 Katerina Andreadi Company
- 19421944 Art Theatre
- 1944 Katerina Andreadi Company
- 1946 United Artists Troupe
- 19521960 Vassilis Logothetidis Company
- 19601962 Dimitris Horn Company
- 196263
- 196467 Various troupes
- 19671984
- Theatrical plays on television
- Television series
- Radio
- References
Biography
Her family's origin is from Asia Minor. She graduated from Business School in Athens, she learned foreign languages and the piano. From a very young age she presented plays for children. Without telling her parents, she worked to pay for her tuition at the National Theatre Drama School, as her parents didn't want her to become an actress.
After her graduation from the Drama School, in 1937, she was hired by the top theatre star of these times, Marika Kotopouli. Since 1952 she was the main character actress in the company of Vassilis Logothetidis, with whom she stayed until his death, in 1960.
She also she acted alongside Katerina, Elli Lampeti, Dimitris Horn, Lambros Konstantaras, Giannis Fertis, Xenia Kalogeropoulou, Aliki Vougiouklaki, Stefanos Lineos, Giannis Gkionakis, Nikos Kourkoulos, Antonis Antypas and many more.
A bright point in her career was her rendition of queen Hecuba in the play Trojan Women by Euripides translated and directed by Giannis Tsarouchis at a makeshift theatre on Kaplanon Street and in Delphi At the "Tsarouhis Academy", as she playfully called it, she learned a lot from the charismatic artist.
She made her first cinema appearance in 1951, with G. Zervos' film "Four steps". Since then, she appeared in many movies, among which adaptations of theatre plays in which she had played. She also worked a lot for the radio, taking part in radio serials, radio theatre and readings of novels.
She married singer - chansonnier Vassos Seitanidis (1913–1965) and they had a daughter, Leda - Irene, now known as Leda Shantala, a yoga teacher, Bharata natyam dancer/teacher/choreographer and dance therapist.
Smaro Stefanidou and her daughter, in the fall of 2003, created the "Shantom House of Culture", in Chalandri (a suburb of Athens), a centre hosting lessons, workshops and seminars (dance, yoga, martial arts, theatre, alternative therapies etc...) as well as performances. She died in 2010, at the age of 97, and is buried in the First Cemetery.
1937–1940: Marika Kotopouli Company
1940–1942: Katerina Andreadi Company
1942–1944: Art Theatre
1944: Katerina Andreadi Company
1946: United Artists Troupe
1952–1960: Vassilis Logothetidis Company
1960–1962: Dimitris Horn Company
1962–63
In the summer of 1962 she took part in the musical play by Bost - Theodorakis Omorfi poli (Beautiful City) (Park Theatre) In the winter of 1962–63 she appeared again with Dimitris Horn in the plays
Immediately after, with the Lambros Konstandaras Company in the plays
1964–67: Various troupes
1967–1984
A small selection of her many theatrical appearances
Theatrical plays on television
etc.
Television series
Radio
She took part, for a great number of years, in many theatrical and literary radio shows, as well as in radio serials such as:
She read, in installments, the novels: