
Anna Fonsou
Acting • Born 1939-07-06
Biography
Anna Fonsou (Greek: Άννα Φόνσου; born July 6, 1939) is a Greek actress and social activist. Anna Fonsou was born in 1939 in Kaisariani in Greece and grew up in Tinos. She studied at the drama school of Dimitris Rondiris. She studied dance with Rallou Manou and singing with Popi Petrioli. Fonsou made her first theater appearance in 1956 with the troupe of Katerina Andreadi and her first film appearance in 1957 in the movie Το παιδί του δρόμου (The Child of the Street). In 1965, she founded Proskinio together with Alexis Solomos and Aimilios Hourmouzis. In cinema, she played in dozens of films, almost exclusively leading roles, in both dramas and comedies alongside famous comedians such as Thanasis Veggos with whom she co-starred in several films. In the early 1970s, she also did a series of erotic films, mainly directed by Omiros Efstratiadis, which are now considered cult. On television she participated in various series (The Two Orphans, The Ragpickers, etc.) and in theatrical performances on the show The Theater of Monday. She starred at the Lyric Stage in the operetta The Apaches of Athens, and since 2001, she has been part of the National Theatre of Northern Greece. In the 1996 parliamentary elections and the 2000 elections, she was a candidate with the KKE, and in the 2009 and 2012 elections she was a candidate with the PASOK in Athens A. In 1997 she founded charitable foundation "The Actor's House" (Greek: Το σπίτι του Ηθοποιού) to provide housing for impoverished actors, of which she is a president. She produces theatrical performances, the proceeds of which are also donated to "The Actor's House". From 1998 to 2000, she served as president of the Greek Actors Union. In 2016 she was awarded the Nikolaos Karolos prize by the Academy of Athens for her social work related to "The Actor's House". She was married to theater entrepreneur and civil engineer Kostas Paltoglou, architect Nikos Sofianos, and in 1985 to singer-songwriter and composer Takis Bougas until they divorced in 1993.
Filmography
48 credits
Υποψήφιοι βουλευτές και βουλευτίνες
Movie • 1980
Καίτη

The Noose
Movie • 1987
Mary

Bitter life
Movie • 1965

The Two Faces of Love
Movie • 1972
Eleana

Lysistrata
Movie • 1972
Myrini

Provocation
Movie • 1971
Isavella

10 Days in Paris
Movie • 1962
Aleka Zepa

Holidays in Vietnam
Movie • 1971
Froso

The Clever Bird
Movie • 1961
Fani

The Countess of Fabrica
Movie • 1969
Effie Tepeherli

The Playful Girl
Movie • 1967
Katy Lorentzou

The Child of the Street
Movie • 1957
Vassula

Stratis Has Strayed
Movie • 1969
Dora Galati

A Pitiful Don Juan
Movie • 1960
Gina Kalomiri

Sharp as a Needle
Movie • 1961
Rena

Xamou
Movie • 2017

Love on a Horse
Movie • 1973
Julia

The Trial of an Innocent
Movie • 1969

Anger
Movie • 1962

Who Thanasis!
Movie • 1969
Stella

All Men Are the Same
Movie • 1966
Kalliopi

Thirst for Life
Movie • 1964
Katerina

Unmarried Groom
Movie • 1967
Souzy Basi

The Incredible
Movie • 1970
Daisy Karali

King of Liars
Movie • 1971
Dafne Porter

Fanouris and His Kin
Movie • 1957
Ελενίτσα

Spend the first of the month
Movie • 1965
Anna Troupakou

That Something... Else!
Movie • 1963
Nana Panariou

Waiting Room
Movie • 2018
Jenny Nikiforou

The Last Temptation
Movie • 1964

The Tomboy
Movie • 1959
Aleka

Image of Love
Movie • 1972
Samantha

Ballad of the Lost Moonlight
Movie • 2002

Each With Their Own Madness...
Movie • 1980
Anna

Η Επιστροφή της Μήδειας
Movie • 1968

The stranger of that night
Movie • 1972

Οι ένοχοι
Movie • 1966
Hristina

Αύριο θα ξέρουμε
Movie • 1997
Soso

Proud eagles
Movie • 1971

Athens after midnight
Movie • 1968

The Boy that I Love
Movie • 1960
Lisa

The Nets of Shame
Movie • 1965

Her Private Life
Movie • 1971
Anna

An All-Weather Man
Movie • 2004
Self

Το μυστικό της κατηγορούμενης
Movie • 1958

Junk collectors
TV • 1994

Οι δύο ορφανές
TV • 1991
Εύα Ανεμογιάνη

Mary's Gang
TV • 1987