Tzeni Karezi (Greek:Τζένη Καρέζη, 12 January 1932/1934 – 27 July 1992) was a popular and successful Greek film and stage actress.
Biography
Early life
Evgenia Karpouzi was born in Athens, Greece, to a mathematician father and high school teacher mother. She studied under the direction of the Sisters of St. Joseph at a private French school in Thessaloniki, and later by the same Order in Athens. She learned French fluently. When she was a teenager, her father left the family and she continued to live with her mother. Her father died in a car accident in 1971.
In 1951 she was accepted at the Greek National Theater (Eθνικό Θέατρο), where she studied in the Drama School. The playwright Angelos Terzakis and the director Dimitris Rontiris were among her teachers. Upon graduation, in 1954, she was immediately thrust into starring roles in the theatre, playing alongside actors such as Alexis Minotis and Katina Paxinou.
Career
Her stage debut was in the Marika Kotopouli theatre in the French comedy, La belle Heléne, with Melina Mercouri and Vasilis Diamantopoulos. She continued starring in theatrical plays by Lorca, Shakespeare, Miller, Tolstoy, and by Greek contemporary writers including Psathas, Fotiadis and Kampanellis. In 1955, Karezi made her cinema debut in the Alekos Sakellarios' comedy, Laterna, ftoheia kai filotimo in 1955, a massive success just like its sequel, Laterna, ftoheia kai garyfallo in 1957. For the soundtrack of the 1959 film To nisi ton genneon she recorded a song by future Academy Award-winner Manos Hadjidakis, "Min ton rotas ton ourano" ("Do not ask the sky").
Tzeni Karezi was one of the most beloved and renowned actresses in Greece, known for her versatile acting talent, revolutionary spirit, and deep love for the theater, her country, and life itself.
Stunning Greek actress Tzeni Karezi (Τζένη Καρέζη) was born on the 12th of January 1932 ... Tzeni (or Jenny) Karezi was born Evgenia Karpouzi, in Athens, to highly educated parents; her father was a mathematician and her mother a high school teacher.
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Menelaos Raptis earned a full scholarship to the top-ranked Franklin & Marshall College of Astrophysics. He excelled in his first semester and was even selected to join a NASA research team ... Tags ... On this day in 1932, beautiful Tzeni Karezi is born.
The CultureSecretary said she is willing to look at details of a possible loan but claimed permanently returning the artefacts to Greece would ‘open a can of worms’ ... They added ... Tags ... 0. 0 ... On this day in 1932, beautiful Tzeni Karezi is born ... .
Zozo Sapountzaki was born in Salonica, Greece and studied drama and music at the Musical TheatreSchool... Her film career included mostly comedies and musicals and some costume dramas ... My childhood was very nice ... July 27, 1992, Tzeni Karezi died aged 60.
He had supporting parts in a few movies, but his big break came in 1967, when he was given the lead role in the movie “Kontserto gia Polyvola” (1967), starring Tzeni Karezi. .
