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Déspo Diamantídou is a Actor Grec born on 13 july 1916

Déspo Diamantídou

Déspo Diamantídou
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Birth name Déspina Diamantídou(Δέσποινα Διαμαντίδου)
Nationality Grece
Birth 13 july 1916
Death 18 february 2004 (at 87 years)

Déspina « Déspo » Diamantídou (grec moderne : Δέσποινα « Δέσπω » Διαμαντίδου), née le 13 juillet 1916 au Pirée et morte le 18 février 2004 à Athènes, est une actrice grecque (parfois créditée simplement Déspo).

Biography

Au cinéma, Déspo Diamantídou contribue entre 1949 et 2003 à soixante-quatre films, majoritairement grecs (plus quelques films américains ou en coproduction).

Notamment, elle apparaît dans des réalisations de Jules Dassin, dont Jamais le dimanche (1960), La Promesse de l'aube (coproduction franco-américaine, 1970) et Cri de femmes (1978), tous trois avec Melina Mercouri.

Citons encore Fin de crédit de Michael Cacoyannis (1958, avec Ellie Lambeti), Les Lanternes rouges de Vasílis Georgiádis (1963, avec Jenny Karezi), ainsi que Guerre et Amour de Woody Allen (coproduction franco-américaine, 1975, avec le réalisateur et Diane Keaton).

À la télévision grecque ou américaine, elle se produit dans trois téléfilms et douze séries, de 1972 à 1989.

Déspo Diamantídou est également active au théâtre, principalement dans son pays natal, mais aussi à Broadway (New York) où elle joue dans trois comédies musicales, Illya Darling (1967-1968, adaptation du film précité Jamais le dimanche, avec Melina Mercouri et Orson Bean), Cabaret (1968, avec George Voskovec) et enfin A Little Night Music (1973-1974, avec Glynis Johns et Hermione Gingold).

Best films

Never on Sunday (1960)
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Filmography of Déspo Diamantídou (22 films)

