Anna Fonsou

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.8874

Gender

Female

Birthday

06-Jul-1939

Age

(87 years old)

Place of Birth

Kesariani, Greece

Also Known As
  • Άννα Φόνσου
  • Αννα Φονσου

Anna Fonsou

Biography

Anna Fonsou (Greek: Άννα Φόνσου; born July 6, 1939) is a Greek actress and social activist. Anna Fonsou was born in 1939 in Kaisariani in Greece and grew up in Tinos. She studied at the drama school of Dimitris Rondiris. She studied dance with Rallou Manou and singing with Popi Petrioli. Fonsou made her first theater appearance in 1956 with the troupe of Katerina Andreadi and her first film appearance in 1957 in the movie Το παιδί του δρόμου (The Child of the Street). In 1965, she founded Proskinio together with Alexis Solomos and Aimilios Hourmouzis. In cinema, she played in dozens of films, almost exclusively leading roles, in both dramas and comedies alongside famous comedians such as Thanasis Veggos with whom she co-starred in several films. In the early 1970s, she also did a series of erotic films, mainly directed by Omiros Efstratiadis, which are now considered cult. On television she participated in various series (The Two Orphans, The Ragpickers, etc.) and in theatrical performances on the show The Theater of Monday. She starred at the Lyric Stage in the operetta The Apaches of Athens, and since 2001, she has been part of the National Theatre of Northern Greece. In the 1996 parliamentary elections and the 2000 elections, she was a candidate with the KKE, and in the 2009 and 2012 elections she was a candidate with the PASOK in Athens A. In 1997 she founded charitable foundation "The Actor's House" (Greek: Το σπίτι του Ηθοποιού) to provide housing for impoverished actors, of which she is a president. She produces theatrical performances, the proceeds of which are also donated to "The Actor's House". From 1998 to 2000, she served as president of the Greek Actors Union. In 2016 she was awarded the Nikolaos Karolos prize by the Academy of Athens for her social work related to "The Actor's House". She was married to theater entrepreneur and civil engineer Kostas Paltoglou, architect Nikos Sofianos, and in 1985 to singer-songwriter and composer Takis Bougas until they divorced in 1993.


