Mairi Hronopoulou

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.6485

Gender

Female

Birthday

16-Jul-1933

Age

(93 years old)

Place of Birth

Athens, Greece

Also Known As
  • Μαίρη Χρονοπούλου
  • Mary Chronopoulou
  • Χρονοπουλου Μαιρη

Mairi Hronopoulou

Biography

Mary Chronopoulou (Greek: Μαίρη Χρονοπούλου; 16 July 1933 - 6 Octomber 2023) was a Greek actress. She was one of the most popular actresses of the 1960s. She starred in many films, 16 of which were produced by Finos Film. She was one of the main protagonists of Greek theatre and cinema. She was born and raised in Athens. She graduated from the National Theatre School, where she appeared in dance groups and in ancient dramas. In 1957 she began collaborating with the independent theatre, performing at the Acropolis in the plays by Alekos Sakellarios-Christos Giannakopoulos “The Lady” and “Romance of a Maid”. She first appeared in cinema as an extra in Dinos Dimopoulos’ Happy Beginning in 1954, when she was still a student. In 1958 she took a small role in Michael Cacoyannis’ The Last Lie. From 1963 onwards, she starred in dozens of dramatic films by Finos Film, and not only, in the roles of a damsel and a femme fatale, alongside all the male protagonists of the era, such as Nikos Kourkoulos, Phaedon Georgitsis, Dimitris Papamichael, Giorgos Fountas and Alekos Alexandrakis. Among these social and dramatic films, she also appeared in three successful musicals by Yannis Dalianidis: The Sea Beads, A Lady with a Bouzouki and Mermaids and Guys. In the period 1967-1968, she won the Critics' Association Award for Best Leading Actress. In her theatrical career, she collaborated with all the major troupes of Athens. In 1972 she formed her own troupe, with which she staged the plays: "What Time Will You Come Back, Penelope" by Somerset Maugham and "A Hot Girl" by Iakovos Kambanelis. She also had important performances in the new Greek cinema, such as in Theodoros Angelopoulos' films The Hunters and Journey to Kythera, while she won the Best Actress award at the Thessaloniki Festival with the film The Swallow's Children by Kostas Vrettakos, in 1987. On June 16, 2021, Mary Chronopoulou was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the IRIS Awards Ceremony by the Hellenic Film Academy. She passed away on October 6, 2023, at the age of 90.


