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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

56

Gender

Female

Birthday

1916-07-13

Day of Death

2004-02-18 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

Piraeus, Greece

Also Known As

Δέσπω Διαμαντίδου

Δεσπω Διαμαντιδου

Despo Diamantidou

Biography

Despoina "Despo" Diamantidou (Greek: Δέσπω Διαμαντίδου; 13 July 1916 – 18 February 2004) was a Greek actress. She appeared in more than seventy films from 1949 to 2003. She played Tatiana in Alan King's summer replacement sitcom, Ivan the Terrible starring Lou Jacobi, which aired on ABC from 21 August to 18 September 1976. Source: Article "Despo Diamantidou" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Acting

Never on Sunday

1960

Never on Sunday

as

Despo

The Red Lanterns

1963

The Red Lanterns

as

Madam Pari

Varieté

1985

Varieté

as

House Owner

Hard Goodbyes: My Father

2002

Hard Goodbyes: My Father

as

Grandmother

Madalena

1960

Madalena

as

Giokari

Love and Death

1975

Love and Death

as

Mother

Acropol

1996

Acropol

as

Antoni's Mother

Wedding like... Greek

1964

Wedding like... Greek

as

Mina's mother

Promise at Dawn

1970

Promise at Dawn

as

Aniela

The Horsemen

1971

The Horsemen

as

Uljan (uncredited)

Lazy like a dog

1963

Lazy like a dog

as

Despoina

Nicky's World

1974

Nicky's World

as

Electra

Make Me A Woman

1965

Make Me A Woman

as

The Lady

Alice in the Navy

1961

Alice in the Navy

as

Aliki's mother

The Fairy Tale Girl

1956

The Fairy Tale Girl

as

Lida's mother

Youth of Athens

1949

Youth of Athens

as

Eleni

Anna's Summer

2001

Anna's Summer

as

María

The Ruthless

1965

The Ruthless

as

Roza

Stefania

1966

Stefania

as

Woman Guard

my father and i

1963

my father and i

as

Mrs. Papas

Betrayed love

1962

Betrayed love

as

Vicky

Loustrakos

1962

Loustrakos

as

Maria's mother

Topkapi

1964

Topkapi

as

Voula

Queen of Clubs

1966

Queen of Clubs

as

Marianthi

Ποτέ Δε Σε Ξέχασα

1962

Ποτέ Δε Σε Ξέχασα

as

Head Seamstress

Made For Each Other

1971

Made For Each Other

as

Group Member

Don't Fall in Love on a Saturday

1962

Don't Fall in Love on a Saturday

as

woman at hospital

Sunday's Date

1960

Sunday's Date

as

Afroditi

Amaryllis

1959

Amaryllis

as

No, Mr. Johnson.

1965

No, Mr. Johnson.

as

Mrs. President

Discorama

Discorama

as

Self

The Notary

The Notary

as

Νικολίνα

Production

Crew

Directing