Sapfo Notara

Known for ActingBorn 1907-01-01Died 1985-06-11Iraklio, Crete, Greece

Sappho Notara (Vissani, Ioannina, April 13, 1907 – Athens, June 11, 1985) was a Greek film and theater actress. Her real surname was Handanou. She studied at the Professional Theater School and the Drama School of the Piraeus Association. She got the surname Notara from the street where the drama school she attended was located. Se made his debut in the theater and collaborated with the greatest actors of the time (Marika Kotopoulis, Katerina Andreadis, Christoforo Nezer, Elli Lambeti, Dimitri Horn). She also appeared in several motion pictures. Her commanding voice will be unforgettable: "Her physiognomy, her thunderous hoarse voice and her inner exuberance helped her to create a strictly personal comic type, which she supported with particular success". Among her performances is a song with lyrics by Jean-Paul Sartre and music by Manos Hadjidakis, entitled "On Blamando Street". Her swan song was her collaboration with the latter, in "Pornografia", in 1981. She also became famous through her lines, such as "Sodom and Gomorrah are happening in here" and "Burlotto". She left an era with her performances in the films Ah, this woman of mine, The Card Player, Pornography and Mrs. Kyriaki (the latter was a radio production by Kostas P. Panagiotopoulos). She was close friends with the painter Yiannis Tsarouchis and the writer Kostas Takhtsis.Read more

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Mom's Child

Five Thousand Lies

Mini Skirt and Karate

The She-Wolf

Mrs. Midwife

Enter Manolio

If Luck Favors You

Synoikia to Oneiro

Madame Mayor

The Doorwoman

Football Pools and Bouzouki Joints

The Referee

The Trip

Love and storm

At Hell's Door

The Madman

The Gambler Lady

A Patented Stupid Man

My Dimitri... My Dimitri

The virgin

At Night The Entanglements

Windfall in Athens

Don't Fall in Love on a Saturday

Oh, That Woman of Mine!

A Pitiful Don Juan

To Win the Lottery

Hooray for Madness

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