Credits

Ο Ζιγκολό της Αθήνας Ο Ζιγκολό της Αθήνας (1982) Character: Savvina
A zigolo falls victim to a well-intentioned plan that aims to incriminate him for killing a foreign agent.
Καθένας Με Την Τρέλλα Του... Καθένας Με Την Τρέλλα Του... (1980) Character: journalist
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!
Πανικός στα Σχολεία Πανικός στα Σχολεία (1982) Character: Biki (reporter)
When he loses his son from overdose, in his school, the outraged father will look for the villains responsible for the loss of his child. At the same time, a journalist covers the narrative report on drugs in schools. With her help, the father will discover the gang leader with whom traded smuggled drinks for himself.
Savage Hunt Savage Hunt (1980) Character: Irene
An American photographer unwittingly brings footage of torture by the Greek military junta into the USA along with proof of America's involvement in it.He's pursued by inept and heavy handed henchmen leaving a trail of bloody and brutal murders in their wake.
Οι Θαλασσιές οι Χάντρες Οι Θαλασσιές οι Χάντρες (1967) Character: Sofia
A feud develops between a taverna with bouzoukia and a club next door that plays modern music.
Η Κύπρος στις φλόγες Η Κύπρος στις φλόγες (1964) Character: N/A
This is the film Crete in Flames, with some changes made to exploit a true story – it is about the kidnapping of Tasoula Vardinoyannis by Yannis Kefalogiannis –, a story that had shocked and fascinated the entire Greek nation, and had received widespread publicity. The Battle of Crete and the legendary resistance of the brave Cretan people against the German occupiers who invaded the island en masse by air in 1942.
Το Παρελθόν Μιας Γυναίκας Το Παρελθόν Μιας Γυναίκας (1968) Character: Anna
A nightclub singer is forced to shoot her ex-boyfriend, who has escaped from prison and is blackmailing her for money. Believing him to be dead, the girl decides to leave and start her life anew. She marries a wealthy gentleman, who is unaware of her past, and together they have a baby girl. One day, however, an old friend – who, by a devilish coincidence, is also her husband’s brother – will return, threatening to reveal everything about her past.
Εν ονόματι του νόμου Εν ονόματι του νόμου (1970) Character: Tonia Evelpidi
A traumatised Korean War veteran is accused of arson and murder. Now, the deceased's criminal attorney daughter is determined to send him in prison, even though he claims he's innocent. Will she destroy a man in the name of the law?
Κοινωνία Ώρα Μηδέν Κοινωνία Ώρα Μηδέν (1966) Character: Lia
A formerly heroic air force pilot, now an alcoholic loser with a failed marriage, is appointed by his older brother in the Ministry of Commerce to investigate a tragic plane crash that killed 28 people. As he goes through the motions in an alcoholic daze, he gradually comes to realize that the wreck was due to criminal negligence and failure to follow mandatory safety regulations.
Ο Ποδόγυρος Ο Ποδόγυρος (1980) Character: Stefania Stavrpoulou
At a luxurious hotel various women spend their summer holidays trying, each one in her own way, to find the love of their life or solve the problems of a love affair. Through various misunderstandings and amusing incidents, the women find what they are looking for, with the help of luck and their female instinct.
Μια Κυρία Στα Μπουζούκια Μια Κυρία Στα Μπουζούκια (1968) Character: Elena Apergi
Three brothers watched as pupil their sister and only trust George, their teammate from the football club where they play. George loves her secretly but not admitting to respect the trust
Η Γυναικοκρατία Η Γυναικοκρατία (1973) Character: Eleni
According to an old custom in a Greek village women taking power for one day a year. But what happens when they refuse to give it up?
Το Τεμπελόσκυλο Το Τεμπελόσκυλο (1963) Character: Boubi Pelekanou
A lazy and wasteful slacker who enjoys living off his hard-working brother reluctantly accepts to work as a debt collector. Now, he is in love, and for once in his life, he is good at something. Can the boss' daughter straighten him out?
Φτώχεια και αριστοκρατία Φτώχεια και αριστοκρατία (1959) Character: Mairi
Through the narration of a tenant of a block of flats on 288 Stournara street, we watch the everyday stories of people living in the city, their problems, their comic situations and their love affairs.
Τα Κόκκινα Φανάρια Τα Κόκκινα Φανάρια (1963) Character: Mary Pana
The inextricably intertwined stories of five sex workers who live in a brothel at Pireas harbor.
Η Ζούγκλα των Πόλεων Η Ζούγκλα των Πόλεων (1970) Character: Nelli Rokou
Athens, 1964. A police reporter, Nikos Avgeris, has the journalistic mission to cover a suspected car crash that killed a senior state official. His investigation reveals that the victim was responsible for the financial control of a large building organization and that he was being used to cover the illegality of his administration. This organization had abused much of the money earmarked for the erection of homes for homeless war wounded, and is now very much annoyed by the revelations of Augustus. This is why they try to close his mouth, but he is not hurt and continues the investigation. Augustus reaches the end, revealing everything and clearing up yet another dirty affair.
Οι κυνηγοί Οι κυνηγοί (1977) Character: Diamantis' Wife
During a hunting party on New Year's Eve 1976, five representatives of the bourgeoisie encounter with their companion the body of a partisan from the Civil War of the late forties. What they are most confused about is the fact that the corpse that lies at their feet is still bleeding…
Το Τελευταίο Ψέμα Το Τελευταίο Ψέμα (1958) Character: Chloe's friend
A daughter discovers her wealthy family is actually on the verge of bankruptcy and decides to charm a millionaire for his money in marriage. Soon she is torn between living a lie and keeping up appearances.
Ορατότης Μηδέν Ορατότης Μηδέν (1970) Character: Hristina Richter
Angelos Kreouzis (Nikos Kourkoulos) survives a shipwreck and reveals to the committee in charge that the disaster was not an accident, but the consequence of the neglect of the ship by those responsible.
Χωρίς Ταυτότητα Χωρίς Ταυτότητα (1962) Character: Jeanette Pavlidi
Giannis (Alekos Alexandrakis) pretends to be the lost son of the Mavroleontos family. The mother (Vaso Metaxa) is happy with the return of her son. Her daughter Liana (Zoe Laskari) is also happy, and Giannis falls in love with her. Liana’s cousin Zanet (Mary Chronopoulou) tries to kill Liana so that she can claim the family fortune, but in the end she injures Giannis.
Η Λεωφόρος του Μίσους Η Λεωφόρος του Μίσους (1968) Character: Sofia Veneti
