Acting
Kyveli
Born — Died
1888-07-13 — 1978-05-26
Place of birth
Smyrna, Aidin Vilayet, Ottoman Empire [now Ismir, Turkey]
Known for
Acting
Credits
2 titles
Kyveli (full name: Kyveli Adrianou) (Greek: Κυβέλη Αδριανού, 1888 - 1978), was one of the greatest Greek stage actresses and for many years dominated together with her contemporary Marika Kotopouli. She was born in Smyrna and from her infancy she was under the protection of Demetrios Leonardos (a senior civil servant) and her adoptive parents, the shoemaker Anastasios Adrianou and his wife Maria, who worked at the Leonardou house and who had found the little Kyveli exposed in 1890, with a pendant around her neck that bore her name. Her theatrical talent developed spontaneously in the efforts she made to bring back the smile to her adoptive parents, who had lost their son in Brazil. At the Ad…
Known for
4.2Madame X (Greek title: I Agnostos) is a 1954 Greek drama film directed by Orestis Laskos. It is based on the 1908 play by French playwright Alexandre Bisson (1848-1912). Thrown out of her home by a jealous husband, a woman sinks into degradation. Twenty years later, she is charged with killing a man bent on harming her son. The son, unaware of who the woman is, takes the assignment to defend her in court.
The Unknown
1954
8.0Christina and Chrysoula are two teenage friends in Zakynthos and they are completely different as characters. Christina is ugly but honest, while Chrysoula is beautiful, but scandalizes the neighborhood with her provocative behavior. First fully sound-synchronized Greek motion picture. The film was shot in Constantinople by the director of the National Turkish Theatre, Muhsin Ertugrul with a script by Grigorios Xenopoulos, based on his novel by the same name. It was shown as one of the first contemporary Greek films to include full sound and conversation.
Wrong Path
1933