Maria Foka

Acting

Maria Foka

Born 1917-10-01 · Argostoli Kefallonia, Greece

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.

Acting credits

Bedlam My Love poster
5.2

An old couple reviews their lives together, from the first time they met and got married since the present, through good and bad moments...

Bedlam My Love

1972

Ο αήττητος poster
8.0

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?

Ο αήττητος

1971

The Wild Pussycat poster
4.7

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.

The Wild Pussycat

1969

The Countess of Fabrica poster
4.8

A beautiful young woman is arrested by a wonderful policeman, due to her effort to steal letters from a gigolo's house.

The Countess of Fabrica

1969

The Papadopoulou Family poster
5.7

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.

The Papadopoulou Family

1960

The man who returned from pain poster
8.0

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 man who returned from pain

1966

The 201 Canaries poster
6.8

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 201 Canaries

1964

Θύελλα Στο Σπίτι Των Ανέμων poster
8.3

Lawyer Orestis Lambiris and his family are spending the summer at their cottage by the sea.

Θύελλα Στο Σπίτι Των Ανέμων

1968

Το φθινόπωρο μιας καρδιάς poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Το φθινόπωρο μιας καρδιάς

1969

Naked On The Street poster
6.5

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?

Naked On The Street

1969

The despised poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The despised

1965

Ξαναγύρισε κοντά μου poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ξαναγύρισε κοντά μου

1965

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

Το κορίτσι του πόνου poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Το κορίτσι του πόνου

1964

Παιδί μου δεν αμάρτησα poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Παιδί μου δεν αμάρτησα

1964

I Loved an Armchair poster
5.9

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.

I Loved an Armchair

1971

Mikes Is Getting Married poster
3.3

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.

Mikes Is Getting Married

1968

Taksidi me ton erota poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Taksidi me ton erota

1959

We Sinners poster
10.0

A prominent lawyer goes abroad for medical examinations and, during his absence, his wife cheats on him with a young man. Their gardener takes advantage of the situation and begins blackmailing them.

We Sinners

1966

O mikros drapetis poster
8.3

A boy escapes from the reformatory and hides in a young girl’s house. The two kids become friends...

O mikros drapetis

1968

Dictator calls Thanasis poster
6.2

The adventures of a photographer, who undertook to take a photographs of exiled dictator from South America and eventually found chased without knowing why.

Dictator calls Thanasis

1973

A Knight for Vasoula poster
6.6

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 whom she mentions in her will as "wife of Dimitrios Bezestainis". Now, the problems begin, and they can only be solved when Vasoula marries Mitsos.

A Knight for Vasoula

1968

The Alice of the modern generation poster
10.0

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.

The Alice of the modern generation

1973

No artwork available
9.0

A rich man's daughter leaves her home to live with the young man she loves. When her lover loses his job, after the intervention of her father, the girl will get a job, but the financial difficulty will force the young man to leave for Australia.

Me idrota kai dakrya

1965