Aliki Vougiouklaki
Acting
Biography
Aliki Vougiouklaki (Greek: Αλίκη Σταματίνα Βουγιουκλάκη, 20 July 1934 – 23 July 1996) was a Greek cinema and theater actress, singer and theatrical producer. She is one of the most popular actresses in Greece, and was often referred to as "the National Star of Greece". In 1950 she secretly took exams at the Drama School of the National Theatre, from which she graduated three years later with distinction. Before graduating from the School, she began her career in the theatre. Her first theatrical role was as Louison in Molière's The Imaginary Patient in 1953, while her first film appearance was in the film The Little Mouse in 1954. In 1960, she won the Best Actress award at the 1st Thessaloniki Film Festival for her performance in the film Maddalena, directed by Dinos Dimopoulos, while the same film represented Greece at the Cannes International Film Festival, where it left very good impressions. At the same festival, the 1959 film The Slapping Came Out of Paradise. In 1961, Vougiouklaki formed her own troupe, with which she staged the play My Fair Lady that winter, starting in Thessaloniki. In 1962, she staged George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra with well-known co-stars, directed by Alexis Solomos and musically arranged by Manos Hadjidakis, however, the performance did not go well despite receiving very good reviews, because the audience did not like Aliki with pitch-black hair as Cleopatra, resulting in her being withdrawn very soon. This was followed by the hugely successful works Beating Heart in the Chair in 1962 (the well-known film adaptation was made in 1963), Pass the First of the Month in 1963, etc. In 1963, wanting to give an international boost to her career, she starred with British co-stars in the English-language film Aliki my love (released in Greece in 1964 as Aliki), which, however, did not have the expected success. Later, she met Filopoimenas Finos and began a permanent collaboration with his company, Finos Film. Together they made some of the biggest box office hits of Greek cinema, including the films: Astero, The Wood Came Out of Paradise, Madalena, The Kicking Hat, Alice in the Navy, Lisa and the Other, The Liar, The Bait, The Lady and the Tramp, The Blonde Teacher, The Fairy and the Boy, Lieutenant Natasha, The Daughter of the Sun, Mary of Silence, A Funny Girl, I Love You, The Journey, etc. In addition, she starred in popular films from other companies such as: Modern Cinderella, The Soferina, Heartbeats at the Desk, The Brightest Star, My Daughter the Socialist, Ah! This Woman of Mine, Double Poverty, etc. The film roles of the cute mischievous schoolgirl, the rich girl who rebels against her wealthy father, the poor and insignificant girl who manages to rise socially, succeed and become famous, had and continue to have a great impact on the audience, ensuring the actress rare popularity, while the film Lieutenant Natasha was the biggest box office success in the history of Greek cinema for three decades, with the next two box office successes also belonging to Aliki Vougiouklaki. Vougiouklaki died in 1996 at the age of 62, just three months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
Known For
You Can’t Take From One Who Does No Have (Ouk an lavois para tou mi ehontos) is a Greek animated mini-series that aired in the 2010-2011 season on Mega. Ouk an lavois para tou mi ehontos develops in modern Athens where Charos goes, wanting to withdraw from his obligations. However, he is short an obolus on his books, what Menippus owes since he died. Hermes, as the carrier of souls and responsible for Menippus not having the obolus, together with Charus try to help Menippus make money to pay him the obolus. The series was scheduled to begin in the 2009–2010 season, but was eventually rescheduled for the following season’s schedule. The series consists of a total of one cycle with 14 episodes.
You Can’t Take From One Who Does Not Have
Young teacher Floras arrives to teach a class at a girls’ high school in Athens. His students, daughters of rich Athenian families, are very spoilt making his and the other teachers work difficult. When he starts implementing discipline in his class, the girls use every means to get rid of him. But the most undisciplined, Lisa Papastavrou, falls in love with him.
Maiden's Cheek
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I theatrina
Fourtounakis’ daughter, Katerinio, is forced to get engaged with a brutal Cretan, Skandalakis. But the return of Manousos Vrontakis from Athens and his flirtation with the girl leads to a great romance, without them knowing that they belong to families who are longstanding enemies.
I Neraida Kai to Palikari
Aliki is in love with someone who serves his duty in the greek navy. Wanting to see him, she disguises as a navy soldier and gets aboard her lover's ship. Things get more complicated when she comes accross the ship's captain; her father!
Alice in the Navy
Lisa is a student, pretending the sick not to go to school. Her parents are worried about her health and call the doctor to examine her. He realizes her lies but he covers her. Soon, they fall in love and eventually get married. However, after the honeymoon she begins to yearn school and her classmates and she returns to it without saying anything to her husband. Soon, her husband begins to suspect her because of her frequent absences from home and her secret meetings with the professor seem to confirm his suspicions.
Throbs at the Desk
Α crook turns a cabaret girl into a fine lady to use her as bait for his victims.
The Bait
Rena’s father insists on marrying her off to the son of a shipowner. Rena, however, doesn’t even want to hear about it, so she runs away and disguises herself as a boy named Pipis. As such, she meets a poor fisherman, Lefteris, and helps him on his way to Ioannina.
The Lady and the Tramp
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Paraskinio
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
Katerina, a poor girl, finds a job as a secretary and falls in love with her boss on a trip to Rome.
Modern Cinderella
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Και Εύθυμη και Χήρα
Barry, a wretched playboy, expects to get rich from the legacy of an uncle of his, the king of roast meat sauce, but his lawyer informs him that the secret of the sauce recipe has been lost along with his uncle, and there is nothing to inherit except for a small island in the Aegean - called Eftychia - where his uncle came from. A hotel keeper, Richard, is interested in the island and plans to create a tourist resort on it, so the two men come hastily to Greece to arrange the sale. On the island of Eftychia they meet a beautiful young teacher, Aliki, and her mother Anna, who are determined to stop foreigners and tourist development from coming to the island. Aliki's beauty and charm seduce Barry, while Richard is enslaved by the wonderful cooking of Anna. One day while they are tasting her food, Richard discovers that Anna possesses the secret of the famous sauce, by which Barry can really become rich. Thus the island is saved, and everyone celebrates their unexpected good fortune.
Aliki My Love
Liza falls in love with one of her father's employees. Her socialistic ideas about employment drive her to collide with her father and the sociopolitical status of the time.
My Daughter, the Socialist
A girl from the slums of Athens becomes a famous singer while falling in love with her songwriter.
The Brightest Star
A modest film of three independent parts showing sad couple stories.
Erotic Stories
One day, while Grigoris is working and singing at a construction site, a conductor, Vangelis, and two bouzouki musicians happen to pass by. They listen, enchanted by his limpid voice, and suggest that he becomes a member of their orchestra. Thus, the newly-wed day laborer gets a second job at Mr. Lefteris’ night club. His wife, Marina, soon joins him at the club, and, before long, she too goes on stage, cuts capers and charms everyone. Her success, however, has a negative impact on the couple’s relationship, since Marina’s admirers as well as those of Grigoris’, turn one away from the other.
Bouzouki Strumming
A rich girl leaves her family to avoid marrying the person her father has chosen for her. Her father offers a reward in order to find her and an other girl that looks exactly like her is brought to him.
Lisa and the Other Woman
Infatuated with a handsome sculptor, an overindulged daddy's girl will make use of every trick in the book--including a cunning but charming impersonation--to reach her goal. But, will the pampered heiress have it her way once more?
The Liar
A man finds out that his boss had a quarrel with his wife, so he now tries to present her as his housemaid.