Martha Karagianni

Acting

Martha Karagianni

Born 1939-11-06 · Athens, Greece

Martha Karagianni (Greek: Μάρθα Καραγιάννη, 1939 - 2022) was a Greek film actress. She was born in Athens, to Pontic parents, but grew up in Keratsini. She was one of the most popular actresses of the 1960s. She starred in many films, 19 of which were produced by Studio giants Finos Film. Her film career was associated with the glamorous musicals and comedies of Yannis Dalianidis. Their collaboration began in 1961 in the film Liar Wanted. She made her first appearance on television in the TV series The street in 1977. She most recently starred in the films I'm Dying for You (2009) and Out of Love (2014). She died in Athens on 18 September 2022, at the age of 82, after suffering a stroke. Martha Karagianni was one of the most famous and talented actresses of the classic Greek cinema. (Source: Wikipedia)

Acting credits

Five Thousand Lies poster
9.5

A professor asks two poor students of law to steal, for a fee, a rare figurine from the house of a collector. After the successful outcome of the theft, the professor dies from joy, and the two students decide to return the figurine to its owner. There they meet his daughters, to whom they tell numerous lies. In the end, it is revealed that the whole thing was part of a wager between the professor and the collector, and the two students fall in love with the latter's daughters.

Five Thousand Lies

1966

The Barber's Beauty poster
5.5

A barber tries to find husbands for his four sisters so that he can marry his fiancee.

The Barber's Beauty

1969

I Die for You poster
4.8

Through the different erotic stories of various characters, the film searches for the different types of bonds in a middle-class modern Greek family, its hopes, expectations, problems and everyday paranoia that its members encounter.

I Die for You

2009

The Heirs poster
7.3

Four very different people inherit a percentage of a fashion house but in order to make it work they have to get along with each other.

The Heirs

1964

Σιγανοπαπαδιά poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Σιγανοπαπαδιά

1988

The Barefoot Prince poster
6.5

Run out of options and in desperate need of cash, a down-and-out young man accepts his rich hotelier friend's preposterous proposal to impersonate an exotic Arab Prince. But what does the bride-to-be has to say about this scandalous farce?

The Barefoot Prince

1966

Wanted honest poster
7.1

A sometimes blind and sometimes mute homeless panhandler becomes the pivotal point in a modular story composed of secret love affairs, bittersweet conclusions, the end of an era, and pure hope. How hard is it to find an honest man?

Wanted honest

1963

Three Ladies and me poster
6.3

As the lithe accountant of an haute couture house on the brink of bankruptcy takes three beautiful mannequins to promote their work, a chance encounter with a rich businessman will soon pave the way for a delightful romance under the sun.

Three Ladies and me

1960

Paras and Foukaras poster
6.8

Cosmas (Kostas Hadjichristos) learns that his mother needs to be immediately subjected to surgery. He asks the help of a relative (Nikos Fermas) to cover the expenses. He finds it difficult to overcome them, as he tries to raise money to marry his eminent heart (Martha Vourtsi). His relative agrees to pay, but asks Kosma to marry the Spanish singer (Martha Karayiannis) of the cabaret she runs, so that she can stay legally in Greece. Marriage becomes a secular event and is publicized, creating in Kosmas many problems and misunderstandings with his fiancé. Ultimately, a series of happy times will cancel the fake marriage, mother's surgery, and leave Kosmas the money to marry and start married life with greater financial comfort.

Paras and Foukaras

1964

Casanova poster
5.9

George Chatzigeorgoulas, sentenced to ten months in prison, the jailer tells of how he was in close. Reading Farsala a book about Casanova decided to come to Athens to live the high life. On the train he met the fiancée namesake cousin, Julia. But the cousin, is not intended to restore the fiancée and the similarity of the name of the cousin would put him in a lot of trouble ..

Casanova

1963

Where are you going, little George, in this weather? poster
NR

Stathis Psaltis, as a Greek, pulls the oar and searches for the Ithaca promised to him by Giorgakis. Giorgos Konstantinou holds on tightly to the last loaf of bread so that the IMF doesn't take it away from him. Martha Karagianni, outraged by everything she sees on television, decides to throw it away. Kostas Evripiotis feels the "nightmare in the kitchen." Dinos Spyropoulos is a farmer who searches alone but finds nothing. "Julia's maid" Christina Psalti describes what happened in the pink room, and Stathis Psaltis, drinking champagne, wonders "to be or not to be." But Greeks never bow their heads. They forget all their problems at a folk festival with Sofi Zanninou.

Where are you going, little George, in this weather?

2011

The Uncle from Canada poster
4.3

Waiting to get their lucky break, three penniless musicians, who are already five months behind in the rent, resort to a reckless fabrication to escape the landlady's wrath. But, what happens if she realises that everything is a cruel lie?

The Uncle from Canada

1959

A tough corporal poster
7.5

Lieutenant Colonel Thanasis helps the colonel's son and his niece to marry their loved ones, while he wants to marry the general's servant, Frosso.

A tough corporal

1964

The Devil and His Tail poster
4.5

A charming woman who feels that her husband has grown tired of her and is no longer as interested in her sexually as he once was tries to rekindle his interest by making him believe she has a lover. He is indeed taken in by the bluff, and jealousy motivates and rekindles a relationship that had noticeably cooled.

The Devil and His Tail

1962

Lovers Without a Dime poster
8.5

Three poor men who have lost their jobs decide to swindle a wealthy Greek-American who returns to his homeland in search of his nephew.

Lovers Without a Dime

1958

Eftyhos... trellathika! poster
4.8

Charilaos Maraziotis owns a store and owes so much money both to his lenders and to the state, that he is in danger of going to jail. He decides to pretend to be a psychopath and is sent to an asylum. His lenders, upon hearing the news about his mental health, change their attitude towards him and release him from his debts.

Eftyhos... trellathika!

1961

Captain for Tears poster
4.8

A mildly inebriated second mate promises to marry an unknown woman; however, when he sobers up, he sends a jovial midshipman to get him off the hook, convinced that she is unattractive. But, what happens if she is truly ravishing instead?

Captain for Tears

1961

A Father by Accident poster
9.0

The discovery of an abandoned infant disrupts the lives of residents in a poor neighborhood of Athens.

A Father by Accident

1957

A Father by Accident poster
9.0

The discovery of an abandoned infant disrupts the lives of residents in a poor neighborhood of Athens.

A Father by Accident

1957

Thymios in the Land of Striptease poster
9.0

Staple of music-dance with acrobatics and theatrical skits mainly foreign artists metaklithikan in Greece by Kostas CHATZICHRISTOU, in line with the business of theatrical activities

Thymios in the Land of Striptease

1963

A Lady In Bouzoukia poster
5.9

Three brothers watched as pupil their sister and only trust George, their teammate from the football club where they play. George loves her secretly but not admitting to respect the trust

A Lady In Bouzoukia

1968

Mermaids for Love poster
6.3

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 jealousy. She on the other hand falls for Iasonas, the son of the island's Lady who worries about the outcome of these events.

Mermaids for Love

1968

Taxi Driver poster
6.3

Thanasis is a good-looking taxi driver whose girlfriend is pushing him to marry. When an uncle from America gives him an expensive car, Thanasis' life will change. He will marry his beloved and, when uncle returns to Greece, he will run a car dealership on his behalf.

Taxi Driver

1962

Η ντίβα και ο πρωτάρης poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Η ντίβα και ο πρωτάρης

1988