Anna Kyriakou

Acting

Anna Kyriakou

Born January 17, 1929 · Athens, Greece

Died October 13, 2025 · aged 96

Anna Kyriakou (Greek: Άννα Κυριακού, Athens, January 17, 1929 - October 13, 2025) was a Greek actress She studied at the Drama School of the National Theater, but in 1954, having already begun her career in acting, she moved to Paris, where she attended two years of classes at the famous Charles Dulain School with professor Jean Villard. In 1945, as a first-year student at the National Theater Sc…

Known For

Zorba the GreekZorba the Greek · 1964
Zorba the Greek
★ 7.51964
MovieDrama
An uptight English writer traveling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.
Safe SexSafe Sex · 1999
Safe Sex
★ 6.51999
MovieComedy
A satire of life in modern Greece, presented through a series of different stories about sex. There are several couples and their relation with sex in parallel stories that come together in a hilarious way.
Crying... Silicon TearsCrying... Silicon Tears · 2001
Crying... Silicon Tears
★ 6.92001
MovieComedy
This is the story of two Greek families, named Delafrangas and Bisbikides. The former family is very wealthy & lucky, the latter very poor and continually struck by fate. Poor but honest Martha is in love with Giakoumis, a young builder and bouzouki organist, but all her dreams fall apart when posh Tzela "steals" the love of her beloved one... A couple of flash backs, following their families roots back to WW2 and the Turkish domination, and a hidden secret will unfold the story's ending..
Blackmail BoyBlackmail Boy · 2003
Blackmail Boy
★ 5.32003
MovieDrama
In the small, closed community of a provincial town, Magda tries to maintain a balance within a family facing many serious problems. The families apparently normal, bourgeois, every-day life will crack open, bringing to the surface hatred and passions of the kind that lie well-hidden in the mists of the nearby lake. An intense plot and a totally unexpected ending make up this film, which features characters who are vulnerable, innocent and ordinary, but who become ruthless and callous, worrying only about protecting their financial resources. The offences are disproportionately serious compared to the financial benefits they try to secure
SilenceSilence · 2004
Silence
★ 9.02004
MovieDrama
Mrs. Anthoula, an elderly lady with hearing problems, is in danger of being evicted out of her flat. Mrs. Dafni, a social-worker, will try to help her.
Poisonous WomenPoisonous Women · 1993
Poisonous Women
★ 5.21993
MovieDramaRomance
It is a story of a normal, everyday Greek family that each member turns out to be wacko or gets wacko by the other members. The father is the stoic figure that accepts everything. The mother has a middle age crisis and takes advantage of her husbands inability. The older brother is a doctor of psychology and has everything under control (or believe so) and the younger brother does nothing with his life acclaiming that he is a filmmaker.
Ο Γολγοθάς μιας ορφανήςΟ Γολγοθάς μιας ορφανής · 1954
Ο Γολγοθάς μιας ορφανής
★ 9.01954
MovieDrama
Erotic JourneyErotic Journey · 1949
Erotic Journey
★ 8.01949
MovieComedyRomance
A spicy romantic comedy about the trials and tribulations of a beautiful girl in love, whose boyfriend gets involved with a sensual woman from high society.

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Lily of the HarborLily of the Harbor · 1952
Lily of the Harbor
★ 3.81952
MovieDramaRomance
Captain Giakoumis makes the big decision to forsake the sea and live peacefully close to his wife and his adopted son, Andreas, who is about to sit for examinations in order to become a lieutenant. However, a terrible secret burdens his soul. He has a daughter, Agni, whom he had years ago when he had an affair with Maria, a prostitute from Troumpa. Maria, before she died, expressed the wish that Giakoumis recognize their daughter as his child. He, however, refused, since Agni ended up becoming a prostitute. The girl, to take revenge on her father, starts an affair with her half-brother with the intention of dragging him down into the mud. In the end, however, she falls in love with him, and this love blesses everyone and everything.

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