
Anna Fonsou
Actor · b. 1939 · Kesariani, Greece
Anna Fonsou (Greek: Άννα Φόνσου; born July 6, 1939) is a Greek actress and social activist. Anna Fonsou was born in 1939 in Kaisariani in Greece and grew up in Tinos. She studied at the drama school of Dimitris Rondiris. She studied dance with Rallou Manou and singing with Popi Petrioli. Fonsou made her first theater appearance in 1956 with the troupe of Katerina Andreadi and her first film appearance in 1957 in the movie Το παιδί του δρόμου (The Child of the Street). In 1965, she founded Proskinio together with Alexis Solomos and Aimilios Hourmouzis. In cinema, she played in dozens of films, almost exclusively leading roles, in both dramas and comedies alongside famous comedians such as Thanasis Veggos with whom she co-starred in several films. In the early 1970s, she also did a series of erotic films, mainly directed by Omiros Efstratiadis, which are now considered cult. On television she participated in various series (The Two Orphans, The Ragpickers, etc.) and in theatrical performances on the show The Theater of Monday. She starred at the Lyric Stage in the operetta The Apaches of Athens, and since 2001, she has been part of the National Theatre of Northern Greece. In the 1996 parliamentary elections and the 2000 elections, she was a candidate with the KKE, and in the 2009 and 2012 elections she was a candidate with the PASOK in Athens A. In 1997 she founded charitable foundation "The Actor's House" (Greek: Το σπίτι του Ηθοποιού) to provide housing for impoverished actors, of which she is a president. She produces theatrical performances, the proceeds of which are also donated to "The Actor's House". From 1998 to 2000, she served as president of the Greek Actors Union. In 2016 she was awarded the Nikolaos Karolos prize by the Academy of Athens for her social work related to "The Actor's House". She was married to theater entrepreneur and civil engineer Kostas Paltoglou, architect Nikos Sofianos, and in 1985 to singer-songwriter and composer Takis Bougas until they divorced in 1993.
Movies24
Movie4.2DramaRomanceAngelos holds nothing in Greece. His sweetheart married his former friend, the woman who once was his first, killed. Here it is just waiting for disappointment, so all the money he buys a ticket to Australia. But while the young man is waiting for departure in his life to happen a new love experience. A chance meeting with Isabella on the ship that was carrying him to Athens, would be for Angelos another test, would lead to a meeting with the past and will be the key to unlocking the old crime.
Movie4.8ComedyPolyxeni becomes enraged when she finds her husband flirting with their maid. After dismissing the girl, she leaves her husband and goes to live at her parents' house. There, however, by chance, her former maid comes to work as a domestic helper. Polyxeni's father, brother, son-in-law, a naval officer, and two of his sailors fall in love with the maid, leading to misunderstandings and comical situations.
Movie10.0ThrillerDramaFive people wake up in an abandoned warehouse. None of them has any recollection of memory of who they are and how they got there.All of them have to remember and to find a way to get out of this place before it is too late.
Waiting Room
2018 · 1 votes
Movie4.4DramaRomanceA son and his stepmother, without noticing their father/husband peeping at them, make love on a horse. The father, while being a painter, gets inspired and begins a new painting that creates tension between them.
Movie6.7ComedyA kindhearted owner of a shop falls in love with the girl he hires and, eventually, he finds out who tricks him and who really loves him.
Movie5.5ComedyTwo men intend to make a "secret" trip to Paris alone and live it up in order to escape the stranglehold of their wives.
Movie4.3DramaEleana is a prostitute who appears to have been abused when she was younger. During her daily encounters with various clients, she meets a young labourer called Christos whom she momentarily tries to develop a normal relationship with. Old habits die hard and she soon hits the streets again but it's too late, Christos has become infatuated with Eleana and plans to marry her. Gradually, the pressure and stress of the situation starts to take it's toll on Eleana's sanity and leads to a surreal, nightmarish climax!
Movie5.2ComedyA beautiful young woman is arrested by a wonderful policeman, due to her effort to steal letters from a gigolo's house.
Movie7.5DramaA girl, Vassula, learns shortly before marrying her lover, Richard, that the alleged father is actually her uncle. The latter, when the natural daughter died, presented the event as the death of his adoptive daughter. The mother of the girl is still alive and will accompany her to church with her true father.
Movie6.1ComedyMusicBased on Aristophanes's play, Athenian women band together to encourage their men to stop fighting the Spartans by withholding sex from them when they return from the front.
Movie7.5ComedyThomas, the owner of an electrical appliances store, is having business problems due to his short-fuse temper and bad luck.
Movie9.0DramaΤο μυστικό της κατηγορούμενης
1958 · 1 votes
Movie3.0DramaΑύριο θα ξέρουμε
1997 · 3 votes
Movie5.5ComedyRefusing to realise that she has become a lovely sixteen-year-old woman, a gawky tomboy taunts her bookish neighbour. But, the effervescent feelings of first love start to take over. Will she renounce her former self for love's sake?
Movie9.0DramaΗ Επιστροφή της Μήδειας
1968 · 2 votes
Movie6.3ComedyReturning from a 3 year captivity in Vietnam, a kind chemist finds his wife married to his boss who has become rich due to his invention.
Movie3.3ComedyAchilleas, who works together with his friend Paminos at Prokopis’ gas station, tries, via correspondence, to find a rich woman from abroad to marry and, in this way, hit the jackpot.
MovieDocumentaryAn approach to the phenomenon of Thanasis Vengos, the man and the artist, through film excerpts, testimonies of his collaborators and relatives and analyses of his symbolic role in the post-war modern Greek reality. Thanasis Vengos, for more than fifty years, was one of the most important actors in Greece. His films and lines are written in history, raising more than three generations of Greeks.
MovieDramaOne night, a woman and a man in a house, while outside the city lives and entertains.
Movie4.7RomanceComedyTonis and Rena are loved, but their uncles have objections, as they are deadly competitors in the field of swimwear marketing. Rena's uncle promotes a modern swimsuit, while Toni's uncle is a fan of the classic line. The two young men decide to steal ..
Movie7.0ComedyPoor and unappreciated writer besieged by producer of cinema to give consent for turning a book into a movie.
Movie8.0DramaA highly respected surgeon and University Professor becomes infatuated with a pretty young acrobat he meets accidentally in the park one evening. He quits his practice, dumping all his patients and dedicates his life to offering her a new home, money and his passionate love, also trying to sponsor her stage career in any possible way. She takes all he gives but it’s never enough for her and she doesn’t really have to give back much because the old man is head over heels in love with her.
Movie7.8ComedyA good-natured paterfamilias who is struggling to make ends meet rests his hopes on his successful expatriate brother to finally see their older sister get married. However, is the wealthy sibling willing to help?
Movie7.0ComedyA kind-hearted teacher saves a girl from suicide and takes her into his home. However, he is newly married and the next day he leaves with his wife for their honeymoon. On the train, he encounters the same girl. The situation quickly becomes complicated, his wife becomes suspicious, and many misunderstandings arise.
Series4
- TV
ANT1's tvseries 1992
- TVComedyDrama
Bittersweet satirical stories about the lives of a man and a woman (garbage collectors) who meet by chance on the street and move forward together, looking for a living in the main streets and neighborhoods of Athens. In many cases, they will get involved with people from the underworld but will also face mundane reality with humor.
TV7.0ComedyΟι δύο ορφανές
1991 · 1 votes
- TV
Mary's true story