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    Ellie Lambeti

    1926-04-12 (98 years old) in Vilia, Attiki, Greece

    She studied theatre at Marika Kotopouli's drama school. She worked with Karolos Koun Art Theatre. She played at "Blood Wedding" (Federico García Lorca) and "The glass Menagerie" (Tennessee Williams) in the late forties. She also worked with Mrs Katerina (famous Greek actress at that time) and with Costas Moussouris's group in the early fifties. In the mid fifties she created a group with two Greek actors, Dimitris Horn and Giorgos Pappas. In the sixties she gave unforgettable performances with her own group. One of these performances was "A streetcar named desire" where she played Blanche du Bois. In 1967 she suffered the onset of cancer. Although she was seriously ill, she continued to appear on stage until 1982 (one year before her death). Her last appearance was as Sarah in a play which is widely known from the movie Children of a Lesser God (1986). At that time she no voice at all, the cancer having deprived her of it.

    Movies

    actor
    Praises of Holy Week (According to Matthew's Gospel)
    0 %|Apr 19, 1979
    Documentary, TV Movie
    poster
    The Wastrel
    49 %|Feb 24, 1961
    Drama
    poster
    A Matter of Dignity
    70 %|Feb 10, 1958
    Drama
    poster
    A Girl in Black
    63 %|Jun 8, 1956
    Romance, Drama
    poster
    The Counterfeit Coin
    77 %|Dec 28, 1955
    Comedy, Romance, Drama
    poster
    Windfall in Athens
    64 %|Jan 11, 1954
    Romance, Comedy
    poster
    Bloody Christmas
    54 %|Mar 12, 1951
    War, Drama
    poster
    Youth of Athens
    0 %|Oct 29, 1949
    Drama, War
    poster
    Zero for Conduct
    34 %|Mar 7, 1949
    Comedy
    poster
    Unsubdued Slaves
    70 %|Jan 1, 1946
    War, Adventure

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