Anna Kalouta

Acting

Anna Kalouta

Born 1918-09-29 · Athens, Greece

Irene - Anna Kalouta (Athens, September 29, 1918 - Athens, April 17, 2010), was a Greek actress, leading lady and troupe leader. Daughter of Stefanos Kalouta, from a family of tanners in Syros (which is why Syros has honored her and built her own dressing room there) and Katina Gerakoulakou from Mani. A graduate of the Ionian School for Girls, she studied piano and devoted herself to theater. At the same time, she was involved in choreography, directing and artistic direction. Together with her sister Marika, the two "Kaloutakia", as they became known, received their baptism of fire at the theater of Marika Kotopouli and her husband Giorgos Helmis, who found roles for both girls in the performances they staged. She appeared in 14 Greek films, while she made her theater debut at the age of 4, in Marika Kotopouli's troupe, in a prose play. Together with her sister Maria, they created the famous "Kaloutakia", child prodigies of that era, in all genres of musical theater. She had participated in reviews by the most famous reviewers in operettas such as: "Glykia Nana", "Diavolopaido", "Baptist", "Modern Girls" etc. by Theophrastos Sakellaridis, "Woman of the Street", "Apachides of Athens", "The Pirates" etc. by Nikos Hadjiapostolou, in "The Bat" by Johann Strauss, in musical comedies: "He Loves Me, He Doesn't Love Me" by Gianoukakis - Ritsiardis, in plays such as "The Little Flower" by Horn, in prose "The Feast" by Horn, in comedies: "The Shepherdess's Lover", "Golfo", "Maria Pentagiotissa" and many others. For 15 years he toured in Europe, America, Australia, Africa and New Zealand. She appeared at the "Salle de Gaveau" in Paris in 1950, at the "Carnegie Hall" in New York in 1954, at the "Palace Theatre" in London in 1968, etc. She recorded many albums with her sister Maria in Greece and abroad. Indicatively: "M'apagē den m'apagē", "Gerakina", "Oi kerāsies", "I biručnē", "Vem - Vem". Her appearances on television and at various cultural events had not ceased until recently. Anna Kalouta is said to have had a relationship with Lambros Konstantaras at a young age. She died on April 17, 2010 in Athens, at her home, after her health had deteriorated in recent months. She was buried at public expense on April 20, 2010 at the 1st Cemetery of Athens. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Acting credits

Όταν ο σύζυγος ταξιδεύει poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Όταν ο σύζυγος ταξιδεύει

1938

Those Not Allowed to Love poster
3.8

Pavlos, a conservatory student dreaming of becoming a great artist of quality music, lives with his fiancée Kaiti in a small room, hosted by two friends. Due to financial tribulations, he is forced to join his friends' folk band and performs every night at a night club. That's were Mr Giorgos and his lover Liza frequent. Liza, a rich girl, falls in love with Pavlos and tries to seduce him. However, when she realizes how deeply he loves his fiancée, decides to help him get back together with Kaiti.

Those Not Allowed to Love

1951

And All 14 Were Wonderful! poster
5.8

Four cousins inherit a rich uncle. In order to do this, however, they must first fulfill the terms that each uncle has laid down in his covenant.

And All 14 Were Wonderful!

1965

Δόκτωρ Επαμεινώνδας poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Δόκτωρ Επαμεινώνδας

1937

The Gigolo of Athens poster
5.2

A zigolo falls victim to a well-intentioned plan that aims to incriminate him for killing a foreign agent.

The Gigolo of Athens

1982

Eleftherios Venizelos: 1910-1927 poster
6.4

A biographical film about the great Greek politician Eleftherios Venizelos for the period between 1910-1927. The film highlights his vision of a Greater Greece and refers to important events in Greek history such as the formation of a government by Venizelos after the Goudi movement, his dispute with the King over Greece's stance in the First World War, the temporary his withdrawal from politics after his defeat in the 1920 elections and the Asia Minor disaster. A biography of the former Greek prime minister Eleftherios Venizelos and the recreation of his acts and the political and social climate in Greece from 1910 to 1927.

Eleftherios Venizelos: 1910-1927

1980

Η Σμυρνιά poster
10.0

Mrs. Efthalia, a woman with origin from Smyrna, is an active citizen of an Athenian neighborhood: she deals with everyone and everything, and loves to gossip.

Η Σμυρνιά

1969

of whack poster
NR

The Fanouris, who's dream is to catch the 13s, to do the grocery store Super Markets. The imagined wife. The modern daughter and a whole world of the neighborhood with their problems, their differences, their love and their plates.

of whack

1988

Καπετάν Σκορπιός poster
7.0

The emotional division of two women for the same man.

Καπετάν Σκορπιός

1938

Welcome Dollar poster
7.0

Philip (Giorgos Constantinou), a shy and dignified accountant and English teacher, lives with his mother (Zoli Garbi) and his two siblings in the same house. His and his mother's meager income, just enough to support them all. His younger brother (Alekos Tzanetakos) remains unemployed and lazy rather out of conscience, while his older brother, Kimon (Orpheus Zachos), dreams of being re-elected prefect and refuses, although a qualified accountant, to work, considering the positions demeaning and irrelevant offered to him. His tragic financial situation will be further burdened by their imminent forced move to another house. It is also the first color Greek film, edited entirely in Greece. It is based on the play "The 6th American Fleet" by Alek Sakellarios and Christos Giannakopoulos, who also wrote the screenplay, while Sakellarios directed the film.

Welcome Dollar

1967

Ένας μάγκας που δεν πάτησε το τρένο poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ένας μάγκας που δεν πάτησε το τρένο

1988

The Emir and the poor man poster
5.8

An Arab monarch arrives in Athens accompanied by his wife and his beautiful daughter, who falls in love with a charming background actor. Of course, the princess is unaware of his innocent ruse. What will happen when the truth comes out?

The Emir and the poor man

1964

Apaches of Athens poster
6.7

Costas is known as the "Prince". Now that he has learned of the arrival of the Greek-American Paralis and his daughter Vera, for whom Paralis is looking for an aristocratic groom, he decides to appear before him as a real prince.

Apaches of Athens

1950

Gypsy Blood poster
7.0

Four people in love, a young artist with a gypsy woman, as well as another couple, must overcome social barriers and rivalries.

Gypsy Blood

1956

Η χήρα ο κοντός και οι παρθένες poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Η χήρα ο κοντός και οι παρθένες

1987