Maro Kodou
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 21, 1934
- Died
- July 15, 2026 (aged 92)
- Birthplace
- Athens, Greece
Biography
Maro Kontou (Greek: Μάρω Κοντού; born 21 June 1934 - 15 July 2026) was a Greek actress and politician. She performed in more than sixty films since 1954. Maro Kontou's first film appearance was just after she had started at the National Theater, with a silent role in the Finos Film film "Happy Beginning" (1954) by Dinos Dimopoulos. Roles in films by other producers followed ("The Man on the Train", "Crime in Kolonaki", "Crime Behind the Scenes") before making her debut with a leading role in the Finos Film film "The Yellow Gloves" (1960) as the wife of the jealous Nikos Stavridis. She returned to Finos Film in 1963, starring alongside Dinos Iliopoulos in the film "My Friend Lefterakis". She participated in over 50 film productions, including George Tzavellas' film "Antigone" (1961) as Ismene, as well as the timeless film (also by Tzavellas) "A Woman Afraid of Man" (Damaskinos-Michailidis, 1965), where together with George Konstantinou they played the Kokovikos couple, one of the most famous couples in Greek cinema. Maro Kontou's last collaboration with Finos Film was in the unforgettable "An Italian Woman from the Kulypseli" (1968) in the central role alongside Alekos Alexandrakis. The 13 films in which she co-starred with Lambros Konstantaras ("The Old Man", "The Squirrel Who Became a Lamb", "Too Bad for Your Boy", etc.) were also particularly successful. With the decline of commercial cinema from the mid-1970s, her choices became fewer and fewer. Perhaps the role in the film "The Big Cannon" (1981) with Thanasis Vengos stands out. It took a long period of absence from cinema for Maro Kontou to return in 2012 with a role in the film "If" by Christoforos Papakaliatis. During her career, her television appearances were limited ("Enochoi", "Treis sto Gyro", "To Pathos", etc.). In 2021, he was back on television screens with a featured role in the series "Land of Olives".
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Filmography
Olive Land
TV · as Μαρία Αναγνώστου · 969 eps
Νανά στα Κόκκινα
TV · as Self · 1 ep
What If...
Movie · as Elenitsa Kokovikou
Kai oi tesseris itan yperohes
TV · as Αλεξάνδρα · 33 eps
Μια Απίθανη Γιαγιά
TV · as Τζένη Γερονικόλα · 18 eps
ABE Mafia... National academy of crooks
Movie
Η κυρία είναι χάι
Movie
Ω!!! Τι κόματος μπαμπά...
Movie
Καρέ του έρωτα
Movie
A script is our life
Movie · as Mrs. Giavroglou
The Big Cannon
Movie · as Martha Apaloheri
The wildcard Labroukos
Movie · as Rena Skoularikou
Gigolos
Movie · as Maro Kodou
Taste from Greece
Movie · as Ourania
The Hemline
Movie · as Marianna Delmouzou
The Bald Student
Movie · as minister
Seven Years of Marriage
Movie · as Efi Fotiou
Gang of Lovers
Movie · as Elena Georgiadou-Vagiannou
The Windbag
Movie · as Gina Conte Rosa
I have you behind me, Satan
Movie · as Eva
Curtain Lecture
Movie · as Koula Tsivikli
The Deeds of Jealousy
Movie · as Christina Karali
What a Waste!
Movie · as Danae Triantafyllidi / Rodanas widow
A Crazy Party Animal
Movie · as receptionist
The Three Liars
Movie
The Grouch
Movie · as Vera
The Bluffer
Movie · as Elli
The Strongman Who Became a Lamb
Movie · as Mary Hatzithoma / Mrs. Konstantinidou
Μπροστά στην αγχόνη
Movie
An Italian girl from Kypseli
Movie · as Bianca
Captain Fandis Bastounis
Movie · as Marina Gianna
Horafa family
Movie · as Marika Chorafa
Gerontokoros
Movie · as Mary Angelidou
The Sold Man
Movie · as Βάνια Ζαπάντη
My Dimitri... My Dimitri
Movie · as (uncredited)
The Greedy
Movie · as Lena Kapantai
Oh, If I Only Were a Man
Movie · as Stella / Alekos
Μία γυναίκα κατηγορείται
Movie
The Stigmatized
Movie · as Efi
And the Woman Shall Fear Her Husband
Movie · as Eleni
Yie mou... Yie mou...
Movie · as Rena Papasavva
The Woman Driver
Movie · as Lili Haridimou
The barker
Movie · as Gioula
Wedding like... Greek
Movie · as singer
The Scum
Movie · as Magda 'Markisia'
My friend, Lefterakis
Movie · as Fofo Vlassi
As they should people
Movie · as Eleni
The third way
Movie
My Wife's Husband
Movie · as Loulou
Antigone
Movie · as Ismene
Woe to the Young
Movie · as Rita
Murder Backstage
Movie · as Elena Pavlidi
Three Ladies and me
Movie · as Dolly
Crime in Kolonaki
Movie · as Zanet Flora
The yellow gloves
Movie · as Ρένα Καλλιγαρίδη
A Pitiful Don Juan
Movie
At Hell's Door
Movie
The Man on the Train
Movie · as Jenny