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Katerina Gogou
Acting

Katerina Gogou
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1940-06-01,Athens, Greece
Gender
Female
Biography
Katerina Gogou (Greek: Κατερίνα Γώγου; 1940–1993) was a Greek poet, author and actress. She was born in 1940 during World War II and the Axis occupation of Greece, for which she did not spend a pleasant childhood. She had a strict father with whom she lived during her childhood. Afterwards, in her teenage years, she lived with her mother. From the age of 5 years she started acting in children's plays. Professionally she debuted in theater with Dinos Iliopoulos' theater company in the play Ο Κύριος πέντε τοις εκατό (Mr. five percent) in 1961. She made her first cinematographic appearance in the film Ο άλλος (The other one / The other person). Most of the films she participated in were Finos Film productions. She became more widely known for roles of cheerful and carefree women like in the movies Το ξύλο βγήκε από τον παράδεισο (The wood came out of paradise) and Μια τρελή τρελή οικογένεια (A crazy crazy family). She has received the award for best actress in a lead role in Thessaloniki International Film Festival for the film Το βαρύ πεπόνι (The heavy melon - this phrase in Greek is an idiom referring to someone who tries to appear as a macho man), directed by Pavlos Tasios. As a poet she was known for her revolutionary and aggressive writing. She was an anarchist and her political identity was often reflected in her poems, such as "Υπερασπίζομαι την Αναρχία" (I support/defend Anarchy) or "Εμένα οι φίλοι μου είναι μαύρα πουλιά" (My friends are black birds). She also wrote some books with one of them, Τρία κλικ αριστερά (Three Clicks Left), being translated into English in 1983 by Jack Hirschman and published by Night Horn Books in San Francisco and also into Turkish in 2018 by Turkish author Mahir Ergun and published by Belge International Publishing House in Istanbul. Katerina Gogou was participating actively in the anarchist movement, especially in the Exarcheia neighborhood of Athens. She supported anarchist prisoners and participated in movements for the liberation of political prisoners. She had been arrested several times, one of which as a suspect for the murder of two police officers by the Revolutionary Organization 17 Noemvri, for which she was declared innocent. She had a bad relationship with the police, having filed a complaint after being attacked by police officers during a protest. She was married to film director Pavlos Tassios, with whom she had a daughter.Later in her life she got addicted to alcohol and drugs. She was found dead in her apartment in October 1993 due to a drug overdose.

Filmography

Katerina Gogou: For the Restoration of Blackness

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Katerina Gogou: For the Restoration of Blackness
2013-03-07

I'm a man and... I'll have fun!

8

I'm a man and... I'll have fun!
1960-01-01

5.143

The Liar
1963-04-13

7

Marriage Lads
1963-11-11

8

Tired life
1964-09-10

4.25

Yes, But...
1972-11-06

What Did You Do in the War, Thanassi?

6.308

What Did You Do in the War, Thanassi?
1971-09-23

Τα κοθώνια του θρανίου

10

Τα κοθώνια του θρανίου
1962-01-01

And the Woman Shall Fear Her Husband

7.313

And the Woman Shall Fear Her Husband
1965-06-28

7.364

Parangelia!
1980-10-05

Great Brides, Gullible Grooms

8

Great Brides, Gullible Grooms
1972-01-01

7.5

The Antisocial
1977-06-21

5.9

Nomos 4000
1962-05-05

5.25

South Wind
1984-10-04

A woman's sacrifice

6

A woman's sacrifice
1969-08-10

0

Restless youth
1963-05-25

6.875

Maiden's Cheek
1959-11-16

7.432

Miss Manager
1964-12-18

A Crazy Crazy Family

7.733

A Crazy Crazy Family
1965-10-25

5.7

1922
1978-04-01

The Right-Minded Madman

5.857

The Right-Minded Madman
1968-10-21

The child of the square

6.667

The child of the square
1961-01-01

Wedding like... Greek

5.769

Wedding like... Greek
1964-12-07

A Bird in the Hand Is Worth Two in the Bush

5.667

A Bird in the Hand Is Worth Two in the Bush
1965-01-01

Koutroulis` Wedding

5

Koutroulis` Wedding
1962-01-01

The Barber's Beauty

5.222

The Barber's Beauty
1969-03-31

Dracula and Company

7.5

Dracula and Company
1959-01-01

7

Poverty
1965-01-01

Women want beat

5.25

Women want beat
1962-01-01

Crazy Girls Awesome Boys

8

Crazy Girls Awesome Boys
1970-01-01

7.5

Love forever
1970-03-16

8

Wounded youth
1969-01-01

7

Τα παληόπαιδα
1963-01-01