An unconscious driver fatally injures a woman and leaves her helpless to die. The victim was the wife of investigator Kostas Kyriazis, who, six years later, is called upon to solve a similar incident. He will not be able to perform his work without emotional involvement and passion, as he leads to the conclusion that the driver being treated is the same as the person responsible for the death of his wife.
Δάκρυα Για Την Ηλέκτρα Δάκρυα Για Την Ηλέκτρα (1966) Character: Lina Petridi
Intent on hurting herself, a beautiful but desperate daughter crashes her car on the day of her mother's wedding, unfolding a tragic tale of love, deception, and murder behind the closed doors of a wealthy family.
Τα παιδιά της Χελιδόνας Τα παιδιά της Χελιδόνας (1987) Character: Foteini
A journalist (Alekos Alexandrakis), working together with a young director (Peris Michailidis), tries to gather information about a family that was separated due to political turmoil. They locate some of its members, who tell their dramatic stories that began with the Civil War. The two men’s search is interrupted when a key person refuses to speak
Ιπποκράτης Και Δημοκρατία Ιπποκράτης Και Δημοκρατία (1972) Character: Aspasia
The father of medical in Kos, Hippocrates, believes that illnesses can be treated with medicines and herbs instead of prayers and comes into conflict with the medical establishment of the island. Leaving Kos, he goes to Athens, where he is called to face a plague for save the city.
Κραυγή Κραυγή (1964) Character: Anna
Sergeant George Merkos is so absorbed in his duties that he never finds the time to meet the relatives of Anna, the girl he loves. Instead of going to her house, he chose to arrest a criminal and then go to the villa of Julia, a middle-aged woman who was found dead. The sergeant's suspicions turn to the murdered woman's young husband, Alekos Petratos, but he has a solid alibi. The meticulous Merkos finally refutes Petratos' alibi, but shows excessive zeal in arresting Dimitris Naskos, whom he mistakenly believes to be the rapist of a young woman. Dimitris, who is Anna's half-brother, is killed while trying to escape, and Merkos is forced to resign, losing Anna forever.
Αδίστακτοι Αδίστακτοι (1965) Character: Stella
After his release from prison, Stathis visits a private investigator, Othonas, whom he had assigned many years ago to find his mother, who has been missing from the time of the German Occupation. When he meets Othonas, however, they quarrel because the detective hadn’t worked seriously enough on the case. Afterwards, Stathis takes control of his old gang again and sets up a few new scams, selling dreams and hopes to simple people. He soon realizes that he has lost his old love, Vana, who, while he was in prison, had become involved with his second-in- command, Michalis. Nevertheless, his bitterness is softened by Stella, Vana’s sister, who works at the Red Cross. He falls for her, and she responds in kind.
Ψωμί για ένα Δραπέτη Ψωμί για ένα Δραπέτη (1967) Character: N/A
Giovanni, an Italian soldier, finds refuge in the home of two weary women, who are sisters. The Germans are looking for him, but one sister falls in love with him and hides him. The other, having lost two sons in the Greek-Italian war, betrays him to the Germans. Her sister, however, with the help of fellow villagers and rebels, saves him from the clutches of his pursuers. The woman who betrayed the Italian finds redemption by committing suicide.
The Naked Brigade The Naked Brigade (1965) Character: Katina
A British girl is trapped on the island of Crete when the Germans invade it.
Όταν Η Πόλις Πεθαίνει Όταν Η Πόλις Πεθαίνει (1969) Character: Paola
In a maternity hospital observed unusually high number of abortions. The authorities are conducting investigations into their suppliers drug Prolouton Prosilon. Mars Ragkousis is the leader of the gang that sells illegal drugs. The girlfriend of actor, Gella, not knowing where they come from the money with which filmed the new movie. Her acquaintance with the young doctor Claus, would reveal the true face of Ragousi.
Ταξίδι στα Κύθηρα Ταξίδι στα Κύθηρα (1984) Character: Voula
An old communist returning to Greece after 32 years in the Soviet Union is disillusioned with the state of things.
Προς την Ελευθερία Προς την Ελευθερία (1996) Character: Nina Horn
An actress who shone during the "golden age" of Greek cinema now lives far from the limelight, almost isolated, with only a few friends for company. Her decision to return to the stage, following a proposal from an old colleague, will bring her into contact with younger people, but also with ghosts from the past that haunt her, prompting her to reevaluate her attitude toward her desires and life.
Πολύ Αργά για Δάκρυα Πολύ Αργά για Δάκρυα (1968) Character: N/A
Alexis abandons his fiancée Irene when he realizes that her family no longer has the wealth it was once famous for, which he had hoped would cover the debts he incurred through gambling. He is charmed by a singer, Veta, while previously the father of the singer in question had taken his money in an organized plan of revenge on the part of Eirini's family, for whom Veta's mother worked as a domestic helper. Eirini marries a former employee of her family, who now has his own mines and who has been in love with her for a long time. However, she will abandon him, while he will give up everything to work in a quarry. There, Eirini will meet him, remorseful.
Γοργόνες και Μάγκες Γοργόνες και Μάγκες (1968) Character: Flora
Petros, a race car driver and son of a construction mogul, hears about an island with promising business opportunities. He tells his father, they have to buy land there but Flora, a night club owner also learns about it and arrives at the island before him. Their competition disturbs the peaceful lives of the island's residents. Marina, the daughter of the local restaurant owner falls in love with Petros while Flora charms the men of the island and especially Nicolas, causing his fiance's jealousy. She on the other hand falls for Iasonas, the son of the island's Lady who worries about the outcome of these events.
Το Χώμα Βάφτηκε Κόκκινο Το Χώμα Βάφτηκε Κόκκινο (1966) Character: Eirini
Two rival brothers vie for the same woman against the backdrop of peasant revolts in their Greek homeland. In Thessaly in 1907, a man incites the poor farmers to take over the land they work for the benefit of the landowners. Odysseus (Nikos Kourkoulos), the son of one such landowner (Manos Katrakis), refuses to clash with the farmers.
Ο Φόβος Ο Φόβος (1966) Character: Mrs. Kanali
In this disturbing family drama, a prosperous middle-aged farmer takes up gambling and whoring at the expense of his devoted second wife. Meanwhile, his son the pervert becomes fascinated with the family's maid, a deaf-mute.



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