Nana Mouskouri
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 13, 1934 (age 92)
- Birthplace
- Chania, Crete, Greece
Biography
Ioanna "Nana" Mouskouri OQ (Greek: Ιωάννα "Νάνα" Μούσχουρη [i.oˈana ˈnana ˈmusxuri]; born 13 October 1934) is a Greek singer and politician. Over the span of her career, she has released an estimated 450 albums in at least thirteen languages, including Greek, French, English, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Hebrew, Welsh, Mandarin Chinese and Corsican. Mouskouri became well known throughout Europe for the song "The White Rose of Athens", recorded first in German as "Weiße Rosen aus Athen" as an adaptation of her Greek song "Σαν σφυρίξεις τρείς φορές" (San sfyríxeis tris forés, "When you whistle three times"). It became her first record to sell over one million copies. Later, in 1963, she represented Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "À force de prier", finishing eighth. Her friendship with the composer Michel Legrand led to the recording by Mouskouri of the theme song of the Oscar-nominated film The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. From 1968 to 1976, she hosted her own TV show produced by BBC, Presenting Nana Mouskouri. Her popularity as a multilingual television personality and distinctive image, owing to the then unusual signature black-rimmed glasses, turned Mouskouri into an international star. "Je chante avec toi Liberté", recorded in 1981, is perhaps her biggest hit to date, performed in at least five languages – French, English as "Song for Liberty", German as "Lied der Freiheit", Spanish as "Libertad" and Portuguese as "Liberdade". "Only Love", a song recorded in 1984 as the theme song of TV series Mistral's Daughter, gained worldwide popularity along with its other versions in French (as "L'Amour en Héritage"), Italian (as "Come un'eredità"), Spanish (as "La dicha del amor"), and German (as "Aber die Liebe bleibt"). It became her only UK hit single when it reached number two in February 1986. Mouskouri became a spokesperson for UNICEF in 1993 and was elected to the European Parliament as a Greek deputy from 1994 to 1999. In 2006, she was a special guest on Eurovision Song Contest 2006's final, presented as the best selling artist of all time. In 2015, she was awarded the Echo Music Prize for Outstanding achievements by the German music association Deutsche Phono-Akademie. Nana Mouskouri was born on 13 October 1934 in Chania, Crete, where her father, Constantinos, worked as a film projectionist in a local cinema; her mother, Aliki, worked in the same cinema as an usher. When Mouskouri was three, her family moved to Athens. Mouskouri's family sent her and her older sister Eugenía (Jenny) to the Athens Conservatoire. Although Mouskouri had displayed exceptional musical talent from age six, Jenny initially appeared to be the more gifted sibling. Financially unable to support both girls' studies, the parents asked their tutor which one should continue. The tutor conceded that Jenny had the better voice, but Nana was the one with the true inner need to sing. Mouskouri has said that a medical examination revealed she has only one functioning vocal cord and this could well account for her remarkable singing voice (in her younger years ranging from a husky, dark alto, which she later dropped, to a ringing coloratura mezzo), as opposed to her breathy, raspy speaking voice. ... Source: Article "Nana Mouskouri" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known For
Filmography
70 Jahre ESC - More than Music
Movie · as Self - Interviewee
Merci Dorothée !
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Serge Lama, le dernier rappel
Movie · as Self
Nos Voix Pour Toutes 2025
Movie · as Self
50 ans de Numéro Un - Les Carpentier
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Le Concert de la Paix
Movie · as Self : Guest
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
I Love Greece
Movie · as Nana Mouskouri
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Movie · as Self - Singer (archive footage)
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
Movie · as Self
Schlager nonstop Die 60er – Merci, Cherie
Movie · as Self
O Samba
Movie · as Self
Nana Mouskouri - Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Movie · as Self
Denk ich an Weihnacht
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Musikalische Reise
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Nana Mouskouri - The Farewell World Tour: Live At The Odeon Herodes Atticus
Movie · as Self
...Sings the Beatles
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
C à vous
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
En direct de l'univers
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux
Movie · as Self
Q&A
TV · as Self - Panellist · 1 ep
The Story of Light Entertainment
TV · as Self · 1 ep
On n'est pas couché
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
Movie
Tout le monde en parle
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Nana Swings
Movie · as Self
V Graham Norton
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Ein Star und seine Stadt
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Star Academy
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Aeschbacher
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hit auf Hit
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Menschen der Woche
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Rove
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Beckmann
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Vivement dimanche
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés
Movie
De pé a pá
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Musik für Sie
TV · as self · 1 ep
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Die Feste mit Florian Silbereisen
TV · as Self · 7 eps
Eurolaul
TV · as Self - Jury · 1 ep
Le cadeau des cadeaux
Movie
ECHO-Verleihung
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Riverboat
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Le Cadeau de Noël
Movie
Musik liegt in der Luft
TV · as Self - Singer · 1 ep
DAS!
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Stars 90
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Flitterabend
TV · as Self - Singer · 2 eps
Le monde est à vous
TV · as Self · 9 eps
The Dame Edna Experience
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sacrée soirée
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Nachtcafé
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Téléthon
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Wedden, dat..?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Melodien für Millionen
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Die verflixte 7
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bei Bio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self · 18 eps
Tag des deutschen Schlagers
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Telezirkus
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Show-Express
TV · as Self · 1 ep
NDR Talk Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Bio’s Bahnhof
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Auf los geht's los
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Fan School
TV · as Self · 12 eps
Kölner Treff
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Numéro un
TV · as Self, Self - Host · 8 eps
Musik ist Trumpf
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Midi Première
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Système 2
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Die Montagsmaler
TV · as Self · 1 ep
3 nach 9
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Der große Preis
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Le Grand Échiquier
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Ein Kessel Buntes
TV · as Self, Self - Musician · 1 ep
Midi trente
TV · as Self · 8 eps
Dalli Dalli
TV · as Self - Singer · 1 ep
Cadet Rousselle
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Samedi soir
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Drei mal neun
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Die ZDF-Hitparade
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Starparade
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Die Caterina-Valente-Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hör hin, schau zu!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dim Dam Dom
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Soeben eingetroffen
TV · as self · 1 ep
Einer wird gewinnen
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Die Drehscheibe
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tonight in Person
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Danny Kaye Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Love and storm
Movie · as Singer
Dreamland of Desire
Movie · as Self - Singer
Treffpunkt Telebar
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Musik aus Studio B
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Werner Müllers Schlagermagazin
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sunday's Date
Movie · as Singer
Date in Corfu
Movie · as Singer
Mousitsa
Movie · as singer
Lisa, Tosca of Athens
Movie · as singer
Stars in der Manege
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Discorama
TV · as Self · 11 eps
Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining
Movie · as Singer
Zum blauen Bock
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Aktuelle Schaubude
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Cinépanorama
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Eurovision Song Contest
TV · as Self - Luxembourg Contestant · 1 ep
Was bin ich?
TV · as Self · 1 ep