Sperantza Vrana
Greek actress and writer
Sperantza Vrana Σπεράντζα Βρανά | |
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Born | Elpida Homatianou 6 February 1928 Messolongi, Greece |
Died | 29 September 2009 (aged 81) Athens, Greece |
Occupation | Actress/Writer |
Years active | 1950–1999 |
Sperantza Vrana (Greek: Σπεράντζα Βρανά; 6 February 1928 – 29 September 2009) was a Greek actress and writer.
She was born as Elpida[a] Homatianou (Ελπίδα Χωματιανού) in Messolongi on 6 February, either in 1926 or 1932. She wrote several books, with the most famous of them being her autobiography Tolmo (Τολμώ, I Dare). Sperantza Vrana died of a heart attack on 29 September 2009, aged 81.[3]
Filmography
Film
Year | Film | Transliteration and translation | Role |
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1950 | Ela sto theio | Έλα στο θείο Come to the Uncle | Nana |
1953 | To soferaki | Το σωφεράκι The Chauffeur | - |
1954 | The Beauty of Athens | Η ωραία των Αθηνών I orea ton Athinon | Clara |
1955 | Glenti, lefta ki agapi | Γλέντι, λεφτά κι αγάπη | Yiouyiou |
1955 | I Kalpiki lira | Η κάλπικη λίρα The Counterfeit Lira | Maria |
1958 | Melpo | Μέλπω | - |
1958 | Adekaroi erotevomeni | Αδέκαροι ερωτευμένοι | - |
1961 | O skliros andras | Ο σκληρός άντρας The Hard Man | Loula |
1963 | O anipsios mou o Manolis | Ο ανιψιός μου ο Μανώλης My Nephew Manolis | - |
1965 | I Eva den amartisse | Η Εύα δεν αμάρτησε | Persefoni |
1965 | Den boroun na mas horisoun | Δεν μπορούν να μας χωρίσουν They Can't Separate Us | - |
1965 | Apokliroi tis koinonias | Απόκληροι της κοινωνίας | - |
1979 | O palavos kosmos tou Thanasi | Ο παλαβός κόσμος του Θανάση Thanasi's Mad World | - |
1984 | O glykopseftis (Video only) | Ο γλυκοψεύτης The Sweet Liar | - |
1985 | Rambo from Trikala (Video only) | Ο Ράμπο από τα Τρίκαλα | Angela |
1999 | San to spiti mas (TV series) | Σαν το σπίτι σας Feel Like Home | a presenter |
1999 | Safe Sex | Roberta |
Notes
- ^ "Elpida" (transliterated from the Greek "Ελπίδα") means "Hope" in English,[1] and in Italian "Speranza".[2]
References
- ^ "The word 'Ελπίδα' in Greek-English lexicon". WordReference.com. WordReference. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "The word 'Hope' in English-Italian lexicon". WordReference.com (in Italian). WordReference. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "Πέθανε από ανακοπή καρδιάς η Σπεράντζα Βρανά" [Speranza Vrana died of a heart attack] (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2009-10-02. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
External links
- Sperantza Vrana at IMDb