
Georgia Vasileiadou
Georgia Vasileiadou (Greek: Γεωργία Βασιλειάδου; 1897 – 12 February 1980) was a Greek actress. She appeared in more than forty films from 1930 to 1977. She was born in Athens in the Kypseli area in 1897 into a family of ten children. Her real name was Georgia Athanasiou, but she changed it to Vasiliadou when she decided to pursue singing and acting. She was forced to leave school early to work in a shop and help support her large family, after the sudden death of her father, who was a cavalry officer, after falling from a horse. She made her first artistic appearance in 1923 as a member of the Olympia Theater chorus, in Giuseppe Verdi's Ernani, rather coincidentally when she began her studies at the Gennadius School in 1923 and then appeared in various operas. She worked in major theater groups of the time with Kyveli, Marika Kotopouli, Dimitris Myrat, performing various roles. In the mid-1930s, she decided to stop, after a marriage that was unfortunate. She then met Sofia Vembo, who promised to help her. The man who discovered her and gave her the opportunity to have a great career was Alekos Sakellarios, so at the age of forty-two, Georgia Vassiliadou made a new dynamic start and with her innate talent immediately conquered the audience. Alekos Sakellarios offered her a role in 1939 in The Married Girls, which became the occasion for the beginning of a second, but better known career - this time as a world-loving comedian, the "most beautiful ugly" of Greek cinema, as she was described. Her company Finos Film produced her great successes such as: The Beauty of Athens, The Aunt from Chicago, Clearchos, Marina and the Shorty and many others. She took part in the television series Christ is Crucified Again. In the collections When Actors Sing 1 & 2, Vasiliadou can be heard in the songs "O kyr-Mentios" by Takis Morakis from the film The Treasure of the Retired[3] and "Apokriatiko Gaitanaki". She lived in Maroussi and had a daughter, Fotini Apostolidou, from her first marriage, while in 1945 she married her second husband, Kostas Gambaros, with whom she lived together until her death. In recent times, she suffered from bronchial asthma. Her health deteriorated and she was hospitalized at Evangelismos. She died on 12 February 1980.[5] She was buried two days later, in the presence of a small crowd, at the 1st Cemetery of Athens.
Known For
Credits
- 2021 · 1821 at the Cinema as (archive footage)
- 1975 · O Hristos xanastavronetai as Μανταλένα
- 1970 · Η περιπτερού as Georgia
- 1970 · Η Βαρώνη και ο Προκόπης as
- 1969 · Η Σμυρνιά as Efthalia
- 1968 · So Many Dreams on the Streets as
- 1966 · Tallywoman: Operation Groom as Evanthia
- 1966 · Meletis of the Flying Squad as Melpo
- 1966 · Η προξενήτρα as Georgia
- 1966 · Ησαΐα χόρευε as Kallirroi
- 1965 · A Bird in the Hand Is Worth Two in the Bush as Katina / Catherine Poure
- 1964 · Ήταν Όλοι Τους... Κορόιδα! as Pagona Sousami
- 1963 · Αγάπησα και πόνεσα as Domna
- 1963 · Ο Ανηψιός μου ο Μανώλης as Aspasia Papakatsika
- 1963 · Thymios in the Land of Striptease as
- 1963 · We without money as mad woman
- 1962 · The Bridegrooms of Eftyhia as Eftyhia Tarniani
- 1962 · Ο Μιχαλιός του 14ου Συντάγματος as Maianthi Karadimou
- 1962 · Το Καρπουζάκι as Matina
- 1962 · The Greek woman and love as Afroditi
- 1962 · Έξυπνοι και Κορόιδα as
- 1961 · Klearhos, Marina and the short one as Marina Zougala
- 1961 · Mrs. Midwife as Kalliopi Moustaki (the midwife)
- 1960 · Madame Mayor as Aspasia Zorbala
- 1959 · The Treasure of the Beatitude as Theoni
- 1959 · The Unwilling Nanny as Loulou
- 1959 · The Uncle from Canada as
- 1959 · Astero as Stamatina
- 1959 · Ο Μαγκούφης as Foteini
- 1959 · Bouboulina as
- 1957 · The Auntie from Chicago as Kalliopi
- 1957 · Horse and Carriage as Thodoros' wife
- 1957 · Athens dances Rock 'n' Roll as
- 1956 · The Coffee Reader (Kafetzou) as Kalliopi
- 1955 · Πιάσαμε την καλή as Katina
- 1955 · The lover of the shepherdess as
- 1954 · The Happy Beginning as Valentina
- 1954 · The Beauty of Athens as Aristea Karabi
- 1954 · Γκολ στον έρωτα as Fofo
- 1952 · The Grouch as Σταθούλα
- 1952 · Grousouzis as Epistimi
- 1952 · Greedy for Everything as Zoi
- 1951 · One Night in Heaven as Mrs. Vyzantiou
- 1951 · Those Not Allowed to Love as Kalliopi
- 1951 · The 4 Stairs as Pagona
- 1948 · The Germans Strike Again as Marigo
- 1946 · Παπούτσι από τον τόπο σου as
- 1930 · The Sculptor's Dream as
- Future · Για την αγάπη της as