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.
Despo Diamantidou | |
|---|---|
 Diamantidou in Jules Dassin's 1970 film Promise at Dawn | |
| Born | 13 July 1916 |
| Died | 18 February 2004 (aged 87) Athens, Greece |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1949–2003 |
| Spouse | Andreas Filippidis[1] |
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
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Paidia tis Athinas | Eleni | |
| 1954 | Thanassakis o politevomenos | Sophia | |
| To koritsi tis geitonias | Kakia / Froso | ||
| 1956 | I doukissa tis Plakentias kai o listarhos Bibisis | Narrator | |
| 1957 | To koritsi me ta paramythia | Lida's mother | |
| 1958 | A Matter of Dignity | Kaiti | |
| 1959 | Amaryllis, to koritsi tis agapis | ||
| 1960 | Never on Sunday | Despo | |
| Madalena | Giokari | ||
| I Hionati kai ta 7 gerontopallikara | Aglaia | ||
| To rantevou tis Kyriakis | Afroditi | ||
| 1961 | Alice in the Navy | Alice's mother | |
| O thanatos tha xanarthi | Liza | ||
| Gia sena, tin agapi mou | |||
| 1962 | Prodomeni agapi | Vicky | |
| Pote de se xehasa | Head Seamstress | ||
| O loustrakos | Maria's mother | ||
| Min erotevesai to Savvato... | |||
| Mana, kane kouragio | Mrs. Themeli | ||
| Angeloi tou pezodromiou | |||
| 1963 | The Red Lanterns | Madame Pari | |
| To tempeloskylo | Despoina | ||
| O babas mou ki ego! | Mrs. Papas | ||
| 1964 | Topkapi | Voula | |
| Monemvasia | |||
| Gamos ala... ellinika | Mina's Mother | ||
| To koritsi tis Kyriakis | |||
| Rimagmeno spiti | |||
| 1965 | And the Wife Shall Revere Her Husband | Bebeka | |
| Ohi, ...kyrie Johnson | |||
| Adistaktoi | Roza | ||
| To remali tis Fokionos Negri | |||
| Ponesa poly gia sena | |||
| Oi katafronemenoi | |||
| Dihasmos | The Lady | ||
| 1966 | I Stefania | Woman Guard | |
| Queen of Clubs | Marianthi | ||
| Kane ton pono mou hara | |||
| Horisame ena deilino | Zoi | ||
| 1967 | Cry in the Wind | Priest's Wife | |
| Sapila kai aristokratia | Mrs. 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 | |||
| 1982 | O teleftaios dialogos | ||
| 1985 | Varieté | House Owner | |
| 1989 | Athoos i enohos? | ||
| 1991 | O Tzonys Keln, kyria mou | ||
| 1996 | Akropol | Seferiadou | |
| 2001 | Annas Sommer | María | |
| 2002 | Dyskoloi apohairetismoi: O babas mou | Grandmother | |
| 2003 | O haros vgike pagania | (final film role) |
References
edit- ^ Short bio of Diamantidou, on the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com)
- ^ Filmography of the actress, as presented on the British Film Institute's website (www.bfi.org.uk)
- ^ Alex McNeil. Total Television: The Comprehnsive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present Fourth Edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 419.
- ^ "Love and Death" movie, presented on The Woody Allen Pages
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