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Melpo Zarokosta
Acting

Melpo Zarokosta
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1933-05-07,Piraeus, Greece
Gender
Female
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.

Filmography

The Papadopoulou Family

5.7

The Papadopoulou Family
1960-01-01

4

Life Sentence
1988-10-01

My wife went mad

6.2

My wife went mad
1966-12-19

The Captain and Dancer

7

The Captain and Dancer
1989-01-01

Death Will Return

5

Death Will Return
1961-06-12

The Leventopaido

4.5

The Leventopaido
1969-11-10

5.7

Extended Play
2006-10-19

A Matter of Earnestness

7.1

A Matter of Earnestness
1965-12-06

Divorce, Greek Style

4

Divorce, Greek Style
1964-08-13

7

Maiden's Cheek
1959-11-16

Some tired boys

6.3

Some tired boys
1967-11-13

All Men Are the Same

4.8

All Men Are the Same
1966-08-14

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

5.8

A Crazy... Crazy... 40-Year-Old Woman
1970-04-13

The Man Who Returned from the Plates

5.8

The Man Who Returned from the Plates
1969-01-01

5.4

The Jackals
1981-06-07

The Orgies Villa

6.1

The Orgies Villa
1964-10-17

6.3

A Funny Girl
1970-10-26

Aliki the Dictator

4

Aliki the Dictator
1972-03-20

6.3

Turning Point
1982-10-12

The Countess of Fabrica

5.2

The Countess of Fabrica
1969-01-01

Remember September

0

Remember September
1985-01-01

10

Air hostess
1971-01-01

Eisai to laheio mou

8

Eisai to laheio mou
1990-04-05

Strangers in the House

0

Strangers in the House
2013-08-09

7.5

Love forever
1970-03-16

Αθήνα-Νέα Υόρκη: Το μεγάλο κόλπο

6.5

Αθήνα-Νέα Υόρκη: Το μεγάλο κόλπο
1985-01-01

0

Ζωή και κότα
1987-01-01

Επικίνδυνος Έρωτας

0

Επικίνδυνος Έρωτας
1989-01-01

Η στρίγγλα ήταν άγγελος

0

Η στρίγγλα ήταν άγγελος
1987-01-01

Παππούδες εν δράσει

8

Παππούδες εν δράσει
2000-10-13

Δανεικός πατέρας

6.5

Δανεικός πατέρας
1997-10-03

6.2

Clinical Case
2011-11-18

Asteras Rachoulas

7.4

Asteras Rachoulas
2016-10-24

Βελούδο από μετάξι

8.7

Βελούδο από μετάξι
2004-09-24

Honorable Cuckolds

6.8

Honorable Cuckolds
2006-10-02

Gamos me ta Ola tou

0

Gamos me ta Ola tou
2005-09-30

Ο χήρος, η χήρα και τα χειρότερα

7

Ο χήρος, η χήρα και τα χειρότερα
1993-02-04