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Kostas Koklas was born in 1966 in Zakynthos, Greece. He is an actor, known for O orgasmos tis ageladas (1996), Latremenoi mou geitones (2007) and To kokkino domatio (2005).- Jenny Roussea was born in 1933, in Zakynthos, Greece, and studied at the Drama School of the National Theater of Greece. She made her professional stage debut in a 1956 Athens production of "The Diary of Anne Frank". She collaborated with many groups, before making a real sensation in 1964, when she appeared as Mascha in Checkhov's "Three Sisters". For many years she was the leading lady of Kostas Moussouris' stage group, appearing in Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit" (as Elvira), Tennessee Williams' "Summer and Smoke" (as Alma), Jacques Deval's "Tovarich" etc. She made her movie debut in 1949, but approached screen stardom in the mid-sixties in a series of melodramas and comedies.
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Sokrates Kapsaskis was a Greek poet, film director, historian and translator. He was born on the island of Zante. In 1938 he left Zante to live at his grandfather's house on the Peloponnesus, where he met the poets Takis Sinopoulos, Giorgos Pavlopoulos and 'Gavriel Pentzikis'. Together they published poems, essays and various translations. He later joined the Resistance during the Civil War. He moved to Athens after the war, where he published some of his poems in the art magazine "O Aionas Mas". In 1953 he published his first books of poetry, "Aesthesis" (Feelings) and in 1955 "Efimerida" (Newspaper). In 1954 he married Viktoria Kapsaski and together they left for Paris, where he studied film directing at the IDHEC. He returned to Athens in 1956, where he made 13 films until 1966. During the shooting of his last film, The Hot Month of August (1966), he met American director Doris Wishman, who acquired the distribution rights for the film. Without his consent, Wishman changed the story, added nude scenes and sexier dialog, and for more than 40 years it would circulate at drive-ins and midnight screenings with the tagline, "He blew her cool . . . she blew his . . . and her husband blew all in". After the late 1960s military coup in Greece, he stopped making films and opened an ArtCinema called "Studio".
His films include "The Hot Month of August" and One Street Organ, One Life (1958). He won the Aristeion Prize in 1992 for his Greek translation of James Joyce's "Ulysses".
He died on 28 August 2007 due to complications following triple-bypass heart surgery.- Actor
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Hristos Negas was born in 1946 in Zakynthos, Greece. He was an actor and producer, known for Hearts That Know How to Love (1967), Eklapsa pikra gia sena (1964) and I megali anastasi (1969). He died on 21 June 1981 in Cape Sounion, Anavissos, Greece.- Konstantinos Klavdianos was born on 8 September 2001 in Zakynthos, Greece.
- Dimitri Doudeskos (Birthname: Dimitrios Doudeskos) was born in Zakynthos, Greece in 1993. Dimitri grew up in two countries, he lived in Greece up to the age of 11 then moved over to England. England is his permanent residence. Dimitri is fluent both in Greek and English. Even though he has lived in England for only 7 years no Greek accent is evident in his voice. He attended a secondary school based in Hampshire which was followed by a college education at Peter Symonds college Hampshire. He is now acting in various freelance projects as well as attending full time education studying; Drama and theatre Studies and Media.
- Pavlos Katapodis was a self-made actor who first appeared in Kiriakos Mavreas' theatrical company. Before that, he used to be a typographer. He worked with many stars of the time (Manos Filippidis, Yannis Prineas, Vasilis Argyropoulos, Vasilis Logothetidis, Marika Kotopouli, Mimis Fotopoulos, Dinos Iliopoulos and lastly with Dimitris Myrat) and turned to be a successful comical character actor. He had a big success with Fotopoulos in a stage adaptation of The Good Soldier Svejk. His nickname was 'Prokas'. He has a rich filmography, starting from the silent movie era. He was keen in writing, too (scripts, poetry). He ceased acting in 1967 due to illness and died 5 years later.
- Ugo Foscolo was born in 1778 in Zakynthos, Greece. He was a writer, known for Jacopo Ortis (1918), Le ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis (1921) and Jacopo Ortis (1911). He died in 1827 in Turnham Green, London, England, UK.