Maro Kodou
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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Movies (54)
What If...
2012 · Elenitsa Kokovikou
ABE Mafia... National academy of crooks
1989
Η κυρία είναι χάι
1989
Ω!!! Τι κόματος μπαμπά...
1988
Καρέ του έρωτα
1986
A script is our life
1985 · Mrs. Giavroglou
The Big Cannon
1981 · Martha Apaloheri
The wildcard Labroukos
1981 · Rena Skoularikou
Gigolos
1981 · Maro Kodou
The Hemline
1980 · Marianna Delmouzou
Taste from Greece
1980 · Ourania
The Bald Student
1979 · minister
Seven Years of Marriage
1972 · Efi Fotiou
Gang of Lovers
1972 · Elena Georgiadou-Vagiannou
The Deeds of Jealousy
1971 · Christina Karali
Curtain Lecture
1971 · Koula Tsivikli
I have you behind me, Satan
1971 · Eva
The Windbag
1971 · Gina Conte Rosa
The Three Liars
1970
What a Waste!
1970 · Danae Triantafyllidi / Rodanas widow
A Crazy Party Animal
1970 · receptionist
The Bluffer
1969 · Elli
The Grouch
1969 · Vera
An Italian girl from Kypseli
1968 · Bianca
The Strongman Who Became a Lamb
1968 · Mary Hatzithoma / Mrs. Konstantinidou
Μπροστά στην αγχόνη
1968
Captain Fandis Bastounis
1968 · Marina Gianna
Horafa family
1968 · Marika Chorafa
My Dimitri... My Dimitri
1967 · (uncredited)
The Sold Man
1967 · Βάνια Ζαπάντη
Gerontokoros
1967 · Mary Angelidou
The Greedy
1967 · Lena Kapantai
Μία γυναίκα κατηγορείται
1966
The Stigmatized
1966 · Efi
Oh, If I Only Were a Man
1966 · Stella / Alekos
Yie mou... Yie mou...
1965 · Rena Papasavva
And the Woman Shall Fear Her Husband
1965 · Eleni, Actor's Assistant
Wedding like... Greek
1964 · singer
The Woman Driver
1964 · Lili Haridimou
The barker
1964 · Gioula
The Scum
1963 · Magda 'Markisia'
My friend, Lefterakis
1963 · Fofo Vlassi
The third way
1963
As they should people
1963 · Eleni
My Wife's Husband
1962 · Loulou
Woe to the Young
1961 · Rita
Antigone
1961 · Ismene
The yellow gloves
1960 · Ρένα Καλλιγαρίδη
Three Ladies and me
1960 · Dolly
Murder Backstage
1960 · Elena Pavlidi
Crime in Kolonaki
1960 · Zanet Flora
A Pitiful Don Juan
1960
At Hell's Door
1960
The Man on the Train
1958 · Jenny
