Despo Diamantidou

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Despo Diamantidou
Despo Diamantidou in Promise at Dawn.jpg
Diamantidou in Jules Dassin's 1970 film Promise at Dawn
Born(1916-07-13)13 July 1916
Died18 February 2004(2004-02-18) (aged 87)
Athens, Greece
OccupationActress
Years active1949–2003
SpouseAndreas Filippidis [1]

Despoina "Despo" Diamantidou (Greek : Δέσπω Διαμαντίδου; 13 July 1916 – 18 February 2004) was a Greek actress. [2] She appeared in more than seventy films from 1949 to 2003, frequently in support of Melina Mercouri and directed four times by Jules Dassin.

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She had flashy roles as the ringleader of the Piraeus prostitutes in Never on Sunday (1960) and as Woody Allen's Russian mother in Love and Death (1975). Despo also appeared as Tatiana in Alan King's summer replacement sitcom, Ivan the Terrible starring Lou Jacobi, which aired on ABC from 21 August to 18 September 1976. [3]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1947Paidia tis AthinasEleni
1954 Thanassakis o politevomenos Sophia
To koritsi tis geitoniasKakia / Froso
1956I doukissa tis Plakentias kai o listarhos BibisisNarrator
1957To koritsi me ta paramythiaLida's mother
1958 A Matter of Dignity Kaiti
1959Amaryllis, to koritsi tis agapis
1960 Never on Sunday Despo
Madalena Giokari
I Hionati kai ta 7 gerontopallikaraAglaia
To rantevou tis KyriakisAfroditi
1961 Alice in the Navy Alice's mother
O thanatos tha xanarthiLiza
Gia sena, tin agapi mou
1962Prodomeni agapiVicky
Pote de se xehasaHead Seamstress
O loustrakosMaria's mother
Min erotevesai to Savvato...
Mana, kane kouragioMrs. Themeli
Angeloi tou pezodromiou
1963 The Red Lanterns Madame Pari
To tempeloskyloDespoina
O babas mou ki ego!Mrs. Papas
1964 Topkapi Voula
Monemvasia
Gamos ala... ellinikaMina's Mother
To koritsi tis Kyriakis
Rimagmeno spiti
1965 And the Wife Shall Revere Her Husband Bebeka
Ohi, ...kyrie Johnson
AdistaktoiRoza
To remali tis Fokionos Negri
Ponesa poly gia sena
Oi katafronemenoi
DihasmosThe Lady
1966I StefaniaWoman Guard
Queen of Clubs Marianthi
Kane ton pono mou hara
Horisame ena deilinoZoi
1967Cry in the WindPriest's Wife
Sapila kai aristokratiaMrs. Kalakou
Erotes sti Lesvo
Eis thanaton
1970 Something for Everyone Bobby
Promise at Dawn Aniela
1971 The Horsemen Uljan
Made for Each Other Group member
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight Mourner
1973 The Werewolf of Washington Gypsy
1975 Love and Death Boris' mother [4]
1978 A Dream of Passion Maria
Ypothesi Polk
1982O teleftaios dialogos
1985VarietéHouse Owner
1989Athoos i enohos?
1991O Tzonys Keln, kyria mou
1996 Akropol Seferiadou
2001Annas SommerMaría
2002Dyskoloi apohairetismoi: O babas mouGrandmother
2003O haros vgike pagania(final film role)

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References

  1. Short bio of Diamantidou, on the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com)
  2. Filmography of the actress, as presented on the British Film Institute's website (www.bfi.org.uk)
  3. Alex McNeil. Total Television: The Comprehnsive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present Fourth Edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 419.
  4. "Love and Death" movie, presented on The Woody Allen Pages