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Melpo Zarokosta

Melpo Zarokosta

Acting

Biography

Melpo Zarokosta (Piraeus, May 7, 1933 - Athens, January 16, 2026) was a Greek actress. She was born in Piraeus in 1933. She is the daughter of Elias Zarokosta, one of the first Greek actuaries, and Despina Spyropoulou. After the War, she emigrated for a short time to Alexandria, Egypt, and then to Sydney, Australia, where she studied theater at the Metropolitan Theater and at the Canandale School of Radio Studies, directing, screenwriting, and acting. She stayed there for 11 years and began her artistic career in television and theater. She performed in Sydney in Jean Anouilh's Antigone, and also Hecuba in Greek for the Greek community. In 1957, she married her first husband, pianist Andreas Diamantidis, and went with him to London, where they stayed for a year. Due to family obligations, she returned to Greece in 1958. Almost simultaneously with her return to Athens, she began her collaboration with the company of Lambros Konstantaras. There she met her future second husband, also an actor and director, Victor Pagoulatos, with whom she had a son, Alexander. She was involved in translating and adapting plays for theater, radio and television. She wrote her first play, The Women's Tutoring School, in which she co-starred with Dinos Iliopoulos, Nora Valsami and Nikos Apergi. Since then, several of her own plays have been performed in Athens and the province. She was the first female member of the Greek Playwrights' Society since 1960, a member of the Board of Directors. since 1990 and President of the Company from 1999 to 2001.

Known For

The Orgies Villa
6.2

A parliamentary candidate and his mistress will spend the night at the police station. After all, no one is above the law, no matter what his credentials or social status may appear to be.

The Orgies Villa

1964
Asteras Rachoulas
7.4

The series is about a football team in a village in Greece called "rahoula". Aris zagoritis, a professional coach returns to rahoula as a coach to train the team, help them win the trophy and face their biggest rival "paradeisi".

Asteras Rachoulas

2016
Honorable Cuckolds
6.8

This is a series of stand-alone comedy episodes on the theme of infidelity. Each episode deals with a different type of "cuckold" man and how he reacts to his wife's infidelity. The connecting link of all the stand-alone episodes is the "ghost" couple, Eva - Theophilos. After their death, they are given a second chance at life as long as they win a bet. Eva will have to break up more couples than Theophilos can keep together. Their fights are proverbial and in order to achieve their goal, they find inventive ways to get involved in the lives of the "cuckold" heroes and turn them upside down...!

Honorable Cuckolds

2006
A Matter of Earnestness
6.9

Minister Andreas Mavrogialouros (Labros Konstadaras) visits the village of his electoral district, Platanias for the inauguration of a maternity hospital. After an accident, he finds his voters' dissatisfaction and the scams of his partners. He, therefore, decides to step down from the government and bring order to his life, starting from his wife and his daughter.

A Matter of Earnestness

1965
Clinical Case
6.2

Markos is a wealthy big-shot surgeon who in a twisted turn of events, finds himself working at a small village in the countryside. There he must get along with the kindhearted and naive villagers who like him despite him being anti-social and peculiar. Will he fight back falling in love? Will the villagers show him a calmer approach to life?

Clinical Case

2011
Ο χήρος, η χήρα και τα χειρότερα
7.0

No description available.

Ο χήρος, η χήρα και τα χειρότερα

1993
Maiden's Cheek
6.9

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

1959
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
Παππούδες εν δράσει
8.0

No description available.

Παππούδες εν δράσει

2000
Some tired boys
6.2

Dinos Diamantidis, a good-looking, 50 years old, man who lives with his sister, is running behind any attractive female. When he meets the twenty-year-old Korina he loses his mind as Korina pretends that she is in love with him. His secretary, Rita, who has been engaged for many years with him, takes action and, with the help of his doctor and a former employee, makes Dinos finally figure out what this girl really is.

Some tired boys

1967
My wife went mad
5.6

Anna thinks up a clever plan to bring her husband Manos on track. Having discovered that he is cheating on her, after only two years of marriage, she pretends to be crazy and decides to pay him back in the same coin.

My wife went mad

1966
Βελούδο από μετάξι
8.7

No description available.

Βελούδο από μετάξι

2004
Γάμος με τα Όλα του
N/A

No description available.

Γάμος με τα Όλα του

2005
The Leventopaido
4.5

Aristos, a ship worker and singer at a popular tavern in the evening, is preparing to marry a poor girl, Maryio. One night at the shop comes the rich Elena, which hides the truth about her financial situation, he falls in love with her and separates him from Maryio. However, after an accident, the real identity of Elena is revealed, as is the fact that she is betrothed. Elena, seeing the misfortune she has scattered around her, pretends that Aristos was just an adventure for her and lets him return to Maryio.

The Leventopaido

1969
A Crazy... Crazy... 40-Year-Old Woman
6.0

A rich widow tries to pursue a relationship with a younger violinist despite the objections of her older brother and his wife.

A Crazy... Crazy... 40-Year-Old Woman

1970
Death Will Return
7.0

Adapted from Nikos Foskolos’ theatrical play. On a terribly stormy night, in a secluded hotel, the owner, Brigadier Norton, is murdered. Prime suspects: his daughter Elena, his second wife Liza, Liza’s niece and her fiancé, Norton’s physician, and the hotel staff. Inspector Fox and his assistant, policeman Petridis, are assigned the investigation of the crime. While the suspects’ questioning is under way, some more people arrive at the hotel: detective Tilemachos Christofis with his assistant Aliki, and lieutenant Karalis, a sworn enemy of the victim, complicating things even more.

Death Will Return

1961
Love forever
7.5

A spoiled rich girl falls in love with a poor, good-looking but also talented pianist, rejecting a wealthy suitor from her own class. However, a combination of her parents' pressure and a misunderstanding with her beloved leads her to accept the proposal of a wealthy businessman. At the same time, an accident obliges the young pianist to abandon his piano for quite a long time. And although the young girl stands by him in his time of need, she leaves him the moment he recovers. However, on the night of his first concert, she returns to his side, determined to spend their life together.

Love forever

1970
Τα Τσακάλια
5.4

In a television program dedicated to the problem of drugs, George tells the story of his life which was immersed in the mire of drugs and crime. The troubled relationship with his family, robberies, drugs will revive and the narrative will give an answer to whether love can finally save.

Τα Τσακάλια

1981
All Men Are the Same
4.5

Polyxeni becomes enraged when she finds her husband flirting with their maid. After dismissing the girl, she leaves her husband and goes to live at her parents' house. There, however, by chance, her former maid comes to work as a domestic helper. Polyxeni's father, brother, son-in-law, a naval officer, and two of his sailors fall in love with the maid, leading to misunderstandings and comical situations.

All Men Are the Same

1966
The Papadopoulou Family
5.7

Young Alexis Vranas returns to Athens form studying abroad and starts working for a major company. There, he will meet and fall in love with a secretary, Varvara Papadopoulos.

The Papadopoulou Family

1960