She studied theatre at Marika Kotopouli's drama school. She worked with Karolos Koun Art Theatre. She played at "Blood Wedding" (Federico García Lorca) and "The glass Menagerie" (Tennessee Williams)in the late forties. She also worked with Mrs Katerina (famous Greek actress at that time) and with Costas Moussourisgroup in the early fifties. In the...
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"Theatre is religion, oh my heart. Don't you ever forget it" said Marika Kotopouli (the Greek actress) to her favourite student Ellie Lambeti.
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Fact
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Discovered and groomed for stardom actress Vera Krouska, a beautiful blonde dancer - turned-actress.
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Although, she lacked a clear pronounciation of the Greek language, she even starred in the musical 'Irma La Douce', with great success.
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Ellie lost some of her sisters from cancer, one from a road accident, and only one sister of her family survived after her death, the ironically named Antigone, after the tragic heroine.
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Ellie's biography by Freddie Germanos became a best seller 13 years after her death.
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Ellie's last theatre performace was as Sarah, in the play Kids of a lesser God, where she performed a mute young woman. In reality, Ellie had lost her voice because of cancer, few months earlier, and she died of the same disease few months after this performance.
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