Stefanos Linaios

Stefanos Linaios Στέφανος Ληναίος
Born	August 1928 Messini
Occupation	Actor

Stefanos Linaios (Greek: Στέφανος Ληναίος), born Dionysios Mytilinaios (Διονύσιος Μυτιληναίος) in August 1928 in Messini, Messinia, Greece), is a Greek actor, writer, director, and theatrical manager. He is married to actress Elli Fotiou. His daughter, Margarita Mytilinaiou, is the director of the Second Programme of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT). He currently lives in Ilissia in east Athens.^{[citation needed]}

He graduated from the Athens Drama School in 1951 and from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) in London, England in 1969^{[citation needed]}. From 1954 until 1967, he performed with more than 20 companies in about 100 productions, and appeared in 100 movies and radio and television programmes. From 1970 he also directed movies while performing in around 50 theatrical plays and also many radio and television shows^{[citation needed]}.

Stefanos Linaios is the founder of the "Modern Greek Theatre" company at the Alfa Theatre in Athens. He wrote novels like Meriki thanatoi (Μερικοί θάνατοι) and several studies including Synchrono theatro (Σύγχρονο θέατρο, "Modern theatre") and TV meso Paideias (TV μέσο Παιδείας, "Television as an educational means"), which was taken into consideration when ERT established its Educational Television programme. He was also chairman of the Union of Greek Actors from 1966 to 1967, and has served as a councillor with the Panhellenic Union of Free Theatre (ΠΕΕΘ) from 1975 and at the Greek Theatre Centre from 1977. He is a member of the British Actors' Equity Association.

Filmography

Year	Film title (English translation)	Original title and transliteration	Role
1955	To organaki tou Attik	Το οργανάκι του Αττίκ The Little Attique Organ	Aristos
1957	Barba-Yiannis o kanatas	Μπαρμπα-Γιάννης, ο κανατάς	Alexandros Harissis
1957	Rantevou me ton erota	Ραντεβού με τον έρωτα Rendezvous with Love	Alekos
1959	O thisavros tou makariti	Ο θησαυρός του μακαρίτη Dead Man's Chest	Iraklis
1960	To klotsoskoufi	Το κλωτσοσκούφι	Lakis Aggelidis
1960	Oikogeneia Papadopoulou	Οικογένεια Παπαδοπούλου Papadopoulos Family	Alexis Vranas
1961	Poia einai i Margarita;	Ποια είναι η Μαργαρίτα; Who is Margarita (Margaret)?	Nikos Pandazis/Pantazis
1961	Eno sfirize to treno	Ενώ σφύριζε το τρένο While the train whistled	Vassilis
1961	Agapi kai thyella	Αγάπη και θύελλα Love and storm	Tassos
1967	Mias pentaras niata	Μιας πεντάρας νιάτα	Giorgos Stratakis
1969	I komissa tis fabrikas	Η κόμισσα της φάμπρικας Countess of the Factory	Christos Delimanis (officer)
1987	Ta paidia tis chelidonas	Τα παιδιά της χελιδόνας	-

External links

• Stefanos Linaios at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Linaios, Stefanos
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Date of birth	1928
Place of birth	Messini
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