Xenia Kalogeropoulou
- Actress
Xenia Kalogeropoulou was born in 1936, in Athens, Greece. She studied
acting at the Royal Academy od Dramatic Art of London and made her
stage debut in 1956 as a member of the London - based french group "La
Troupe Francaise". She made her Athens stage debut in 1958 and quickly
became one of the top actresses of her generation, appearing in
Chekhov's "The Seagull" (as Nina), Shakespeare's "The Merchant of
Venice" (as Porcia), Turgenev's "A Month in the Country" (as Natalia),
Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" (as Cecily) etc. She
created personal groups (with Giannis Fertis, who was her husband for some
years) and founded the theater "Porta". She has also written and
directed interesting plays for children. She made her screen debut in
1958 and had a short but fruitful movie career (about 40 films between
1958 and 1972).
