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Ekaterini "Katia" Dandoulaki (Greek: Κάτια Δανδουλάκη; born May 16, 1948) is a Greek theatre, television and film actress. She is best known for her role as protagonist Virna Drakou on the Greek television series Lampsi in the 1990s. Katia also starred in the series I Zoi tis Allis, which surpassed 70% of the ratings and in Vals me 12 Theous in 2012 with at least 60% ratings on the Ant1 network. It was the 2012 record for the network.




Biography


She was the spouse of the Greek intellectual, translator, writer Marios Ploritis, who translated many of her plays, until his death in 2006.
Dandoulaki studied English at Boston University for one year (1968) and speaks English fluently.




Career


Katia Dandoulaki starred in many popular Greek films, like Papaflessas (1971) with Dimitris Papamichael. She played the role of Marmo Panteou, a young wife, in the classic TV series Oi Pantheoi (1977), based on a classic novel by Tassos Athanassiadis. During the 1990s she starred as Virna Drakou in the popular Greek soap opera of Nikos Foskolos Lampsi.
She also played Maria Callas in Terrence McNally's Master Class, and Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire. She was one of the lead stars in the TV series Istera irthan oi melisses (2000), directed by Yiannis Koutsomitis. It was one of the few successes that ET1, the state TV channel, had during that period. During the 2001-2002 season she played Emma in the classic Pinter play Betrayal. It was a big success, and directed by Stamatis Fasoulis. Her co-stars were S. Zalmas and K. Konstantopoulos.
Subsequently, she worked on Vera sto Dexi, as a main character, until 2007.
After Vera sto Dexi, a TV series from MEGA CHANNEL, she worked on the TV series I Zoi Tis Allis as main character airing at the same channel.
In 2019, she started acting in Agries Melisses a dramatic TV series from ANTENNA CHANNEL.




Katia Dandoulaki Theatre


Katia Dandoulaki has a theatre named after her in Athens. The modern theatre of Katia Dandoulaki resulted from the remodelling of the third floor of a commercial complex of entertainment halls built in the 1960s. In particular, the 1000 m2 area of the Superstar Theatre was completely remodelled. It is a work by architect Katerina Thanou.
The theatre proper has 500 stalls on an inclined level and a stage 200 m2 with a revolving section which offered the possibility of multiple uses. The foyer, with an area of 250 m2, is on two levels and includes a bar, bookshop, lounge and a small exhibition area in the loft.




Theatrical filmography






= 1966–1979

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Madame sans-gene/ Victorien Sardou
Irkutsk story/ Alexei Arbuzov
The Little Foxes/ Lillian Helman
Un Amour fou/ Andre Roussin
I want to see Musov/ Marty Feldman
Panoria/ George Hortatsis
Life is a Dream/ Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Miss Julie/ August Strindberg
The School for Wives/ Jean Molière
Poor Marik/ Alexei Arbuzov
Private Lives/ Noël Coward
Ring Rround the Moon/ Jean Anouilh




= 1979–1985

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Anna Karenina/ Leo Tolstoy
Arms and the Man/ George Bernard Shaw
It had to be you/ Renée Taylor & Josheph Bologna
Ciao
The Heiress/ Ruth & August Goetz
Extrimities/ William Mastrosimone
As You Desire Me/ Luigi Pirandello
Anatol/ Arthur Snitchler
Dream girl/ Elmer Rice
To clothe the naked/ Luigi Pirandello
Nan (Henceforward)/ Alan Ayckbourn
Bell, book and candle/ John Van Druten
The day after the fair/ Thomas Hardy (based on the novel "on the western circuit")
The seagull/ Anton Chekhov (1993)
Jordan / Anna Reynolds & Moira Buffini (1993)
Creditors/ August Strindberg (1994)




= 1995–present

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The Cherry Orchard/ Anton Chekhov (1995–1996)
A servant of two masters/ Carlo Goldoni (1996–1997)
Master Class/ Terrence McNally (1997–1998)
A Streetcar Named Desire/ Tennessee Williams (1998–1999)
Sauce for the Goose/ Georges Feydeau (1999–2000)
Jordan/ Anna Reynolds & Moira Buffini (2000)
It had to be you/ Renée Taylor & Josheph Bologna (2000–2001)
Betrayal/ Harold Pinter (2001–02)
Chapter Two/ Neil Simon (2002–2003)
I'm staying near the restaurant: Late to get married, early to die/ Edvard Radzinski (2003–2004)
Three Sisters/ Anton Chekhov (2004–2005)
Witness for the Prosecution/ (2005–2006)




= National Theatre of Greece Productions

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A Month in the Country / Ivan Turgenev (1984)
Lysistrata/ Aristophanes (summer 1997)




Television and film work


"Agries Melisses" (2019–2021) TV series as Aneta "Anet" Sevastou
"4xxx4" (2016–2017) TV series as Parthenia Ralli
"Orkos Siopis" (2014-2015) TV series as Alexandra Aslani
"To Spiti tis Emmas" (2013–2014) TV series as Ioulia Paxinou
"Dancing With The Stars (2012–2015) - Judge
"Vals me Dodeka Theous" (2012–2014) TV series
"I Zoi tis Allis" (2009–2012) TV series as Katia Kallifatidi
"Vera Sto Dexi" (2004–2007) TV series as Claire
"Leni" (2003) TV series as Eleni
"Istera irthan oi melisses" (2000) TV series as Despina
"Lampsi, I" (1991–1998) TV series as Virna Drakou
Sweet Country (1987) as Sister Mathilde
"A.D." (1985) (mini) TV series as Octavia
Greek Language and People (1983) BBC Greek learning series as herself
Tragoudi tis epistrofis, To (1983)
"Athlioi ton Athinon, Oi" (1980) TV series as Mariora
"Pantheoi, Oi" (1977) TV series as Marmo Pantheou
1000 hronia prin (1977) (TV)
Agnostos stratiotis (1976) as Myrto
Sta dyktia tou tromou (1975)
Daimonismeni, I (1975) as Eleni Stavrianou
Gios mou, o Stefanos, O (1975) as Hristina
"O Hristos xanastavronetai " (1975) TV series as Maryori
"O Asterismos ton likon " (1974) TV series
"Alithines istories" (1974) TV series
Epikindini nychta (1974)
Lesviakos Avgoustos (1974) as Angeliki
Okei, file (1974)
Sfalma (1974)
Polemistai tis eirinis (1973)
Sta diktia tis arahnis (1973)
Boom, tara!!! Ta tzoum!!! (1972) as Lefkippi
Ippokratis kai dimokratia (1972)
Os tin teleftaia stygmi (1972)
Souliotes (1972)
Olokaftoma, To (1971)
Megali stigmi tou '21: Papaflessas, I (1971)




References


https://web.archive.org/web/20091022002545/http://geocities.com/katia4ever/katia_bio2.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20091021182114/http://geocities.com/katia4ever/katia_theatre2.html




External links


Katia Dandoulaki at IMDb
https://web.archive.org/web/20091027000022/http://geocities.com/katia4ever/

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