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Thodoros Moridis
Acting
Biography
Thodoros Moridis (Limassol, 1905 – Athens, 22 December 2003) was a Greek Cypriot actor. Born in the city of Limassol in Cyprus, Thodoros Moridis made his debut in 1924 with the Emilios Veakis - Christopher Nezer troupe in the play For Her Love. With them, he also co-starred in Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus, among others. With the Cybele troupe, he played in Agnosto (1927) and the following year in Iphigenia en Tavroiis with Eleni Chalkousi, with whom he collaborated again in Bogris's The Engagement. He was a key figure in Vasilis Rotas' "People's Theatre" and in 1932 he collaborated for the first time with Marika Kotopouli - he later continued in her theatre which also housed the "Karolos Koun" Art Theatre, while in 1936 he began his collaboration with Mrs. Katerina, in whose troupe he remained until 1943, performing many important roles in major works of world drama (The Lady with the Camellias, The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, Enda Gambler, Pygmalion, The Lady of the Sea, Nora, etc.). In Katerina's troupe he met and loved Jolie Garbi and married her, with whom he was together for 60 years on stage and in life. This was followed by collaborations with the Manolidou - Veakis - Pappas troupe (1943-44) (The Shepherdess' Lover), with the "United Artists" (1945-46) (Julius Caesar, Enemies of Maxim Gorky, The Brothers Karamazov, Von Dimitrakis, etc.), with the "Thymelikos Troupe", with Mimis Fotopoulos, with Nikos Hadziskos, where he performed Polonius in Hamlet (1955), with the "Hellenic People's Theatre" of Manos Katrakis (Christ Recrucified, The Idiot, Queen Amalia), with Antigone Valakou, Mary Aroni (Manto Mavrogenous), with Elsa Vergi. From 1961 to 1983 he joined the National Theatre, performing dozens of important roles in ancient drama and in the world drama (Aias, Agamemnon, Trojans, Philoctetes, Medea, Rosmersholm, The King, The Demoniac, The Tempest, The Cherry Orchard, Mary Stuart, General Secretary, etc.). Immediately afterwards he participated in Master Solnes, Dimitris Horn's last performance. This was followed by The Strange Intermezzo with Alexandrakis - Galineus, Oedipus at Colonus with the "Empirical Troupe" of Minotis, collaborations with Danis Katranidis, Marietta Rialdi, George Messalas. In cinema he participated in many films from 1948 to the 1970s (Lost Angels, Red Rock, The Duchess of Placentia, Golfo, Heartbeats at the Desk, Zousa the Monk Without Love, Electra - a filmed performance from Epidaurus in 1961 directed by Takis Mouzenidis with Anna Synodinou, etc.), as well as in television (Police Stories, The Garden with Statues, etc.). He died on December 22, 2003, at the age of 98. He died at the Attiko Hospital where he was hospitalized and became known in the media on January 2, 2004. He was the husband of actress Tzolys Garbi. She was buried in Marathon, as had happened with Jolie Garbi.
Filmography Movies
Acting
Bitter life
The disabled Marina (Anna Fonsou) learns with joy that a childhood friend of hers (Phaedon Georgitsis) has returned to Greece as a brilliant doctor, after many years of studying abroad. She remembers the moments they lived, as well as the way another friend of hers (Kostas Karras) and her aunt (Rita Mousouri) pushed them away. Their meeting will dispel the clouds and even give the disabled girl a hope for a cure.
Test
Madalena
Madalena is a tough seventeen-year-old who is forced to take on her father's ferry business after he dies. She has her many brothers and sisters to support, and there is no one else to do the job. So she rallies her defenses and sets out to give her rival in the ferry business a run for his money. But at the same time, the rival's handsome son is starting to look better and better. Madalena refuses to acknowledge her feelings for him -- though how long she can sustain that denial is the question.
Antigone
In Thebes in ancient Greece, King Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother Jocasta, having two sons - Eteocles and Polyneices - and two daughters - Ismene and Antigone. King Oedipus dies a beggar in the exile after gouging out his own eye, and Eteocle agrees to reign in Thebes in alternating years with Polynices. However, he refuses to resign after the first year and Polynieces raises an army and attacks Thebes, and they kill each other. The ruler of Thebes Creon decrees that Eleocles should have an honorable burial while the body of the traitor Polyneices should be left on the battlefield to be eaten by the jackals and vultures. However, Antigone, who was betrothed to Creon's surviving son Haemon, defies Creon's orders and buries her brother. When Creon is reported of the attitude of Antigone, he sentences her to be placed in a tomb alive. Antigone hangs herself in the tomb and Haemon tries to kill his father first and then he kills himself with his sword...
The Daily Wage of Pain
A melodrama that recounts the extremely difficult conditions under which a couple tries to live and find happiness. However, their quest for happiness turns into a harsh struggle for survival.
Return from the front
The Cry of an Innocent
A former teacher, Alexis Vergis, agrees to give private lessons to the young son of a wealthy family, but quickly realizes that the real reason he was hired is to help Anna, the boy's sister, who has suffered a nervous breakdown after the death of her fiancé. With kindness and methodicalness, he tries to lift the girl's spirits. Walks in the countryside and conversations about happy and carefree topics help her to relax somewhat. However, Anna's stepmother is disturbed by the relationship developing between the two young people, because she actually intends to have Anna committed to a mental institution and inherit her husband's fortune. She tries to slander Alexis and partly succeeds, but in the end, the truth shines through and the love of the two young people triumphs.
The Cicada and the Ant
Two friends and co-owners of a flower shop, Eudaimon and Loulis, live by completely opposite principles. One enjoys himself and lives carefree, while the other works hard and plans for the future. When the "grasshopper" ogles his kind housewife, eyeing her olive trees, the "ant" tries to bring him to his senses. But the girl, whom the ant plans to introduce to the cicada, will ultimately enchant him.
Lafina
Giorgis is the only son of the richest tseligas of a mountain village. Although he is considered a sought-after groom, he only has eyes for Droso, who reciprocates his feelings. The obstacle to their love is Giorgis' father. He is a cruel usurer who has confiscated the girl's fields. After a fight between father and son, the former falls dead. However, everyone believes that Droso killed him. Droso runs away from the village and takes refuge in the caves and cliffs, among the lads of the robber Zarvas, who helps to uncover Bournova's murderer. The murder has been committed by Maria, a noblewoman in love with Giorgis, who is subsequently arrested by the gendarmerie. Thus, Droso is now free to marry Giorgis.
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