
Melpo Zarokosta
Melpo Zarokosta (Piraeus, May 7, 1933) is a Greek actress. She was born in Piraeus in 1933. She is the daughter of Elias Zarokosta, one of the first Greek actuaries, and Despina Spyropoulou. After the War, she emigrated for a short time to Alexandria, Egypt, and then to Sydney, Australia, where she studied theater at the Metropolitan Theater and at the Canandale School of Radio Studies, directing, screenwriting, and acting. She stayed there for 11 years and began her artistic career in television and theater. She performed in Sydney in Jean Anouilh's Antigone, and also Hecuba in Greek for the Greek community. In 1957, she married her first husband, pianist Andreas Diamantidis, and went with him to London, where they stayed for a year. Due to family obligations, she returned to Greece in 1958. Almost simultaneously with her return to Athens, she began her collaboration with the company of Lambros Konstantaras. There she met her future second husband, also an actor and director, Victor Pagoulatos, with whom she had a son, Alexander. She was involved in translating and adapting plays for theater, radio and television. She wrote her first play, The Women's Tutoring School, in which she co-starred with Dinos Iliopoulos, Nora Valsami and Nikos Apergi. Since then, several of her own plays have been performed in Athens and the province. She was the first female member of the Greek Playwrights' Society since 1960, a member of the Board of Directors. since 1990 and President of the Company from 1999 to 2001.
Known For
Credits
- 2016 · Asteras Rachoulas as Mpermpilo
- 2013 · Strangers in the House as Agapi
- 2011 · Clinical Case as κα Στέλλα
- 2006 · Extended Play as Grandmother
- 2006 · Honorable Cuckolds as
- 2005 · Γάμος με τα Όλα του as μαμά
- 2004 · Βελούδο από μετάξι as Κάκια
- 2000 · Παππούδες εν δράσει as Ελένη
- 1997 · Δανεικός πατέρας as Φρόσω, μητέρα
- 1993 · Ο χήρος, η χήρα και τα χειρότερα as Σιλβή, μητέρα Λουκίας
- 1990 · Eisai to laheio mou as
- 1989 · O kapetanios ki i horeftria as
- 1988 · Life Sentence as Elsa's mother
- 1985 · Αθήνα-Νέα Υόρκη: Το μεγάλο κόλπο as
- 1985 · Θυμήσου τον Σεπτέμβρη as Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Turning Point as Efi
- 1981 · Τα Τσακάλια as Eleni's Mother
- 1972 · Aliki the Dictator as Κα Φιρφιρίκου
- 1971 · Αεροσυνοδός as Martha Valma-Dupon
- 1970 · A Funny Girl as Λαίδη
- 1970 · A Crazy... Crazy... 40-Year-Old Woman as Kaiti
- 1970 · Love forever as Nurse
- 1969 · The Leventopaido as Nora Athanasiou
- 1969 · The Countess of Fabrica as Bianca Katakouzinou
- 1969 · The Man Who Returned from the Plates as Lemonia Louna
- 1967 · Some tired boys as Mrs. Maltezou
- 1966 · My wife went mad as Giouli
- 1966 · All Men Are the Same as Angela
- 1965 · A Matter of Earnestness as Nanta Mavrogialourou
- 1964 · The Orgies Villa as Eva
- 1964 · Divorce, Greek Style as Anna Madelou
- 1961 · Death Will Return as Aliki
- 1960 · Papadopoulou family as Marina Papadopoulou
- 1959 · Maiden's Cheek as Popi Alexiou