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Birthday:
1923-02-20
Place of birth:
Corfu, Greece
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Rena Vlahopoulou

Overview

Irene "Rena" Vlahopoulou (Greek: Ειρήνη (Ρένα) Βλαχοπούλου; 28 July 1923 – 29 July 2004) was a Greek actress and singer. She starred in theatre, musical and Greek cinema productions, including The Gambler and The Countess of Corfu. Vlahopoulou was born on 28 July 1923 on the island of Corfu, the fifth of nine children. She first began playing the piano, taught by her father, Giannis Vlahopoulos. When she turned ten, she began singing at a local bakery; she was a talented dancer and actress and a qualified mezzo-soprano. Over the course of her fifty-five-year career she appeared in 105 theatrical plays between 1939 and 1994, and twenty-six films between 1951 and 1985. In 1939, Vlahopoulou and AEK Athens footballer, Kostas Vasiliou eloped to Athens and were married. She began singing at the Oasis varieté show in the Zappeion gardens, where Mimis Traiforos presented his new work. In the winter of 1930–40, she sang at the World Theatre of Kostas Makedos on Panepistimiou Street. The marriage with Vasiliou ended. In 1942 she married her second husband, a banker, Giannis Kostopoulos; the couple divorced in 1946. She married her third and final husband, entrepreneur Giorgos Lafazanis, on 18 September 1967. They remained wed until her death in 2004. Vlahopoulou had no children by any of her marriages. She left Finos Film in 1966 and moved to Karagiannis-Karatzopoulos. From 1972, she continued to star in films for the next seven years. In 1992–93, she starred in the musical comedy Gia Tin Ellada Re Gamo To (Για την Ελλάδα ρε γαμώ το), after which she retired. Vlahopoulou died at 7 pm on 29 July 2004, after being hospitalized in the intensive care unit of the Athens Medical Center, aged 81. On 30 July 2004, her body was exposed in a popular pilgrimage in the chapel of Saint Lazarus in the First Cemetery of Athens. She was buried at a public expense on 31 July 2004, accompanied by the band of the Philharmonic Society "Mantzaros" that came from Corfu, in the presence of many of her colleagues and ordinary people. On the day of her funeral all shops in Corfu remained closed, as a sign of mourning. Her hometown honored her by naming the old theatre "Mon Repo", to the "Rena Vlahopoulou" theatre.

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Known for

Acting

1991 Μάμα Μία Actor Ρένα N/A
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1990 Eisai to laheio mou Actor N/A
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1988 Όρμα Ρένα Στην Αρένα Actor Rena Relandi 59
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1987 I vasilissa tis rengas Actor N/A
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1985 Rena, ta resta sou! Actor Rena Verygiou 58
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1984 A Rena without brakes Actor N/A
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1983 Iron Lady Actor Rena Remoundou 58
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1982 The Mommy, the Chic and the Hunk Actor Rena 58
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1981 Politsmana's Balcony Actor Rena Fraggeti 58
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1980 Rena... Here's the Opportunity Actor Rena Apostolou 58
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1979 The Fantarines Actor Captain Eugenia Vrahou-Adamastou 58
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1972 Rena is Off-Side Actor Rena Kaplani 58
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1972 The Countess of Corfu Actor Antzolina 58
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1971 Groom Urgently Wanted Actor Rena 58
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1971 A Greek woman in a Harem Actor Rena 59
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1970 My Aunt the Hippie Actor Helen 58
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1970 A Crazy... Crazy... 40-Year-Old Woman Actor Jenny Salveri - Petromihali 58
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1969 The Parisian Lady Actor Pelagia Karaboubouna 58
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1968 The jealous woman Actor Rena Pantelia 58
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1967 Viva Rena Actor Rena Papaliou / Pepita di Corfu 58
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1966 The Parliamentarian Lady Actor 59
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1966 Date In The Air Actor Tzeni Stathatou 59
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1965 The Robber Cries Thief! Actor Lia Karaleonta 59
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1965 Kiss the Girls Actor Rena Eleftheriou 58
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1964 The Gambler Actor Aleka Oikonomidou 59
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1964 Something Hot Actor Sofia Frantzi 58
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1963 One Girl For Two Men Actor Polyxeni 58
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1963 Someone like It Cold... Actor Rena Angelou 58
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1962 When the Cat is Missing! Actor Marigo 58
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1956 Capital adventures Actor Rinoula 58
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1956 The Hunters of Athens Actor N/A
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1953 Affet Beni Allah'ım Actor N/A
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