
Efi Papatheodorou
Acting • Born 1938-08-26
Biography
Efthymia (Efi) Papatheodorou (Sitaralona Trichonidos, August 26, 1938) is a Greek actress. A student of Dimitris Rontiris, she has co-starred with Elli Lampeti and was a member of the group that started the "Amore Theater". On television, she has participated, among others, in the children's series Tou Koutiou ta Paramythia on ERT and the series Doureios Ippos on ANT1. Despite her 40-year career, an important milestone in her career was her participation in the series Sto Para 5, when her friend Irini Koumarianou suggested her for the role of Theopoula. In 2005, she participated in the Greek-American films The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and Opa! (Opa!), with the second being filmed in Patmos and other Greek islands. In the same year, she participated in the English TV movie My Family and Other Animals, which was filmed in Corfu and broadcast by the BBC. She also starred in the 1st Season of the TV series My Beloved Neighbors. In 2015, she participated in the remake of the Greek film "The Grooms of Happiness". In 2022, she played Athena in the OPEN series "Erotas figas".
Filmography
27 credits
The Ride
Movie • 2021
Elli

Testosterone
Movie • 2005

What Will Become of Us
Movie • 2004
Old Greek

Minore
Movie • 2024
Granny

The Winter
Movie • 2013
Philio

5 Ways 2 Die
Movie • 2013
Deaf Lady

Larisa Confidential
Movie • 2012
Melpo

The Charioteer
Movie • 1995
Mother

Liveloula
Movie • 2015
Old Lady

The Tough Guy
Movie • 1961

The Island of Secrets
Movie • 2014
Thekla

Everything Will Be Fine
Movie • 2009
Elenitsa

Opa!
Movie • 2005
3rd Yaya

The Dress
Movie • 2001

The Road
Movie • 2005

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Movie • 2005
Elderly Greek Woman

In the Nick of Time - 20 Years Later
Movie • 2025
Self

Μιλώντας για το Τέλος
Movie • 2025

Quo Vadis?
Movie • 2004

Erotas Fygas
TV • 2022
Yiayia

My Beloved Neighbours
TV • 2007
Ζαμπέτα

In the Nick of Time
TV • 2005
Theopoula Tzini

Don't Start the Murmur
TV • 2013
Grandma Elenitsa

Everything in the Air
TV • 2008
Έρρικα

Απίστευτα κι Όμως... Ελληνικά
TV • 1990

Ελεύθερος κι ωραίος
TV • 2012
Ασπασία

Δια ταύτα
TV • 2013
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