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Acropol
Acropol (1996)
, 2h5
Directed by Pantelís Voúlgaris
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Stavros Paravas, Angela Gerékou, Déspo Diamantídou
Roles Antoni's Mother
Rating57% 2.8605552.8605552.8605552.8605552.860555
A Dream of Passion, 1h50
Directed by Jules Dassin
Origin Grece
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on mythology, Théâtre, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology, Films based on plays, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology
Actors Melina Mercouri, Ellen Burstyn, Andreas Voutsinas, Déspo Diamantídou, Dimitris Papamichael, Manos Katrakis
Roles Maria
Rating67% 3.3849953.3849953.3849953.3849953.384995
Une célèbre actrice grecque, Maya (Mélina Mercouri), après avoir passé de nombreuses années à l'étranger, rentre en Grèce pour y jouer Médée. Alors qu'elle prépare son rôle, elle devient fascinée par le cas d'une Américaine Brenda Collins (Ellen Burstyn) qui a assassiné ses trois enfants quelques années plus tôt à Glyfada pour se venger de son mari infidèle. Maya rend visite à Brenda à la prison de Korydallos. Un lien de plus en plus fort se tisse entre les deux femmes.
Love and Death, 1h25
Directed by Woody Allen
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Historical
Themes Political films, Histoire de France, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Jessica Harper, Georges Adet, Olga Georges-Picot, James Tolkan
Roles Mother
Rating76% 3.847653.847653.847653.847653.84765
When Napoleon (James Tolkan) invades Austria during the Napoleonic Wars, Boris Grushenko (Woody Allen), a coward and pacifist scholar, is forced to enlist in the Russian Army. Desperate and disappointed after hearing the news that Sonja (Diane Keaton), his cousin twice removed, is to wed a herring merchant, he inadvertently becomes a war hero. He returns and marries the recently widowed Sonja, who does not want to marry Boris, but promises him that she will when she thinks that he is about to be killed in a duel. Their marriage is filled with philosophical debates, and no money. Their life together is interrupted when Napoleon invades the Russian Empire. Boris wants to flee but his wife, angered that the invasion will interfere with their plans to start a family that year, conceives a plot to assassinate Napoleon at his headquarters in Moscow. Boris and Sonja debate the matter with some degree of philosophical double-talk, and Boris reluctantly goes along with it. They fail to kill Napoleon and Sonja escapes arrest while Boris is executed, despite being told by a vision that he will be pardoned.
The Werewolf of Washington, 1h25
Directed by Milton Moses Ginsberg
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Political films, Comedy horror films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Dean Stockwell, Biff McGuire, Clifton James, Déspo Diamantídou, Thayer David, Michael Dunn
Roles Gypsy Woman
Rating40% 2.0139452.0139452.0139452.0139452.013945
A reporter is bitten by a werewolf in Hungary and then becomes the press assistant to the president of the United States of America. When the reporter says he is a werewolf, no one believes him, and many think it is the work of maniacs or hippies.
Made For Each Other, 1h40
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Renee Taylor, Joseph Bologna, Paul Sorvino, Olympia Dukakis, Louis Zorich, Norman Shelley
Roles Group Member
Rating62% 3.1465353.1465353.1465353.1465353.146535
Giggy Panimba meets Pandora Gold at a group therapy session on Christmas Eve. We learn that Pandora is there on her 4th emergency session, trying to give up her "symptom" as a failure at everything. We also learn Pandora lived in the Bronx with her Jewish eccentric mother and her philandering father. Pandora's mother was very involved in Pandora's life because her husband was always out with other women and barely paid attention to Pandora. Pandora's mother believes in astrology and often comments to Pandora throughout the whole movie "I made you a Pisces and don't you ever forget it". From a young age Pandora wanted to be a famous movie actress often imitating Rita Hayworth. She grew up and became an interpretive modern dancer and a Jackpot Quiz Clue Girl but gave up both professions to go live in England with her latest boyfriend. When she arrived home early to surprise him, she found him in bed with two other women. She now is making her comeback as a performer at a night club and invites everyone in the session to come and see her. It's Giggy's turn and we learn that he lived in Brooklyn with his Italian mother and father. His father was a barber and often got into fights claiming he "had a little score to settle" and his mother had unrealistic religious beliefs about love. From that, Giggy became a womanizer even getting kicked out of the seminary for having sex in a utility closet. As an adult he had various philanderings with women and we learn the reason he is at the session is because after breaking up with a girl, she tried to kill herself.
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, 1h36
Directed by James Goldstone
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Jerry Orbach, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jo Van Fleet, Lionel Stander, Roz Kelly, Robert De Niro
Roles Mourner
Rating49% 2.4567852.4567852.4567852.4567852.456785
Deux gangs s'affrontent à New York. D'un côté, le vieux parrain Baccala, bien décidé à conserver son territoire. De l'autre, l'ambitieux Kid Sally et son gang, estimant mériter une place plus importante au sein du crime organisé de la grosse pomme.
The Horsemen, 1h49
Directed by John Frankenheimer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Horse sports in film
