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Maro Kodou
Athens, Greece
Maro Kontou (Greek: Μάρω Κοντού; born 21 June 1934 - 15 July 2026) was a Greek actress and politician. She performed in more than sixty films since 1954. Maro Kontou's first film…
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Maro Kontou (Greek: Μάρω Κοντού; born 21 June 1934 - 15 July 2026) was a Greek actress and politician. She performed in more than sixty films since 1954. Maro Kontou's first film appearance was just after she had started at the National Theater, with a silent role in the Finos Film film "Happy Beginning" (1954) by Dinos Dimopoulos. Roles in films by other producers followed ("The Man on the Train", "Crime in Kolonaki", "Crime Behind the Scenes") before making her debut with a leading role in the Finos Film film "The Yellow Gloves" (1960) as the wife of the jealous Nikos Stavridis. She returned to Finos Film in 1963, starring alongside Dinos Iliopoulos in the film "My Friend Lefterakis". She participated in over 50 film productions, including George Tzavellas' film "Antigone" (1961) as Ismene, as well as the timeless film (also by Tzavellas) "A Woman Afraid of Man" (Damaskinos-Michailidis, 1965), where together with George Konstantinou they played the Kokovikos couple, one of the most famous couples in Greek cinema. Maro Kontou's last collaboration with Finos Film was in the unforgettable "An Italian Woman from the Kulypseli" (1968) in the central role alongside Alekos Alexandrakis. The 13 films in which she co-starred with Lambros Konstantaras ("The Old Man", "The Squirrel Who Became a Lamb", "Too Bad for Your Boy", etc.) were also particularly successful. With the decline of commercial cinema from the mid-1970s, her choices became fewer and fewer. Perhaps the role in the film "The Big Cannon" (1981) with Thanasis Vengos stands out. It took a long period of absence from cinema for Maro Kontou to return in 2012 with a role in the film "If" by Christoforos Papakaliatis. During her career, her television appearances were limited ("Enochoi", "Treis sto Gyro", "To Pathos", etc.). In 2021, he was back on television screens with a featured role in the series "Land of Olives".
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2021
Olive Land
TV show Μαρία Αναγνώστου
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2014
Νανά στα Κόκκινα
TV show Self
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2012
What If...
Movie Elenitsa Kokovikou
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1992
Kai oi tesseris itan yperohes
TV show Αλεξάνδρα
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1991
Μια Απίθανη Γιαγιά
TV show Τζένη Γερονικόλα
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1989
Η κυρία είναι χάι
Movie
- 1989
- 1988
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1986
Καρέ του έρωτα
Movie
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1985
A script is our life
Movie Mrs. Giavroglou
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1981
The Big Cannon
Movie Martha Apaloheri
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1981
The wildcard Labroukos
Movie Rena Skoularikou
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1981
Gigolos
Movie Maro Kodou
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1980
The Hemline
Movie Marianna Delmouzou
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1980
Taste from Greece
Movie Ourania
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1979
The Bald Student
Movie minister
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1972
Seven Years of Marriage
Movie Efi Fotiou
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1972
Gang of Lovers
Movie Elena Georgiadou-Vagiannou
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1971
The Deeds of Jealousy
Movie Christina Karali
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1971
Curtain Lecture
Movie Koula Tsivikli
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1971
I have you behind me, Satan
Movie Eva
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1971
The Windbag
Movie Gina Conte Rosa
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1970
The Three Liars
Movie
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1970
What a Waste!
Movie Danae Triantafyllidi / Rodanas widow
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1970
A Crazy Party Animal
Movie receptionist
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1969
The Bluffer
Movie Elli
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1969
The Grouch
Movie Vera
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1968
An Italian girl from Kypseli
Movie Bianca
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1968
The Strongman Who Became a Lamb
Movie Mary Hatzithoma / Mrs. Konstantinidou
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1968
Captain Fandis Bastounis
Movie Marina Gianna
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1968
Horafa family
Movie Marika Chorafa
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1968
Μπροστά στην αγχόνη
Movie
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1967
My Dimitri... My Dimitri
Movie (uncredited)
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1967
The Sold Man
Movie Βάνια Ζαπάντη
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1967
Gerontokoros
Movie Mary Angelidou
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1967
The Greedy
Movie Lena Kapantai
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1966
Μία γυναίκα κατηγορείται
Movie
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1966
The Stigmatized
Movie Efi
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1966
Oh, If I Only Were a Man
Movie Stella / Alekos
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1965
Yie mou... Yie mou...
Movie Rena Papasavva