Credits

Το παιδί του δρόμου Το παιδί του δρόμου (1957) Character: Vassula
A girl, Vassula, learns shortly before marrying her lover, Richard, that the alleged father is actually her uncle. The latter, when the natural daughter died, presented the event as the death of his adoptive daughter. The mother of the girl is still alive and will accompany her to church with her true father.
Ο Τελευταίος Πειρασμός Ο Τελευταίος Πειρασμός (1964) Character: N/A
A highly respected surgeon and University Professor becomes infatuated with a pretty young acrobat he meets accidentally in the park one evening. He quits his practice, dumping all his patients and dedicates his life to offering her a new home, money and his passionate love, also trying to sponsor her stage career in any possible way. She takes all he gives but it’s never enough for her and she doesn’t really have to give back much because the old man is head over heels in love with her.
Ο άγνωστος εκείνης της νύχτας Ο άγνωστος εκείνης της νύχτας (1972) Character: N/A
Aris, a race car driver, meets a guy who looks strikingly similar to him. With obvious curiosity, he tries to find out from his friend Dimitris who this identical "stranger" is. He learns that his name is Kyriakos and that he works in a car repair shop. But Kyriakos, who is connected to Fotini, also learns of Aris's existence, and from his own father he learns that he is his twin brother, who was given up for adoption to a wealthy man, Kaisaris. The latter, as Aris's friend Diana learns, wanted a child to inherit a large fortune. Diana helps Kyriakos become a singer, while at the same time blackmailing Caesar for his strategy. The two brothers eventually find out everything, and Caesar is forced to sabotage Kyriakos' car in order to get him out of the way in the upcoming race...
Τα δίχτυα της ντροπής Τα δίχτυα της ντροπής (1965) Character: N/A
The poor fishermen of a small village in the Evros region are trying to set up a cooperative so that they can resist the relentless exploitation of the merchants who buy their catch for a pittance. Leading the effort is an educated young man, Stefanos, who strives to encourage the fishermen to overcome their hesitation.
Πικρή ζωή Πικρή ζωή (1965) Character: N/A
The disabled Marina (Anna Fonsou) learns with joy that a childhood friend of hers (Phaedon Georgitsis) has returned to Greece as a brilliant doctor, after many years of studying abroad. She remembers the moments they lived, as well as the way another friend of hers (Kostas Karras) and her aunt (Rita Mousouri) pushed them away. Their meeting will dispel the clouds and even give the disabled girl a hope for a cure.
Το Έξυπνο Πουλί Το Έξυπνο Πουλί (1961) Character: Fani
A poor but hardworking and proud young woman falls in love with her boss and manages to save him from many problems troubling his business.
Καθένας Με Την Τρέλλα Του... Καθένας Με Την Τρέλλα Του... (1980) Character: Anna
Three stories everyday madness. A retired headmaster angers me when I see the marks of his granddaughter and soon discovers that most education is dominated by bribing. A civil servant who lives a boring life with his wife and his mother in law, and a woman who has been trying for years to get its land in the city plan!
Ο κλοιός Ο κλοιός (1987) Character: Mary
In the fall of 1948, shortly before the end of the civil war in Greece, six young leftists traveled to Athens, boarded a plane to Thessaloniki, and forced the pilot to fly them to neighboring Yugoslavia, where they would seek political asylum along with other comrades. Their plan went off without a hitch and went down in history as the first hijacking ever.
Πρόκληση Πρόκληση (1971) Character: Isavella
Angelos holds nothing in Greece. His sweetheart married his former friend, the woman who once was his first, killed. Here it is just waiting for disappointment, so all the money he buys a ticket to Australia. But while the young man is waiting for departure in his life to happen a new love experience. A chance meeting with Isabella on the ship that was carrying him to Athens, would be for Angelos another test, would lead to a meeting with the past and will be the key to unlocking the old crime.
Το κορίτσι και το άλογο Το κορίτσι και το άλογο (1973) Character: Julia
A son and his stepmother, without noticing their father/husband peeping at them, make love on a horse. The father, while being a painter, gets inspired and begins a new painting that creates tension between them.
Λυσιστράτη Λυσιστράτη (1972) Character: Myrini
Based on Aristophanes's play, Athenian women band together to encourage their men to stop fighting the Spartans by withholding sex from them when they return from the front.
Το Αγόρι Π' Αγαπώ Το Αγόρι Π' Αγαπώ (1960) Character: Lisa
Liza, a cheeky and mischievous young girl who works in a bookstore, is a fanatical admirer of a great heartthrob and movie star. She barges into his life and turns it upside down, provoking the jealousy of his co-star, with whom he is having an affair.
