Orestis Makris
Orestis Makris (Greek: Ορέστης Μακρής; 30 September 1898 – 29 January 1975) was a Greek actor and tenor.
Makris graduated from the Athens Conservatoire and first entered the scene as a tenor in the troupe of Rosalia Nika in 1925. He later joined the Papaioannou troupe, before moving to more comedic roles. Makris excelled in the portrayal of folk characters, especially the stock role of the "drunkard". Makris also participated in about forty movies, mostly as an over-strict father. He is considered one of the most significant modern Greek actors.
He was decorated with the Order of the Phoenix. He died on 29 January 1975 in Athens and is buried at the First Cemetery in a family grave.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.2772 |
| Birthday | 1898-09-30 |
| Place of Birth | Chalkis, Euboea, Greece |
| Also Known As | Ορέστης Μακρής, Орестис Макрис, |
1962
The steps of life
4/3
At the top of his class, a diligent architecture student, and son of a poor bouzouki player dreams of a life different from the one his father has alr...
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The steps of life
1950
The Drunkard
5.833/12
After losing his son in WW2, a poor cobbler has become a drunkard and laughing stock of the whole neighborhood, besetting his daughter. When his daugh...
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The Drunkard
1955
The Counterfeit Coin
7.573/41
Four stories, humorous, romantic or dramatic, are linked by a counterfeit gold sovereign. It is made by the honest engraver in the first story, seduce...
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The Counterfeit Coin
1960
The Papadopoulou Family
5.667/6
Young Alexis Vranas returns to Athens form studying abroad and starts working for a major company. There, he will meet and fall in love with a secreta...
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The Papadopoulou Family
1964
The Daily Wage of Pain
10/1
A melodrama that recounts the extremely difficult conditions under which a couple tries to live and find happiness. However, their quest for happiness...
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The Daily Wage of Pain
1968
A girl different from the others
10/1
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A girl different from the others
1957
The Auntie from Chicago
6.655/29
Charilaos (Orestis Makris), a retired officer with very strict and conservative principles, raises his four daughters with... military discipline, tak...
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The Auntie from Chicago
1961
Mrs. Midwife
7.846/13
The rivalry between a professional doctor and a midwife in a small Greek village.
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Mrs. Midwife
1959
Maiden's Cheek
6.875/24
Young teacher Floras arrives to teach a class at a girls’ high school in Athens. His students, daughters of rich Athenian families, are very spoilt ma...
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Maiden's Cheek
1964
Aristides and his Girls
7.167/6
Aristides, a widowed professor, lives with his housekeeper Eudokia and his three daughters, whom he has raised with strict principles. But what happen...
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Aristides and his Girls
1965
The despised
0/0
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The despised
1952
Grousouzis
7.125/8
Agatocles, a grumpy and gruesome caffector, finds out a baby's out of his cafe and, to the surprise of everyone, decides to adopt it.
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Grousouzis
1961
Thieves out!
6.429/7
When the general manager who possesses 70% of the shares of a steelworks learns that he is sick and has to go abroad to be cured, he hands his shares...
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Thieves out!
1958
One Street Organ, One Life
6.143/7
An organ grinder (Orestis Makris) loses his wife from complications during birth. Distraught by her death, he refuses to take care of the baby and giv...
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One Street Organ, One Life
1959
O Thymios takane thalassa
6.2/5
The Thimios leaves the village, the Vlachokerasia along with wife and children to come to the capital for a job. In the train station saves from suici...
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O Thymios takane thalassa
1960
Snow White and the 7 Old Boys
7.3/10
Alexia is a young woman who comes from the countryside and is in love with a rich man, Paris, who is studying abroad. Her stepmother treats her cruell...
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Snow White and the 7 Old Boys
1931
The Wizard of Athens
4.75/8
A musician-magician of noble heritage wins the hearts of women. When his darling leaves him for a rich man, he does everything in his power to win her...
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The Wizard of Athens
1959
Stournara 288
5.875/8
Through the narration of a tenant of a block of flats on 288 Stournara street, we watch the everyday stories of people living in the city, their probl...
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Stournara 288
1964
Beggar of Love
8/2
A pop singer with a good heart and a lot of achievements, Manos, tenderly loves an orphan anthopolida, Annoula, which works several years in the cente...
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Beggar of Love
1965
With Pain and Tears
7/3
Alekos serves as captain of LOC in the area of Trikala. He loves Maria, which she keeps her relationship hidden from hers. When her father discovers i...
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With Pain and Tears
1964
Wronged
6.75/4
Angelica, a beautiful and talented girl, comes out of the orphanage and finds work in a secular center. The son of the owner, Alkis, urges her to beco...
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Wronged
1957
Horse and Carriage
6.833/6
An old chauffeur, after removing his rambling son, decides to live with his orphaned girl while facing the advent of the car that displaces the carts.
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Horse and Carriage
1960
One Drachma Jasmine
7.25/4
Alexis and Anna-Maria fall in love each other after a car accident. Alexis is rich and Anna-Maria is studying music. Her grandfather, a renowned condu...
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One Drachma Jasmine
1955
To Fintanaki
6.5/2
In a small courtyard of an Athenian neighborhood, the tenants become the owner of the cunning landlady who intervenes in their lives.
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To Fintanaki
1964
Every Sorrow And Tear
6/2
With her father presumed dead during the German occupation in Athens and with an ailing mother, a poor secretary faces incarceration after a treasonou...
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Every Sorrow And Tear
1957
At Night The Entanglements
6.333/6
The funny things that happen through the walking by the neighborhood night shift of a kind policeman.
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At Night The Entanglements
1961
Our Good Angel
6.1/5
After saving the beautiful but frivolous daughter of an austere businessman from an embarrassing situation, a silver-tongued gentleman becomes indispe...
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Our Good Angel
1958
The Island of Silence
9.5/2
"700 meters far from humans, and million meters far from humanity…" The study of the life of the lepers of Spinalonga with a dedication and affection...
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The Island of Silence
1954
The Girl of the Neighbourhood
4.6/5
Spyros, an honest young man from a poor neighborhood, owns a small coffee shop. His only friends are the shoe shiner Tsichlas and the drunkard Barba-S...
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The Girl of the Neighbourhood
1956
The Abduction of Persephone
6/1
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The Abduction of Persephone
1966
Ο Πόνος του Μπεκρή
5/4
Trapped in a downward spiral of self-loathing, a once-successful merchant and now an alcohol-dependent loner tries to drown his sorrows, after the dis...
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Ο Πόνος του Μπεκρή
1967
Τι κι αν γεννήθηκα φτωχός
9/1
The poor daughter of a once-famous musician sees her world turn upside down when she gets fired, and her beau, the son of a wealthy industrialist, fin...
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Τι κι αν γεννήθηκα φτωχός
1963
Τα παληόπαιδα
7/1
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Τα παληόπαιδα
1955
Καταδικασμένη και από το παιδί της
9/1
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