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Zozo Zarpa
Zozo Zarpa (Ζωζώ Ζάρπα) (1939 – 19 April 2012) was a Greek television, film and stage actress. Zarpa studied at the National Theatre of Greece Drama School. She began her acting…
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Zozo Zarpa (Ζωζώ Ζάρπα) (1939 – 19 April 2012) was a Greek television, film and stage actress. Zarpa studied at the National Theatre of Greece Drama School. She began her acting career by performing on stage in Ancient Greek dramatic plays. In addition to her long film and theater credits, Zarpa founded the Themelion theatre, and co-founded a Greek drama school with her Elda Dimopoulos (her sister) and Yannis Negrapontis. She achieved a degree of fame in the United States in 2010 and 2011, when she appeared in a television commercial campaign for Kraft Foods' Athenos brand of hummus and Greek yogurt. The ad campaign developed by Droga5, which was the first ever for the Athenos brand, featured the tagline, "Approved by Yiayia." The commercials were shot and cast in Greece, leading Zarpa's role as one of the Yiayias, or Greek grandmothers. In Zarpa's commercial, her Yiayia character asks a young, cohabiting couple if they were married. When the couple says no, Yiayia immediately tells them that they are going to hell. The spot earned Zarpa new fans throughout the United States and Greece. As of 2012, her Athenos commercial had received more than 1,200,000 hits on YouTube.
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2009
Doctor Ρούλης
TV show Ζωζώ
- 2007
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2005
Opa!
Movie 1st Yaya
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2005
The Witches of Smyrna
TV show Στέλλα
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2005
Epafi
TV show
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2005
Methysmena koufeta
Movie
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2003
Μια αγάπη μια ζωή
TV show μητέρα
- 2001
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2001
Όσο υπάρχει αγάπη
TV show Άννα
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1997
Η Αγάπη Άργησε Μια Μέρα
TV show Ηγουμένη
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1996
Three seasons
Movie
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1995
Τράνζιτο
Movie
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1993
Ο χήρος, η χήρα και τα χειρότερα
TV show Μπέτυ Δάρρα
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1992
Dyed Red Hair
TV show Όλγα
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1991
Two Suns in the Sky
Movie
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1990
Ο Κίτρινος Φάκελος
TV show Κατερίνα
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1989
The Crossing
Movie
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1987
The Photograph
Movie Ilias' Mother
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1987
The Noose
Movie Hysteric
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1986
Taxi, Mon Amour
Movie
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1985
Κόκκορας στο χαρέμι του
Movie
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1973
John the Violent
Movie
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1972
A girl who wants it all
Movie Gizela
