Aliki Vougiouklaki
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| Native name | Αλίκη Σταματίνα Βουγιουκλάκη |
| Born |
Aliki Stamatina Vougiouklaki 20 July 1934 Marousi, Attica and Boeotia Prefecture, Greece |
| Died | 23 July 1996 (aged 62) Athens, Greece |
| Resting place | Athens, Greece |
| Occupation | Film and stage actress; singer |
| Years active | 1952–1996 |
| Spouse(s) |
Dimitris Papamichail (1965–1975) Giorgos Iliadis (early 1980s-1982) |
| Children | Yiannis Papamichail (b. 1969) |
Aliki Stamatina Vougiouklaki (Greek: Αλίκη Σταματίνα Βουγιουκλάκη; 20 July 1934 – 23 July 1996) was a Greek actress, best known for her films and theatrical plays, and theatrical producer. She was one of the most popular actresses in Greece, and was given the title of the "National Star" of Greece. Theatrically she has mostly created renditions of widely known Broadway musicals as well as Greek tragedy plays. She died after fighting pancreatic cancer at the age of 62.
Vougiouklaki was born in Marousi. Daughter of Emmy Koumoundourou and Ioannis Vougiouklakis, who was the provincial governor of Arcadia in the Peloponnese during the war and was executed by the resistance organization ELAS as a collaborator. She had two brothers, Takis Vougiouklakis (film director) and Antonis (an architect).
As a student, she used to participate in school plays which eventually led her to an acting career. In 1952, she secretly auditioned for National Theatre of Greece, passed the exams and started attending the classes. She graduated 3 years later with Very Good, after receiving Very Good by just one teacher of hers, when the rest of them gave her an Excellent.
Her first theatrical role was in The Imaginary Invalid, Molière, in 1953, while her first movie was in 1954, called The Little Mouse. She appeared in 42 movies, mostly musicals, television programs and theatre productions. She co-starred with Dimitris Papamichail in most of the movies and in a number of theatrical plays.
She received the prize for lead woman's role at the inaugural Greek Cinema Festival in Thessaloniki in 1960 for her starring role in Mantalena, while the movie Ipolochagos Natassa. (1970) is the biggest box office success in Greek Cinema. The following two also belong to her.
In 1961 she established her own theater company and presented successful theatrical plays. In 1962 she was contracted to star in Finos Films' English language film Aliki, My love (also known as Aliki). It premiered in London in June 1963, June 1963 in New York, and in Athens in 1964. It didn't receive the expected success. This failure to break it internationally was the reason she never again attempted an "international movie star" career.
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