Υπερήφανοι αετοί Υπερήφανοι αετοί (1971) Character: N/A
The love affair between a squadron leader and a young woman who is involved with agents and saboteurs from foreign countries leads to the exposure of an entire group of spies.
Η ιδιωτική μου ζωή Η ιδιωτική μου ζωή (1971) Character: Anna
A corpse is found at Anna's home, and she must explain the criminal investigator how she spent the night. And one story leads to another.
Περάστε Την Πρώτη Του Μηνός Περάστε Την Πρώτη Του Μηνός (1965) Character: Anna Troupakou
A debt collector persistently pursues a spendthrift young man who owes a lot of money to the company he works for. Although he finds her unbearable at first, he soon falls in love with her.
Ξα μου Ξα μου (2017) Character: N/A
“Xa mou” means “to do whatever I feel like” in the Cretan idiom. Johnny, the film’s main character, is a French man who lives in Crete. He unexpectedly loses his job, but he is reborn when he discovers the small pleasures in everyday life.
Η Παιχνιδιάρα Η Παιχνιδιάρα (1967) Character: Katy Lorentzou
The Mikes family is wealthy son is in love with a poor girl, Katy. The Mikes afraid that his father would not approve their love, so Katy puts forwards a plan to win the favor of the candidate's father in law.
Η Κόμησσα της Φάμπρικας Η Κόμησσα της Φάμπρικας (1969) Character: Effie Tepeherli
A beautiful young woman is arrested by a wonderful policeman, due to her effort to steal letters from a gigolo's house.
Μπαλάντα στο χαμένο σεληνόφως Μπαλάντα στο χαμένο σεληνόφως (2002) Character: N/A
One night, a woman and a man in a house, while outside the city lives and entertains.
Waiting Room Waiting Room (2018) Character: Jenny Nikiforou
Five people wake up in an abandoned warehouse. None of them has any recollection of memory of who they are and how they got there.All of them have to remember and to find a way to get out of this place before it is too late.
Δίψα για ζωή Δίψα για ζωή (1964) Character: Katerina
Katerina is a spoiled rich woman who spends her time playing with the men who surround her. Only herself and her parents know she is dying and that the first possible emotion will be fatal.She knows that the first time she will love will be the last one and so he is not given to anyone until he meets Stephanos.
Ένας Άνθρωπος Παντός Καιρού Ένας Άνθρωπος Παντός Καιρού (2004) Character: Self
An approach to the phenomenon of Thanasis Vengos, the man and the artist, through film excerpts, testimonies of his collaborators and relatives and analyses of his symbolic role in the post-war modern Greek reality. Thanasis Vengos, for more than fifty years, was one of the most important actors in Greece. His films and lines are written in history, raising more than three generations of Greeks.
Δέκα μέρες στο Παρίσι Δέκα μέρες στο Παρίσι (1962) Character: Aleka Zepa
Two men intend to make a "secret" trip to Paris alone and live it up in order to escape the stranglehold of their wives.
Ο Απίθανος Ο Απίθανος (1970) Character: Daisy Karali
Thomas, the owner of an electrical appliances store, is having business problems due to his short-fuse temper and bad luck.
Οργή Οργή (1962) Character: N/A
With hatred burning inside her black heart, a mean-spirited woman wants to have nothing to do with her polar opposite half-sister. Then, a car accident sets the stage for revenge, and no one is safe from harm. Can someone appease her rage?
Ο Στρατής παραστράτησε Ο Στρατής παραστράτησε (1969) Character: Dora Galati
Poor and unappreciated writer besieged by producer of cinema to give consent for turning a book into a movie.
Ένας Δον Ζουάν για Κλάματα Ένας Δον Ζουάν για Κλάματα (1960) Character: Gina Kalomiri
A wealthy man is responsible for his friend’s daughter, who has come to Athens to study. The girl messes up his life and soon falls in love with him. Although he behaves like a father to her, he is tempted and jealous and flirts with her in front of a charming classmate of her, who is also interested in the girl.
Η Δίκη Ενός Αθώου Η Δίκη Ενός Αθώου (1969) Character: N/A
At the beginning of his trial, the accused Vassilis Doranis takes account of the events that brought him to the dock. From a very young age, he did everything for his younger brother, Mimis, sacrificing his own career to study the other. Mimis, instead of looking at his studies and lessons, preferred to spend his time in fun and entertainment. He went on to do the same prodigious life, and when he went to post-graduate studies in Germany, and when he returned, he even did not hesitate to cast himself on Anna, his brother's girlfriend. Vassilis had forgiven him for all this and reached up to the point of admitting that he was the drunk driver who dragged someone and left him helpless, dying in the middle of the road. For this criminal negligence of his brother, Vasilis is now in the dock, but he does not regret his choice. The one who regrets is Mimis, who gets angry at the court and assumes his responsibilities, admitting his guilt.
