Anna Kyriakou(1929-2025)

Anna Kyriakou was a Greek actress. She studied at the Drama School of the National Theater as well as at the Ecole de théâtre Charles Dullin in Paris (1954-1956), with Jean Vilar as her teacher. She made her first theatrical appearance as a teenager at the REX Theater with the Marika Kotopouli troupe in the play "Carmen". Collaborations ensued with the troupes Manolidou-Pappas, Vasilis Logothetidis, Katerina Andreadi, Manos Katrakis. In 1953-1954 he collaborated with Dimitris Myrat's troupe. Returning from Paris, she collaborated in leading roles with the troupes of Dinos Iliopoulos, Mimis Fotopoulos and Alekos Alexandrakis. In 1959 she starred in the "Piraeus Theatre" of Dimitris Rontiris in the plays "The Mistress of the Inn", "The Marriage of Figaro" and "Electra" to follow a period of more than 20 years of collaboration with the National Theatre, starting with a great success as Calliope in "Temptation" by Grigorios Xenopoulos. At the National Theater she participated in leading roles in 34 plays from 1960 to 1981. In 1982 he collaborated with "Aplo Theatro" of Antonis Antypas - Hristos Politis in the opening act of the play "Entertaining Mr Sloane". Her appearance in the cinema was also notable: O methystakas (1950), Ziteitai pseftis (1961), Bridegroom Urgently Wanted (1971), Safe Sex (1999), To klama vgike ap' ton Paradeiso (2001), Blackmail Boy (2003) etc. She took part in many TV series, from Ekeinos ki ekeinos (1972), I geitonia mas (1972) and Yungermann (1976) in the 1970s to Oi treis Harites (1990) in which she played the legendary Aunt Bebeka. She appeared in a guest role in Constantine's and Helen's (1998), playing the role of Aunt Maro, as well as in Epta thanasimes petheres (2004), where she played the evil mother-in-law. She also had a rich repertoire in radio drama. A member of the Union of Greek Actors since 1949. She was married to the well-known modernist architect Margaritis Apostolidis, with whom she had a son, civil engineer Christos Apostolidis.