Actors Omar Sharif, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jack Palance, Saeed Jaffrey, Peter Jeffrey, Vernon Dobtcheff
Roles Uljan (uncredited)
Rating62% 3.1022553.1022553.1022553.1022553.102255
Uraz (Omar Sharif), the son of Tursen (Jack Palance), the stable master and retired buzkashi player for a feudal lord, is a master horseman who lives by a primitive code of honor. Uruz's family honor is damaged when he breaks his leg playing the game which is the Afghani equivalent of polo. His father, who lost a lot of money betting on his son, will barely speak to him. To regain the family honor (and wealth) he must somehow re-learn how to ride -- after his injuries cost him his leg below the knee. In the face of great obstacles, and despite the derision and treachery of others, he gains the chance to play in the games given by the king of Afghanistan.
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, 1h36
Directed by James Goldstone
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Jerry Orbach, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jo Van Fleet, Lionel Stander, Robert De Niro, Hervé Villechaize
Roles Mourner
Rating49% 2.4567852.4567852.4567852.4567852.456785
C'est l'histoire amusante de deux gangs mafieux en guerre à New York. Le gang le plus faible utilise incroyablement un lion pour faire chanter les "clients" du gang opposé. La police réussit à arrêter l'un des gangs, tandis que l'autre reste sans le Boss.Ld
Something For Everyone, 1h52
Directed by Harold Prince
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Angela Lansbury, Michael York, Anthony Higgins, Jane Carr, Eva Maria Meineke, Jack White
Roles Bobby
Rating69% 3.491423.491423.491423.491423.49142
A handsome young stranger, Konrad, is fascinated by a castle in an Austrian town. He tries to get a job working for Countess Herthe von Ornstein, who inherited it from her late husband, but due to financial difficulties the castle is closed.
Promise at Dawn, 1h39
Directed by Jules Dassin
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about writers, Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Melina Mercouri, Assi Dayan (אסי דיין), Déspo Diamantídou, Didier Haudepin, Jean Martin, Jacqueline Porel
Roles Aniela
Rating63% 3.1793053.1793053.1793053.1793053.179305
The film follows author Romain Gary as he recalls his growing up with his Russian-born mother. The two leave Russia for France, where they settle in Paris. As twenty years pass, they encounter social change, age, different convictions, poverty and the slow approach of World War II.
Stefania
Stefania (1966)
, 1h40
Directed by Giannis Dalianidis
Origin Grece
Genres Drama
Actors Zoe Laskari, Spiros Focás, Nora Valsami, Tasso Kavadia, Déspo Diamantídou
Roles Woman Guard
Rating64% 3.2364353.2364353.2364353.2364353.236435
Le film s’ouvre sur une mise en parallèle du présent et du passé de Stefania (Zoï Laskari), qui entre dans une maison de redressement pour jeunes filles alors qu’elle semblait avoir une vie heureuse auparavant, notamment en tombant amoureuse du docteur Yorgos Daponte (Spyros Fokas), qui venait soigner sa mère à domicile. L’énigme centrale du film est de comprendre comment Stefania a connu cette déchéance.
And the Woman Shall Fear Her Husband, 1h45
Origin Grece
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Tasso Kavadia, Maro Kontou, Giorgos Konstantinou, Déspo Diamantídou, Stavros Xenidis, Katerina Gogou
Roles Bebeka
Rating77% 3.891273.891273.891273.891273.89127
Antonis and Eleni are an unmarried couple, which live in a traditional neighbourhood in Athens. Antonis is a literate employee of a ministry but Eleni is an illiterate housewife from a poor family. Due to their social divide between them, Antonis underrates Eleni and treats her like a slave. Nevertheless, she carries on loving him and serving him. But the situation changes after their marriage. Eleni starts to emancipate and she claims equality. Antonis doesn't put up with the new situation and asks divorce. Several years later the two former spouses are met in the demolition of their old house. They remember their old lives and decide to give their relationship even one chance. The film features the characters mixing the humour with emotion and nostalgia, filled also with the beautiful pictures of Athens at those years.
Wedding like... Greek, 1h51
Directed by Vasílis Georgiádis
Origin Grece
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Katerina Gogou, Giorgos Konstantinou, Déspo Diamantídou, Smaro Stefanidou, Tasos Giannopoulos, Maro Kontou
Roles Mina's mother
Rating69% 3.465573.465573.465573.465573.46557
Au cours d'un bal costumé, une étudiante aux Beaux-Arts Mina (Xenia Kalogeropoulou) déguisée en nonne, rencontre Petros (Giorgos Konstantinou), un employé de bureau, déguisé en Roméo. Ils se donnent rendez-vous. Mais, aucun des deux ne porte ses lunettes. Ils ne se reconnaissent pas et se disputent. Ils se retrouvent. C'est au tour de leurs mères de se quereller.
Topkapi
Topkapi (1964)
, 2h
Directed by Jules Dassin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell, Robert Morley, Jess Hahn, Akim Tamiroff
Roles Voula
Rating68% 3.445413.445413.445413.445413.44541
Elizabeth Lipp (Melina Mercouri) visits Istanbul, where she sees a traveling fair featuring replicas of treasures from the Topkapı Palace. Next she cases the Topkapı, fascinated by the emerald-encrusted dagger of Sultan Mahmud I. Leaving Turkey, she recruits her ex-lover, Swiss master-criminal Walter Harper (Maximilian Schell), to plan a theft of the dagger. They engage Cedric Page (Robert Morley), master of all things mechanical; Giulio, "The Human Fly" (Gilles Ségal), a mute acrobat; and the burly Hans (Jess Hahn), who will provide the muscle needed for the job.