
Acting
Born July 16, 1933 · Athens, Greece
Mary Chronopoulou (Greek: Μαίρη Χρονοπούλου; 16 July 1933 - 6 Octomber 2023) was a Greek actress. She was one of the most popular actresses of the 1960s. She starred in many films, 16 of which were produced by Finos Film. She was one of the main protagonists of Greek theatre and cinema. She was born and raised in Athens. She graduated from the National Theatre School, where she appeared in dance groups and in ancient dramas. In 1957 she began collaborating with the independent theatre, performing at the Acropolis in the plays by Alekos Sakellarios-Christos Giannakopoulos “The Lady” and “Romance of a Maid”. She first appeared in cinema as an extra in Dinos Dimopoulos’ Happy Beginning in 1954, when she was still a student. In 1958 she took a small role in Michael Cacoyannis’ The Last Lie. From 1963 onwards, she starred in dozens of dramatic films by Finos Film, and not only, in the roles of a damsel and a femme fatale, alongside all the male protagonists of the era, such as Nikos Kourkoulos, Phaedon Georgitsis, Dimitris Papamichael, Giorgos Fountas and Alekos Alexandrakis. Among these social and dramatic films, she also appeared in three successful musicals by Yannis Dalianidis: The Sea Beads, A Lady with a Bouzouki and Mermaids and Guys. In the period 1967-1968, she won the Critics' Association Award for Best Leading Actress. In her theatrical career, she collaborated with all the major troupes of Athens. In 1972 she formed her own troupe, with which she staged the plays: "What Time Will You Come Back, Penelope" by Somerset Maugham and "A Hot Girl" by Iakovos Kambanelis. She also had important performances in the new Greek cinema, such as in Theodoros Angelopoulos' films The Hunters and Journey to Kythera, while she won the Best Actress award at the Thessaloniki Festival with the film The Swallow's Children by Kostas Vrettakos, in 1987. On June 16, 2021, Mary Chronopoulou was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the IRIS Awards Ceremony by the Hellenic Film Academy. She passed away on October 6, 2023, at the age of 90.

Towards Freedom
1996

The Children of the Swallow
1987

Voyage to Cythera
1984

The Gigolo of Athens
1982

Panic in the Schools
1982

The Hemline
1980

Each With Their Own Madness...
1980

Savage Hunt
1980

The Hunters
1977

Feminism
1973

Hippocrates And Democracy
1972

The Jungle of Cities
1970

In the name of the law
1970

Visibility Zero
1970

When the City Dies
1969

Mermaids for Love
1968

The Avenue of Hate
1968

A Woman's Past
1968

A Lady In Bouzoukia
1968

Too Late for Tears
1968

Bread for a Fugitive
1967

The Blue Beads from Greece
1967

Tears for Electra
1966

Zero Hour Society
1966

The Fear
1966

Blood on the Land
1966

The Ruthless
1965

The Naked Brigade
1965

Scream
1964

The Sunday girl
1964

Cyprus in flames
1964

The Red Lanterns
1963

Lazy like a dog
1963

Τα παληόπαιδα
1963

Without Identity
1962

Stournara 288
1959

A Matter of Dignity
1958