Despo Diamantidou

Acting

Despo Diamantidou

Born 1916-07-13 · Piraeus, Greece

Despoina "Despo" Diamantidou (Greek: Δέσπω Διαμαντίδου; 13 July 1916 – 18 February 2004) was a Greek actress. She appeared in more than seventy films from 1949 to 2003. She played Tatiana in Alan King's summer replacement sitcom, Ivan the Terrible starring Lou Jacobi, which aired on ABC from 21 August to 18 September 1976. Source: Article "Despo Diamantidou" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Acting credits

Love and Death poster
7.5

In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.

Love and Death

1975

Εις θάνατον poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Εις θάνατον

Lazy like a dog poster
5.6

A lazy and wasteful slacker who enjoys living off his hard-working brother reluctantly accepts to work as a debt collector. Now, he is in love, and for once in his life, he is good at something. Can the boss' daughter straighten him out?

Lazy like a dog

1963

Varieté poster
5.0

An actor's troupe puts up a variety show.

Varieté

1985

And the Woman Shall Fear Her Husband poster
7.4

When a man decides to marry the woman he's been living with, she stops being the silent patient person she was and claims to be the boss in the house. Her behaviour changes so much after the marriage that the husband gets so irritated as to ask for a divorce even a few hours later..

And the Woman Shall Fear Her Husband

1965

Topkapi poster
6.5

Arthur Simon Simpson is a small-time crook biding his time in Greece. One of his potential victims turns out to be a gentleman thief planning to steal the emerald-encrusted dagger of the Mehmed II from Istanbul's Topkapi Museum.

Topkapi

1964

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight poster
5.2

A Brooklyn mobster and his gang try to rub out their rivals.

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

1971

Youth of Athens poster
9.0

A rich widower impregnates a poor young woman and dumps her. Her brother, member of a resistance group during the Occupation, tries to mend things up.

Youth of Athens

1949

Acropol poster
6.0

1950s Athens. Prince, a self-made impresario and the owner of the "Acropole" review theater, fires one of his leading ladies when she shows up drunk on opening night. In order to replace her, he turns to Lakis Loizos, an expert at comic female roles and an ex-wonder-child of movies, who now runs an agency for extras. At first, Lakis is surprised by the prince's proposal, but finally decides to try his luck on the stage of the legendary theater.

Acropol

1996

The Red Lanterns poster
7.1

The inextricably intertwined stories of five sex workers who live in a brothel at Pireas harbor.

The Red Lanterns

1963

Death Will Return poster
7.0

Adapted from Nikos Foskolos’ theatrical play. On a terribly stormy night, in a secluded hotel, the owner, Brigadier Norton, is murdered. Prime suspects: his daughter Elena, his second wife Liza, Liza’s niece and her fiancé, Norton’s physician, and the hotel staff. Inspector Fox and his assistant, policeman Petridis, are assigned the investigation of the crime. While the suspects’ questioning is under way, some more people arrive at the hotel: detective Tilemachos Christofis with his assistant Aliki, and lieutenant Karalis, a sworn enemy of the victim, complicating things even more.

Death Will Return

1961

Υπόθεση Πολκ poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Υπόθεση Πολκ

1978

Skipper Straad poster
8.0

A seaman finds himself out of work and stranded in a distant port. He shares a cheap room. They take turns sleeping, some in the morning, some at night. Grief! When he will go back to sea? And there! The scent of woman drifts up to seduce him! He realizes he had shared his bed with a lady of the night.

Skipper Straad

2003

Madalena poster
6.2

Madalena is a tough seventeen-year-old who is forced to take on her father's ferry business after he dies. She has her many brothers and sisters to support, and there is no one else to do the job. So she rallies her defenses and sets out to give her rival in the ferry business a run for his money. But at the same time, the rival's handsome son is starting to look better and better. Madalena refuses to acknowledge her feelings for him -- though how long she can sustain that denial is the question.

Madalena

1960

Something for Everyone poster
6.5

In post-war Austria, an opportunistic young man begins working as a footman to a widowed countess and uses his sexual talents to better his station in life.

Something for Everyone

1970

Never on Sunday poster
6.9

An American scholar in Greece sets about improving the local prostitute with whom he is infatuated.

Never on Sunday

1960

The Fairy Tale Girl poster
5.5

A young girl, who lives in a poor neighborhood with her little brother, falls in love with a rich young man.

The Fairy Tale Girl

1956

The Horsemen poster
6.3

In Afghanistan, the ruthless sport of buzkashi is a game of great pride. When Uraz breaks his leg and loses a spirited match, he brings shame to his village, especially his father. After losing his leg below the knee, Uraz, to regain his honor, must learn to ride again and win with a special, one-of-a-kind horse.

The Horsemen

1971

The Werewolf of Washington poster
3.9

After being unknowingly inflicted with the bite of a werewolf while on a visit to Europe, White House press secretary Jack Whittier begins to turn into a deadly beast by night, terrorizing Washington D.C. and presenting a very deadly threat to the President.

The Werewolf of Washington

1973

Loustrakos poster
6.2

The small loustrakos Vasilis Maras alongside the school of fine on the streets of Athens to make money. The mother finds injustice in prison for the murder of Demetrias. With the persistence of the king, however, and the help of a lawyer, the Karelia, the mother of leaving prison.

Loustrakos

1962

Erotes sti Lesvo poster
NR

A Greek-American expatriate with six months to live embezzles millions from his New York City company and flees to his hometown of Mytilene. But law and fate never forget, and a chance encounter with love complicates matters.

Erotes sti Lesvo

1967

A Matter of Dignity poster
7.4

A daughter discovers her wealthy family is actually on the verge of bankruptcy and decides to charm a millionaire for his money in marriage. Soon she is torn between living a lie and keeping up appearances.

A Matter of Dignity

1958

my father and i poster
5.3

A bankrupt cosmopolitan arrives with his daughter in Lagonisi, with the aim of finding a rich groom to guarantee financially.

my father and i

1963

Χίλια Χρόνια Πριν - Βυζάντιο: Η Γιορτή των Καλενδών poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Χίλια Χρόνια Πριν - Βυζάντιο: Η Γιορτή των Καλενδών

1976