Anna Kyriakou

Anna Kyriakou
Άννα Κυριακού
Born(1929-01-17)17 January 1929
Athens, Greece
Died13 October 2025(2025-10-13) (aged 96)
Athens, Greece
CitizenshipGreece
EducationNational Theatre of Greece Drama School
Occupations
  • Actress
  • writer
Years active1945–2007
EmployerFinos Film
Spouse
Margaritis Apostolidis
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(died 2005)​
Children1

Anna Kyriakou (Greek: Άννα Κυριακού; 17 January 1929 – 13 October 2025) was a Greek actress, known for playing the role of Psyche in 1964 film Zorba the Greek.

Early life and career

Kyriakou was born in Athens on 17 January 1929. She studied at the Drama School of the National Theatre, as well as at the Charles Dullin School in Paris, with Jean Vilar as her teacher. She made her first theatrical appearance as a teenager at the REX Theatre with the Marika Kotopouli company in the play Carmen and collaborated with Manolidou-Pappa, Vassilis Logothetidis, Katerina, Manos Katrakis etc.

In 1953, she collaborated with Dimitris Myrat's company. Returning from Paris, she collaborated in leading roles with the companies of Iliopoulos, Fotopoulos and Alexandrakis. In 1959 she starred in the Piraeus Theatre of Dimitris Rodiris in the plays The Mistress of the Inn, The Marriage of Figaro, and Electra to follow a period of more than 20 years of collaboration with the National Theatre, starting with a great success as Calliope in Temptation by Gregorios Xenopoulos. Her appearance in the cinema was also notable: The Drunkard (1950), Liar Wanted (1961), Bridegroom Urgently Wanted (1971), Safe Sex (1999), Crying... Silicon Tears (2001), Blackmail Boy (2003) etc.

She took part in many TV series, from Him and Him, Our Neighbor and the 1970s Jugerman, to The Three Graces in which she played the legendary Aunt Bebeka. She appeared in a guest role in Constantine’s and Helens, playing the role of Aunt Maro, as well as in Seven Deadly Mothers-in-Law, where she played the evil mother-in-law. Her theatrical repertoire on the radio is particularly rich, in the well-known shows The Theater on the Radio.

Personal life and death

Kyriakou married the architect Margaritis Apostolidis (1921–2005). They had a son, Christos (b. 1955).

Kyriakou died on 13 October 2025, at age 96. Her body was cremated on 15 October 2025.

Filmography

Films with Kyriakou include:

References

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  8. ↑ Group), Radiotileoptiki S. A. (OPEN Digital (1 January 1980). "Άννα Κυριακού: "Κάθε μέρα που περνάει η ζωή μου είναι εφιαλτική"". ΕΘΝΟΣ (in Greek). Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  9. ↑ Παπαγρηγορίου, Στέλιος (13 October 2025). "Πέθανε η ηθοποιός Άννα Κυριακού - Η αγαπημένη «Μπεμπέκα» από τις Τρεις Χάριτες". CNN.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 15 August 2026.
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  11. ↑ Karalis, Vrasidas (2 February 2012). History of Greek Cinema. A&C Black. ISBN 978-1-4411-9447-3.
  12. ↑ "Safe sex (1999) ‒ Greek-Movies". greek-movies.com. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  13. ↑ Kazantzakis, Nikos (23 December 2014). Zorba the Greek. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4767-8281-2.
  14. ↑ Γιαννακοπούλου, Ντόρα (6 July 2015). Μια ζωή σαν πρόβα (in Greek). Εκδόσεις Καστανιώτη. ISBN 978-960-03-5929-9.