Mairi Hronopoulou
Mary Chronopoulou (Greek: Μαίρη Χρονοπούλου; 16 July 1933 - 6 Octomber 2023) was a Greek actress. She was one of the most popular actresses of the 1960s. She starred in many films, 16 of which were produced by Finos Film. She was one of the main protagonists of Greek theatre and cinema. She was born and raised in Athens. She graduated from the National Theatre School, where she appeared in dance groups and in ancient dramas. In 1957 she began collaborating with the independent theatre, performing at the Acropolis in the plays by Alekos Sakellarios-Christos Giannakopoulos “The Lady” and “Romance of a Maid”. She first appeared in cinema as an extra in Dinos Dimopoulos’ Happy Beginning in 1954, when she was still a student. In 1958 she took a small role in Michael Cacoyannis’ The Last Lie. From 1963 onwards, she starred in dozens of dramatic films by Finos Film, and not only, in the roles of a damsel and a femme fatale, alongside all the male protagonists of the era, such as Nikos Kourkoulos, Phaedon Georgitsis, Dimitris Papamichael, Giorgos Fountas and Alekos Alexandrakis. Among these social and dramatic films, she also appeared in three successful musicals by Yannis Dalianidis: The Sea Beads, A Lady with a Bouzouki and Mermaids and Guys. In the period 1967-1968, she won the Critics' Association Award for Best Leading Actress. In her theatrical career, she collaborated with all the major troupes of Athens. In 1972 she formed her own troupe, with which she staged the plays: "What Time Will You Come Back, Penelope" by Somerset Maugham and "A Hot Girl" by Iakovos Kambanelis. She also had important performances in the new Greek cinema, such as in Theodoros Angelopoulos' films The Hunters and Journey to Kythera, while she won the Best Actress award at the Thessaloniki Festival with the film The Swallow's Children by Kostas Vrettakos, in 1987. On June 16, 2021, Mary Chronopoulou was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the IRIS Awards Ceremony by the Hellenic Film Academy. She passed away on October 6, 2023, at the age of 90.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.7372 |
| Birthday | 1933-07-16 |
| Place of Birth | Athens, Greece |
| Also Known As | Μαίρη Χρονοπούλου, Mary Chronopoulou, Χρονοπουλου Μαιρη, |
1996
Towards Freedom
4/3
An actress who shone during the "golden age" of Greek cinema now lives far from the limelight, almost isolated, with only a few friends for company. H...
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Towards Freedom
1963
The Red Lanterns
7.018/28
The inextricably intertwined stories of five sex workers who live in a brothel at Pireas harbor.
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The Red Lanterns
1984
Voyage to Cythera
7.009/56
An old communist returning to Greece after 32 years in the Soviet Union is disillusioned with the state of things.
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Voyage to Cythera
1966
The Fear
7.556/18
In this disturbing family drama, a prosperous middle-aged farmer takes up gambling and whoring at the expense of his devoted second wife. Meanwhile, h...
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The Fear
1965
The Naked Brigade
9/1
A British girl is trapped on the island of Crete when the Germans invade it.
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The Naked Brigade
1968
Mermaids for Love
6.059/17
Petros, a race car driver and son of a construction mogul, hears about an island with promising business opportunities. He tells his father, they have...
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Mermaids for Love
1963
Lazy like a dog
5.615/13
A lazy and wasteful slacker who enjoys living off his hard-working brother reluctantly accepts to work as a debt collector. Now, he is in love, and fo...
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Lazy like a dog
1962
Without Identity
7/3
Giannis (Alekos Alexandrakis) pretends to be the lost son of the Mavroleontos family. The mother (Vaso Metaxa) is happy with the return of her son. He...
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Without Identity
1966
Blood on the Land
6.912/17
Two rival brothers vie for the same woman against the backdrop of peasant revolts in their Greek homeland.
In Thessaly in 1907, a man incites the poo...
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Blood on the Land
1980
Each With Their Own Madness...
7/4
Three stories everyday madness. A retired headmaster angers me when I see the marks of his granddaughter and soon discovers that most education is dom...
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Each With Their Own Madness...
1970
Visibility Zero
7.15/10
Angelos Kreouzis (Nikos Kourkoulos) survives a shipwreck and reveals to the committee in charge that the disaster was not an accident, but the consequ...
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Visibility Zero
1969
When the City Dies
4.75/4
In a maternity hospital observed unusually high number of abortions. The authorities are conducting investigations into their suppliers drug Prolouton...