Όλοι οι άνδρες ειναι ίδιοι Όλοι οι άνδρες ειναι ίδιοι (1966) Character: Kalliopi
Polyxeni becomes enraged when she finds her husband flirting with their maid. After dismissing the girl, she leaves her husband and goes to live at her parents' house. There, however, by chance, her former maid comes to work as a domestic helper. Polyxeni's father, brother, son-in-law, a naval officer, and two of his sailors fall in love with the maid, leading to misunderstandings and comical situations.
Αυτό το κάτι άλλο! Αυτό το κάτι άλλο! (1963) Character: Nana Panariou
An unorganized and spoiled guy, Telis Partalis, who is only cut off for his amusement, is squandering all of his father's possessions in feasts and cartogangers. His sister, Ellie, a tasty girl and a serious lawyer, as well as Julie's rich aunt, do their utmost to avert this situation but telis is not at all aware of his own misery. His aunt is forcing him to get engaged to the wealthy Nana, who in turn is a fanatic of the spree and has the ability to bail him out of debt. They once realize that Telis has fallen to the clutches of the deft who, led by the impostor Stelios, want to take away even the factory he has inherited. Then they all buckle together, even his sister and Nana, so they take down the bad guys. The factory survives, the hero's mind is somewhat "coagulates" and the love that arises between dues and nanas seals the happy ending.
Διαβόλου κάλτσα Διαβόλου κάλτσα (1961) Character: Rena
Tonis and Rena are loved, but their uncles have objections, as they are deadly competitors in the field of swimwear marketing. Rena's uncle promotes a modern swimsuit, while Toni's uncle is a fan of the classic line. The two young men decide to steal ..
Κυνηγημένοι εραστές Κυνηγημένοι εραστές (1972) Character: Samantha
Under the scorching sun of the rugged Greek countryside, the young star-crossed lovers, Aggelos and Irini, dare to dream of a better future in dazzling but faceless Athens. Amid fear and prejudice, the couple has planned everything down to the last detail; however, the lack of money, and a momentary lapse of judgment, will condemn the two companions to a life of misery, as every police officer from their small village to the bustling capital is already informed of Aggelos' crime. Now, they have no other choice but to swallow their pride and hide. But, the road to Athens is long and perilous, and only God knows what dangers lie ahead. Will the runaway lovers ever find happiness?
Νυμφίος ανύμφευτος Νυμφίος ανύμφευτος (1967) Character: Souzy Basi
A kind-hearted teacher saves a girl from suicide and takes her into his home. However, he is newly married and the next day he leaves with his wife for their honeymoon. On the train, he encounters the same girl. The situation quickly becomes complicated, his wife becomes suspicious, and many misunderstandings arise.
Ποιος Θανάσης! Ποιος Θανάσης! (1969) Character: Stella
A kindhearted owner of a shop falls in love with the girl he hires and, eventually, he finds out who tricks him and who really loves him.
Το Αγοροκόριτσο Το Αγοροκόριτσο (1959) Character: Aleka
Refusing to realise that she has become a lovely sixteen-year-old woman, a gawky tomboy taunts her bookish neighbour. But, the effervescent feelings of first love start to take over. Will she renounce her former self for love's sake?
Ο Φανούρης και το σόι του Ο Φανούρης και το σόι του (1957) Character: Ελενίτσα
A good-natured paterfamilias who is struggling to make ends meet rests his hopes on his successful expatriate brother to finally see their older sister get married. However, is the wealthy sibling willing to help?
Ο Αρχιψεύταρος Ο Αρχιψεύταρος (1971) Character: Dafne Porter
Achilleas, who works together with his friend Paminos at Prokopis’ gas station, tries, via correspondence, to find a rich woman from abroad to marry and, in this way, hit the jackpot.
Διακοπές στο Βιετνάμ Διακοπές στο Βιετνάμ (1971) Character: Froso
Returning from a 3 year captivity in Vietnam, a kind chemist finds his wife married to his boss who has become rich due to his invention.
Πιο θερμή και από τον ήλιο Πιο θερμή και από τον ήλιο (1972) Character: Eleana
Eleana is a prostitute who appears to have been abused when she was younger. During her daily encounters with various clients, she meets a young labourer called Christos whom she momentarily tries to develop a normal relationship with. Old habits die hard and she soon hits the streets again but it's too late, Christos has become infatuated with Eleana and plans to marry her. Gradually, the pressure and stress of the situation starts to take it's toll on Eleana's sanity and leads to a surreal, nightmarish climax!



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