2024-05-09 20:54:55
The popular theater, film and television actress Anna Panagiotopoulou breathed her last, as it became known today, Great Saturday.
The lead actress on board and screen was 76 years old.
The composer’s friend Stamatis Kraunakis announced the news in a Facebook post at noon on Holy Saturday, writing: “Anna is gone.”
The great actress, as well as screenwriter, was comfortable playing comedic and not only roles in theater and cinema, but became popular from her numerous television appearances in universally loved series such as “Madame Soussou”, “Three Graces” and “Dolce Vita”.
A life dedicated to her roles
Anna Panagiotopoulou was born in Kypseli. She wanted to be an actress since her childhood. Together with Stamatis Fasoulis, they were key members of the Free Theater – almost from its beginnings – and starred in its first big hit “And you comb your hair”, which made it known and loved by the general public. They staged performances of a diverse repertoire, from Brecht to Khourmouzi. They got a permanent “roof” when they went to Alsos Pagratiou.
In 1980, the Free Theater stopped and the Free Stage was founded, by Anna Panagiotopoulou and Stamatis Fassoulis, which was essentially a renaming of the Free Theater. Anna Panagiotopoulou continued with inspections, in which she acted and also wrote the script.
She became widely known through her participation in television series, first on state television and then on private television. The highlight of her television career is considered to be the incarnation of “Madame Sousou” in the adaptation of the novel of the same name by Dimitris Psathas in the 1986-87 season (along with Thanasis Papageorgiou, Angelos Antonopoulos, Natasha Asikis, etc.).
The series The Three Graces (with Minas Adamakis, Nenas Menti, Anna Kyriakou) and Dolce Vita (with Katiana Balanika, Maria Kavoianni, Maria Foka, Thanasi Efthymiadis, Katerina Ziogou, Pavlos Orkopoulos, Galini Tseva, etc.) were also a huge success. a.), which are considered “classic”.
Source: RES-MPE