Maria Foka
Birthday: Born in 1917-10-01 in Argostoli Kefallonia, Greece
Deathday: 2001-06-15
Maria Foka (Greek: Μαρία Φωκά, Argostoli, 1 October 1916 - London, 15 June 2001) was a Greek actress. She was born in Argostoli to her parents Nikolaos Th. Fokas (a captain) and Kaikilia Kountouri. She was an actress and activist of the Left who distinguished herself in roles of embodying strong characters. In the 1950s, she abstained from the stage, for almost 8 years, due to her conviction as a spy, in the trial of Nikos Belogiannis. She had been sentenced to life imprisonment by a vote of 3-2, but this was later commuted to 10 years' imprisonment with deprivation of political rights. She was President of SEI (1977). She was married to the actor Lykourgos Kallergis. She was one of the most famous grandmothers on Greek television, her roles in the series Ekmek pagato and Dolce Vita were characteristic. In the latter, she achieved enormous success playing the role of Olga Markatou. Her last television appearance was in the series Oi theosevoumoni in 2000. She died in London on June 15, 2001, after long-term heart problems and was released in Portsmouth.
TV Credits
Και οι Τέσσερις Ήταν Υπέροχες
Character: Ειρήνη
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Οι Θειο... ...Σεβούμενοι
Character: Αλεξάνδρα, μητέρα Βιργινίας
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Ντόλτσε Βίτα
Character: Όλγα Μαρκάτου
Ntoltse Vita is a Greek comedy directed by Alexandros Rigas and co-written with Lefteris Papapetrou which aired on Mega Channel from 1995 to 1997. The series focused on the illegal affair between Christina Markatou and her daughter's future husband. The entire structure of the show was based in which way the relationship will remain secret from the family members, the working and social environment through hilarious situations. Ntoltse Vita draw high ratings and is one of the most successful s...
Εκμέκ παγωτό
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Ένας αξιολάτρευτος μπελάς
Character: κα Άτοιχου, μητέρα Δήμου
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The Papadopoulou Family
Character: Loukia
Young Alexis Vranas returns to Athens form studying abroad and starts working for a major company. There, he will meet and fall in love with a secretary, Varvara Papadopoulos....
Mermaids for Love
Character: Arhontissa
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 to buy land there but Flora, a night club owner also learns about it and arrives at the island before him. Their competition disturbs the peaceful lives of the island's residents. Marina, the daughter of the local restaurant owner falls in love with Petros while Flora charms the men of the island and especially Nicolas, causing his fiance's jealou...
A Knight for Vasoula
Character: Kleio
Vasoula is a poor girl who works as a secretary for a cranky older lady, Ms Kleio who loves novels with knights and lives secluded in her mansion with her butler Aristeidis. One day, in the absence of Ms Kleio, Vasoula is visited by a couple, Popi and Mitsos Bezestainis who ask if they can stay. The sudden return of Ms Kleio causes great upheaval kai Vasoula is forced to introduce Mitsos as her husband, who is a sailor and often away. When Ms Kleio dies, she leaves her entire estate to Vasoula w...
The despised
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Mikes Is Getting Married
Character: Λουκία Παρδάλογλου
A naive young man, Mikes tries to solve its economic problems by marriage with a wealthy bride. After various matchmaking, find an equally naive but wealthy girl and the match ends in love. However, at the request of her father to marry her must first find the job himself. His efforts to restore business fail and decides to thieves with his beloved. Fortunately her father will give in and allow them to marry....
Dictator calls Thanasis
Character: Pinelopi Delithanasi
The adventures of a photographer, who undertook to take a photographs of exiled dictator from South America and eventually found chased without knowing why....
The 201 Canaries
Character: Victoria Maraki
A deliberate injustice forces an orphaned music student to leave home, only to land a job as a pianist for an affluent woman's canaries. Now, it's time to turn the page. Can she find a bright future amid two hundred and one songbirds?...
The Red Cliff
Character: Ms. Flogatorou
Fiore di Levante, Zakynthos, in 1883. A young lady of noble rank, Foteini Santri, lives a carefree life with her younger brother Mimis. The arrival of her first cousin, forty-year-old Angelos Marinis, who has come to the island on vacation, puts an end to her carefree existeness and fills her with troubles and worries. Angelos falls passionately in love with her, but she doesn’t respond to his feelings, since they are related. Angelos, disappointed, returns to Athens......
I Loved an Armchair
Character: Vangelitsa
Years ago, Grigoris was forced to sell four velvet armchairs to the junk dealer. After the death of his aunt, he was informed that her entire legacy, which was a box of jewelry, was hidden in one of those four armchairs. In the meantime, the armchairs had been sold to other people, and so a desperate quest for the right armchair begins, resulting in many and sometimes grotesque adventures....
Bedlam My Love
Character: Aristea
An old couple reviews their lives together, from the first time they met and got married since the present, through good and bad moments......
The Countess of Fabrica
Character: Ourania
A beautiful young woman is arrested by a wonderful policeman, due to her effort to steal letters from a gigolo's house....
Naked On The Street
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Against the backdrop of social prejudice, a torrid affair between a rich heiress and a proud worker starts to bloom, against all odds. Are the star-crossed lovers meant to be together? Is there a future when you're naked in the street?...
Θύελλα Στο Σπίτι Των Ανέμων
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Lawyer Orestis Lambiris and his family are spending the summer at their cottage by the sea....
O mikros drapetis
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A boy escapes from the reformatory and hides in a young girl’s house. The two kids become friends......
The man who returned from pain
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Nikos Liosis returns to his homeland, with the wounds of the Korean War still fresh in his mind and body. His wife Vera and all his relatives think him dead. He does not want to be present in his home in the state where he is. One day Vera meets him at random. He denies the identity of Nikos Liossis and is recommended as Alexis Sarris. She asks him to play the role of her real husband who never ceases to love, to avoid the marriage forced by her parents....
The Alice of the modern generation
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The young orphan Aliki is entrusted by her grandfather to the care of a wealthy childless couple. Several years later, Aliki falls in love with the waiter at a nightclub, who is also a medical student. Her social environment stands in the way of their love, but the intervention of her grandfather, who sells cigarettes at the same club, leads to a happy ending....
Taxeidi me ton erota
Character: Woman in black lingerie
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The Wild Pussycat
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When good girl Nadia investigates her sisters death she finds out that sadistic pimp Nick is behind it all so she straps on the leather and whips and beats him at his own games....
Παιδί μου δεν αμάρτησα
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Ο αήττητος
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A childless Romani woman abducts the daughter of the prosecutor who imprisoned her. As she trains the child to do her evil bidding, the girl becomes a woman and soon finds herself accused of murder. Can a trainee solicitor clear her name?...
Το κορίτσι του πόνου
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