Kalliopi Damvergi (Greek: Καλλιόπη Δαμβέργη; 20 December 1926 – 8 March 2024) was a Greek actress of film, stage and television.[1]
Kali Kalo | |
|---|---|
| Καλή Καλό | |
 | |
| Born | Kalliopi Damvergi 20 December 1926 |
| Died | 8 March 2024 (aged 97) Girokomeio, Athens, Greece |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1931–2024 |
| Spouse |
George Mamalakis
(m. 1945; died 1946)Dimitris Valmas
(m. 1957; div. 1959)Kostas Karanikolas
(m. 1959; died 1979) |
| Children | 2 |
Early life and career
editDamvergi was born in Athens in 1926, her origin is from Rethymno, her mother Chrysa was an actress and her father was a pharmaceutical manufacturer.[2]
Damvergi's first appearance in a theater performance was at the age of just three, in Daskalitsa by Dario Nikkontemi, following a decision by Marika Kotopouli,[3] in whose theater her mother performed.[4] Her first real role, however, was at the age of 5, specially written for her by Spyros Melas in his play Dad is Educating, where she achieved great success playing alongside Vassilis Logothetides and the Mousouris couple at the "Aliki" theater.[5][6]
Damvergi studied for many years at the classical ballet school of the Royal (now National) Theater and others. An image of her as a child prodigy was being formed, something like the Shirley Temple of Greece, however her mother's divorce and the war with the occupation interrupted this as mother and daughter began touring with "packs" in the countryside for their survival. Her post-war membership in the KKE led to her arrest in 1947 from the theater, while appearing in the revue "To pardalo katsiki", and to her displacement for six months in Icaria.[7]
Personal life
editKali was married three times, first to Georges Mamalakis from 1945 to 1946. They had a daughter. In 1957, she married Dimitri Valmas until 1959 and that year she married Kostas Karanikolas until 1979.[8] They had a son named Christos who at the age of 13, was seriously injured by an explosion in a chemistry experiment. He died in 1988 at the age of 27.[9][10]
Kalo died in Girokomeio, Athens on 8 March 2024, at the age of 97.[11]
Filmography
edit- Nights in Athens (1954) - Afroditi Barouti
- Love Stories (1959) - Hrysa
- I Want a Forceful Man (1959) - Paulina
- Tmima ithon (1994)
- ...ki avrio mera einai (2001)
References
edit- ^ "Η μυθιστορηματική ζωή και οι πολιτικές απόψεις της Καλής Καλό θα σε μάθουν πολλά για το σήμερα | LiFO". www.lifo.gr (in Greek). 24 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ Rizakē, Eirēnē (2007). Οι "Γραφουσες" Ελληνιδες: σημειωσεις για τη γυναικεια λογιοσυνη του 19ου αιωνα (in Greek). Καταρτι. ISBN 978-960-6671-15-9.
- ^ "Μαρίκα Κοτοπούλη - Καλή Καλό: Δυο μεγάλες κυρίες του θεάτρου με καταγωγή από το Ρέθυμνο". RethNea.gr (in Greek). 26 January 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ Rizakē, Eirēnē (2007). Οι "Γραφουσες" Ελληνιδες: σημειωσεις για τη γυναικεια λογιοσυνη του 19ου αιωνα (in Greek). Καταρτι. ISBN 978-960-6671-15-9.
- ^ "Η μυθιστορηματική ζωή και οι πολιτικές απόψεις της Καλής Καλό θα σε μάθουν πολλά για το σήμερα | LiFO". www.lifo.gr (in Greek). 24 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ Καλο, Καλη (1998). Οσα δεν πηρε ο ανεμος: η αυτοβιογραφια μιας θεατρινας (in Greek). Εκδοσεις Αγρα. ISBN 978-960-325-258-0.
- ^ Όσα δεν πήρε ο άνεμος - Καλή Καλό - 9789603252580 | Protoporia.gr (in Greek).
- ^ "Καλή Καλό: Βρέθηκαν στο σπίτι της τα οστά του γιου της". ekriti.gr (in Greek). 6 July 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Καλή Καλό: "Ο γιος μου "έφυγε" στα 27" – Ένα πείραμα του στοίχισε τη ζωή!". www.i-eidisi.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Η μυθιστορηματική ζωή και οι πολιτικές απόψεις της Καλής Καλό θα σε μάθουν πολλά για το σήμερα | LiFO". www.lifo.gr (in Greek). 24 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Πέθανε η ηθοποιός Καλή Καλό". in.gr (in Greek). 8 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.