Taygeti
Acting • Born 1914-06-29 – Died 2003-01-28
Biography
Taygeti was born in Athens and her theatrical studies include the National Theater Academy of Greece. She made her first appearance on stage in the mid 40s. Shortly after she was arrested for her left-wing beliefs, was imprisoned and exiled. She suffered tortures at the hands of her guardians but she never abandoned her ideology. After her release she continued to work on stage alongside important Greek actors and concluded her theatrical career as a member of the National Theater of Greece(from 1984-1992). She also appeared in about 70 movies usually playing the ugly old-maid. In her final days she seemed a lonely, unapproachable woman usually smartly dressed in black with her trademark hats and necklaces. A kind persona of a bygone era, dynamic and a bit crazy in a beautiful way.
Filmography
44 credits
Από λαχτάρα σε λαχτάρα
Movie • 1967
Τα λιγούρια
Movie • 1986
The Cicada and the Ant
Movie • 1958
Patroness
Jealous like a Cat
Movie • 1956
Mrs. Kokkinou
Lazy like a dog
Movie • 1963
Afroditi
Lafina
Movie • 1962
Το κορίτσι της αφίσσας
Movie • 1985
Papatrechas
Movie • 1966
aunt Kalliopi
The Wedding Dance
Movie • 1966
Salon client
Happy Bums
Movie • 1958
My Wife's Husband
Movie • 1962
Soprano
The Bald Student
Movie • 1979
Odysseas' wife
Come on People
Movie • 1967
School for Chauffeur Ladies
Movie • 1964
Out Poverty and Good Heart
Movie • 1964
Kallithea
The Treasure of the Beatitude
Movie • 1959
fortune teller
Dating Agency
Movie • 1956
woman on the date at the park
Kokovios and Sparos in the Spider's Web
Movie • 1967
witch
The Jar
Movie • 1962
Eleni
Crazy, Nuts and Vengos
Movie • 1967
Katina's cousin
Meletis of the Flying Squad
Movie • 1966
bride
Innocent Souls
Movie • 1960
A Rich Without Money
Movie • 1967
Butterfy
The Wedding Dance
Movie • 1966
hair salon customer
A Hero in His Slippers
Movie • 1958
Ο Μπακαλόγατος
Movie • 1968
The Hunk
Movie • 1968
Loukia Lolokaberou
The Heirs of Karampoumpounas
Movie • 1959
Pinelopi Mystra
Tsakitzis: The Patron Saint of the Poor
Movie • 1960
Karagiozena
A Leftist Night's Dream
Movie • 1987
Bed of Grass
Movie • 1957
The Card Player
Movie • 1967
We without money
Movie • 1963
The Matchmaker
Movie • 1966
Persefoni
A Tramp's Christmas
Movie • 1962
Betrayed
Movie • 1965
Manolakis Teddy Boys
Movie • 1967
Prokopis the Unlucky One
Movie • 1969
Two Crazy and crafty, clever and cunning person
Movie • 1970
Patris, listeia, oikogeneia
Movie • 1987
Μια 'βδομάδα στον παράδεισο
Movie • 1964
The Counterfeit Coin
Movie • 1955
Ο νίνζα με τη γκλίτσα
Movie • 1986
Χίλια Χρόνια Πριν - Βυζάντιο: Η Γιορτή των Καλενδών
Movie • 1976