- Eleni Papadaki
Eleni Papadaki (Greek: Ελένη Παπαδάκη) (1903-1944) was a celebrated Greek stage actress who was murdered at the end of
World War II , accused of having collaborated with the Nazi occupation force.She was born on 4 November 1903 in Athens to an affluent family, the granddaughter of university professor Stylianos Konstantinidis. She studied philology, phonetics, music and piano at the Great Conservatory of Athens, but began an acting career at the age of seventeen in 1925, in
Luigi Pirandello 's "Six Characters in Search of an Author ". The theatre critic for the "Demokratia" newspaper greeted her performance with the comment that "today the scene acquired a big actor". At the same time, she also performed inOscar Wilde 's "Salome".Her most successful performances during the last part of her career was in the ancient Greek tragedies.
After a twenty-year career on the stage, Eleni Papadaki was murdered on 22 December 1944, during the Dekemvriana events, by Communists accusing her of having collaborated with the German occupiers. She had been denounced by a rival actress.
External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2822401/bio IMDB]
* [http://www.filmfestival.gr/docfestival/2003/uk/process_en.php?movieid=602&eventid=110 a documentary about her shown at the 5th Thessaloniki documentary festival]
* [http://koyinta.gr/index.php?Itemid=67&id=441&option=com_content&task=view]
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