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Sperantza Vrana

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Sperantza Vrana
Σπεράντζα Βρανά
Born
Elpida Homatianou

6 February 1928
Died29 September 2009 (aged 81)
Athens, Greece
OccupationActress/Writer
Years active1950–1999

Sperantza Vrana (Greek: Σπεράντζα Βρανά; 6 February 1928 – 29 September 2009) was a Greek actress and writer.

She was born as Elpida[a] Homatianou (Ελπίδα Χωματιανού) in Messolongi on 6 February, either in 1926 or 1932. She wrote several books, with the most famous of them being her autobiography Tolmo (Τολμώ, I Dare). Sperantza Vrana died of a heart attack on 29 September 2009, aged 81.[3]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Film Transliteration and translation Role
1950 Ela sto theio Έλα στο θείο
Come to the Uncle
Nana
1953 To soferaki Το σωφεράκι
The Chauffeur
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1954 The Beauty of Athens Η ωραία των Αθηνών
I orea ton Athinon
Clara
1955 Glenti, lefta ki agapi Γλέντι, λεφτά κι αγάπη Yiouyiou
1955 I Kalpiki lira Η κάλπικη λίρα
The Counterfeit Lira
Maria
1958 Melpo Μέλπω -
1958 Adekaroi erotevomeni Αδέκαροι ερωτευμένοι -
1961 O skliros andras Ο σκληρός άντρας
The Hard Man
Loula
1963 O anipsios mou o Manolis Ο ανιψιός μου ο Μανώλης
My Nephew Manolis
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1965 I Eva den amartisse Η Εύα δεν αμάρτησε Persefoni
1965 Den boroun na mas horisoun Δεν μπορούν να μας χωρίσουν
They Can't Separate Us
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1965 Apokliroi tis koinonias Απόκληροι της κοινωνίας -
1979 O palavos kosmos tou Thanasi Ο παλαβός κόσμος του Θανάση
Thanasi's Mad World
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1984 O glykopseftis
(Video only)
Ο γλυκοψεύτης
The Sweet Liar
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1985 Rambo from Trikala
(Video only)
Ο Ράμπο από τα Τρίκαλα Angela
1999 San to spiti mas
(TV series)
Σαν το σπίτι σας
Feel Like Home
a presenter
1999 Safe Sex Roberta

Notes

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  1. ^ "Elpida" (transliterated from the Greek "Ελπίδα") means "Hope" in English,[1] and in Italian "Speranza".[2]

References

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  1. ^ "The word 'Ελπίδα' in Greek-English lexicon". WordReference.com. WordReference. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  2. ^ "The word 'Hope' in English-Italian lexicon". WordReference.com (in Italian). WordReference. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Πέθανε από ανακοπή καρδιάς η Σπεράντζα Βρανά" [Speranza Vrana died of a heart attack] (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2009-10-02. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
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