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Anna Fonsou

Anna Fonsou

Acting

Biography

Anna Fonsou (Greek: Άννα Φόνσου; born July 6, 1939) is a Greek actress and social activist. Anna Fonsou was born in 1939 in Kaisariani in Greece and grew up in Tinos. She studied at the drama school of Dimitris Rondiris. She studied dance with Rallou Manou and singing with Popi Petrioli. Fonsou made her first theater appearance in 1956 with the troupe of Katerina Andreadi and her first film appearance in 1957 in the movie Το παιδί του δρόμου (The Child of the Street). In 1965, she founded Proskinio together with Alexis Solomos and Aimilios Hourmouzis. In cinema, she played in dozens of films, almost exclusively leading roles, in both dramas and comedies alongside famous comedians such as Thanasis Veggos with whom she co-starred in several films. In the early 1970s, she also did a series of erotic films, mainly directed by Omiros Efstratiadis, which are now considered cult. On television she participated in various series (The Two Orphans, The Ragpickers, etc.) and in theatrical performances on the show The Theater of Monday. She starred at the Lyric Stage in the operetta The Apaches of Athens, and since 2001, she has been part of the National Theatre of Northern Greece. In the 1996 parliamentary elections and the 2000 elections, she was a candidate with the KKE, and in the 2009 and 2012 elections she was a candidate with the PASOK in Athens A. In 1997 she founded charitable foundation "The Actor's House" (Greek: Το σπίτι του Ηθοποιού) to provide housing for impoverished actors, of which she is a president. She produces theatrical performances, the proceeds of which are also donated to "The Actor's House". From 1998 to 2000, she served as president of the Greek Actors Union. In 2016 she was awarded the Nikolaos Karolos prize by the Academy of Athens for her social work related to "The Actor's House". She was married to theater entrepreneur and civil engineer Kostas Paltoglou, architect Nikos Sofianos, and in 1985 to singer-songwriter and composer Takis Bougas until they divorced in 1993.

Known For

Provocation
4.6

Angelos holds nothing in Greece. His sweetheart married his former friend, the woman who once was his first, killed. Here it is just waiting for disappointment, so all the money he buys a ticket to Australia. But while the young man is waiting for departure in his life to happen a new love experience. A chance meeting with Isabella on the ship that was carrying him to Athens, would be for Angelos another test, would lead to a meeting with the past and will be the key to unlocking the old crime.

Provocation

1971
Οι δύο ορφανές
7.0

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Οι δύο ορφανές

1991
The Nets of Shame
7.5

The poor fishermen of a small village in the Evros region are trying to set up a cooperative so that they can resist the relentless exploitation of the merchants who buy their catch for a pittance. Leading the effort is an educated young man, Stefanos, who strives to encourage the fishermen to overcome their hesitation.

The Nets of Shame

1965
Love on a Horse
4.4

A son and his stepmother, without noticing their father/husband peeping at them, make love on a horse. The father, while being a painter, gets inspired and begins a new painting that creates tension between them.

Love on a Horse

1973
Αύριο θα ξέρουμε
3.0

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Αύριο θα ξέρουμε

1997
Fanouris and His Kin
7.8

A good-natured paterfamilias who is struggling to make ends meet rests his hopes on his successful expatriate brother to finally see their older sister get married. However, is the wealthy sibling willing to help?

Fanouris and His Kin

1957
The Countess of Fabrica
4.8

A beautiful young woman is arrested by a wonderful policeman, due to her effort to steal letters from a gigolo's house.

The Countess of Fabrica

1969
Her Private Life
3.5

A corpse is found at Anna's home, and she must explain the criminal investigator how she spent the night. And one story leads to another.

Her Private Life

1971
Thirst for Life
5.3

Katerina is a spoiled rich woman who spends her time playing with the men who surround her. Only herself and her parents know she is dying and that the first possible emotion will be fatal.She knows that the first time she will love will be the last one and so he is not given to anyone until he meets Stephanos.

Thirst for Life

1964
The Trial of an Innocent
5.5

At the beginning of his trial, the accused Vassilis Doranis takes account of the events that brought him to the dock. From a very young age, he did everything for his younger brother, Mimis, sacrificing his own career to study the other. Mimis, instead of looking at his studies and lessons, preferred to spend his time in fun and entertainment. He went on to do the same prodigious life, and when he went to post-graduate studies in Germany, and when he returned, he even did not hesitate to cast himself on Anna, his brother's girlfriend. Vassilis had forgiven him for all this and reached up to the point of admitting that he was the drunk driver who dragged someone and left him helpless, dying in the middle of the road. For this criminal negligence of his brother, Vasilis is now in the dock, but he does not regret his choice. The one who regrets is Mimis, who gets angry at the court and assumes his responsibilities, admitting his guilt.

The Trial of an Innocent

1969
Proud eagles
10.0

The love affair between a squadron leader and a young woman who is involved with agents and saboteurs from foreign countries leads to the exposure of an entire group of spies.

Proud eagles

1971
Lysistrata
6.1

Based on Aristophanes's play, Athenian women band together to encourage their men to stop fighting the Spartans by withholding sex from them when they return from the front.

Lysistrata

1972
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Bittersweet satirical stories about the lives of a man and a woman (garbage collectors) who meet by chance on the street and move forward together, looking for a living in the main streets and neighborhoods of Athens. In many cases, they will get involved with people from the underworld but will also face mundane reality with humor.

Junk collectors

1994
Who Thanasis!
6.4

A kindhearted owner of a shop falls in love with the girl he hires and, eventually, he finds out who tricks him and who really loves him.

Who Thanasis!

1969
The Noose
7.8

In the fall of 1948, shortly before the end of the civil war in Greece, six young leftists traveled to Athens, boarded a plane to Thessaloniki, and forced the pilot to fly them to neighboring Yugoslavia, where they would seek political asylum along with other comrades. Their plan went off without a hitch and went down in history as the first hijacking ever.

The Noose

1987
Holidays in Vietnam
5.6

Returning from a 3 year captivity in Vietnam, a kind chemist finds his wife married to his boss who has become rich due to his invention.

Holidays in Vietnam

1971
The Playful Girl
5.8

The Mikes family is wealthy son is in love with a poor girl, Katy. The Mikes afraid that his father would not approve their love, so Katy puts forwards a plan to win the favor of the candidate's father in law.

The Playful Girl

1967
The Child of the Street
7.5

A girl, Vassula, learns shortly before marrying her lover, Richard, that the alleged father is actually her uncle. The latter, when the natural daughter died, presented the event as the death of his adoptive daughter. The mother of the girl is still alive and will accompany her to church with her true father.

The Child of the Street

1957
10 Days in Paris
5.5

Two men intend to make a "secret" trip to Paris alone and live it up in order to escape the stranglehold of their wives.

10 Days in Paris

1962
The stranger of that night
5.7

Aris, a race car driver, meets a guy who looks strikingly similar to him. With obvious curiosity, he tries to find out from his friend Dimitris who this identical "stranger" is. He learns that his name is Kyriakos and that he works in a car repair shop. But Kyriakos, who is connected to Fotini, also learns of Aris's existence, and from his own father he learns that he is his twin brother, who was given up for adoption to a wealthy man, Kaisaris. The latter, as Aris's friend Diana learns, wanted a child to inherit a large fortune. Diana helps Kyriakos become a singer, while at the same time blackmailing Caesar for his strategy. The two brothers eventually find out everything, and Caesar is forced to sabotage Kyriakos' car in order to get him out of the way in the upcoming race...

The stranger of that night

1972