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When the City Dies
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
1977
The Hunters
7.708/25
During a hunting party on New Year's Eve 1976, five representatives of the bourgeoisie encounter with their companion the body of a partisan from the...
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The Hunters
1970
The Jungle of Cities
6.167/6
Athens, 1964. A police reporter, Nikos Avgeris, has the journalistic mission to cover a suspected car crash that killed a senior state official. His i...
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The Jungle of Cities
1968
A Lady In Bouzoukia
5.7/10
Three brothers watched as pupil their sister and only trust George, their teammate from the football club where they play. George loves her secretly b...
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A Lady In Bouzoukia
1980
Savage Hunt
7/1
An American photographer unwittingly brings footage of torture by the Greek military junta into the USA along with proof of America's involvement in i...
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Savage Hunt
1965
The Ruthless
7/5
After his release from prison, Stathis visits a private investigator, Othonas, whom he had assigned many years ago to find his mother, who has been mi...
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The Ruthless
1982
Panic in the Schools
5.167/6
When he loses his son from overdose, in his school, the outraged father will look for the villains responsible for the loss of his child. At the same...
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Panic in the Schools
1964
Scream
6.333/3
Sergeant George Merkos is so absorbed in his duties that he never finds the time to meet the relatives of Anna, the girl he loves. Instead of going to...
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Scream
1982
The Gigolo of Athens
5.2/5
A zigolo falls victim to a well-intentioned plan that aims to incriminate him for killing a foreign agent.
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The Gigolo of Athens
1968
The Avenue of Hate
8/3
An unconscious driver fatally injures a woman and leaves her helpless to die. The victim was the wife of investigator Kostas Kyriazis, who, six years...
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The Avenue of Hate
1980
The Hemline
4.25/4
At a luxurious hotel various women spend their summer holidays trying, each one in her own way, to find the love of their life or solve the problems o...
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The Hemline
1964
The Sunday girl
10/1
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The Sunday girl
1966
Tears for Electra
4.5/6
Intent on hurting herself, a beautiful but desperate daughter crashes her car on the day of her mother's wedding, unfolding a tragic tale of love, dec...
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Tears for Electra
1958
A Matter of Dignity
7.292/12
A daughter discovers her wealthy family is actually on the verge of bankruptcy and decides to charm a millionaire for his money in marriage. Soon she...
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A Matter of Dignity
1966
Zero Hour Society
5.889/9
A formerly heroic air force pilot, now an alcoholic loser with a failed marriage, is appointed by his older brother in the Ministry of Commerce to inv...
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Zero Hour Society
1973
Feminism
6.75/4
According to an old custom in a Greek village women taking power for one day a year. But what happens when they refuse to give it up?
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Feminism
1972
Hippocrates And Democracy
6.75/4
The father of medical in Kos, Hippocrates, believes that illnesses can be treated with medicines and herbs instead of prayers and comes into conflict...
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Hippocrates And Democracy
1967
The Blue Beads from Greece
7/13
A feud develops between a taverna with bouzoukia and a club next door that plays modern music.
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The Blue Beads from Greece
1987
The Children of the Swallow
6/4
A journalist (Alekos Alexandrakis), working together with a young director (Peris Michailidis), tries to gather information about a family that was se...
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The Children of the Swallow
1970
In the name of the law
7/4
A traumatised Korean War veteran is accused of arson and murder. Now, the deceased's criminal attorney daughter is determined to send him in prison, e...
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In the name of the law
1968
A Woman's Past
7.333/3
A nightclub singer is forced to shoot her ex-boyfriend, who has escaped from prison and is blackmailing her for money. Believing him to be dead, the g...
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A Woman's Past
1967
Bread for a Fugitive
10/1
Giovanni, an Italian soldier, finds refuge in the home of two weary women, who are sisters. The Germans are looking for him, but one sister falls in l...
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Bread for a Fugitive
1968
Too Late for Tears
7/2
Alexis abandons his fiancée Irene when he realizes that her family no longer has the wealth it was once famous for, which he had hoped would cover the...
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Too Late for Tears
1963
Τα παληόπαιδα
7/1
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Τα παληόπαιδα
1964
Cyprus in flames
10/1
This is the film Crete in Flames, with some changes made to exploit a true story – it is about the kidnapping of Tasoula Vardinoyannis by Yannis Kefal...
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