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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 2, 1906
Died
July 2, 1976
Place of Birth
Braila, Romania
Also Known As
- Christos Tsaganeas
- Χρηστος Τσαγανεας
- Χρήστος Τσαγανέας
Hristos Tsaganeas
0.4 Popularity
Biography
Christos Tsaganeas was born in Braila, Romania on July 2, 1906. He came from a wealthy Greek and aristocratic family and from a young age he showed great love for the theater. His parents, however, had demanded that he finish some university school, and that's why when he graduated from the Greek high school in Romania, they sent him to Athens for academic studies. He initially enrolled in Medicine but soon dropped out and went to Law from which he never got a degree. The reason for this event was his acquaintance and love for the actress Nitsa Vitsori, seven years older than him, for whose sake he abandoned his studies and began to appear in the theater. When Nitsa divorced her first husband, Giorgis Vitsoris, Tsaganeas not only married her but also enrolled in the Drama School of the National Theater to get a proper foundation and an acting degree. For this career choice, he had several fights with his parents, with whom he finally broke up and cut off his funding. Another version cites his participation in the political movement of the Archio-Marxists, in which his wife Nitsa also participated, as the reason for the elimination. This development led him, for some time, to live on a boat in the port of Piraeus while he was forced to take part in performances of itinerant troupes, which at that time were underestimated. "There are few theaters, few theater squares, many practitioners", as he used to say. During the German-Italian occupation he actively participated in the National Resistance through the ranks of the EAM together with his wife Nitsa. During the December 1944, his name was involved in the execution of the actress Eleni Papadakis by OPLA. As a member of the board of the National Militia of the EAM Theater, he had put his signature - together with his colleagues, Emilio Veakis, Theodoros Moridis, Spyros Patrikios and Panos Karavousiano - for the death sentence of Eleni Papadakis, who had been accused of dowry. A year later, Christos Tsaganeas was in danger of losing his life in the armed attack against the then president of SEH, Spyros Patrikios.
Known For
6.0
Makromihaleas
Η Κρεβατομουρμούρα
1971
6.5
Ena agori... alloiotiko ap' t' alla
1971
4.0
Ο Μανωλιός ξαναχτυπά
1971
0.0
Σέργιος και Άννα
1971
4.0
Androklis Hardoupis
Ο ακτύπητος κτυπήθηκε
1970
4.8
Gerasimos Nikolaou
Ένας Μάγκας στα Σαλόνια
1969
4.0
Theodoros
Ο Παλιάτσος
1968
5.2
Ambassador
Apollo Goes on Holiday
1968
6.1
Kriton Stefanis
Greek Pride
1968
4.5
Satrapis
1968
Credits
Η Κρεβατομουρμούρα
as Makromihaleas
1971
6.0
Ena agori... alloiotiko ap' t' alla
1971
6.5
Ο Μανωλιός ξαναχτυπά
1971
4.0
Σέργιος και Άννα
1971
0.0
Ο ακτύπητος κτυπήθηκε
as Androklis Hardoupis
1970
4.0
Ένας Μάγκας στα Σαλόνια
as Gerasimos Nikolaou
1969
4.8
Ο Παλιάτσος
as Theodoros
1968
4.0
Apollo Goes on Holiday
as Ambassador
1968
5.2
Greek Pride
as Kriton Stefanis
1968
6.1
Satrapis
1968
4.5
Doctor Z-Vengos
as Babis
1968
6.6
My Dimitri... My Dimitri
as Gerasimos Karras
1967
5.9
To ploio tis haras
1967
6.0
Aspasia's dollars
1967
4.2
Κοκοβιός και Σπάρος στα Δίχτυα της Αράχνης
as ceremony man
1967
0.0
Five Thousand Lies
as Patroklos Sokratidis
1966
9.0
Artesta
as Ilias
1966
0.0
Ένα Καράβι Παπαδόπουλοι
as Pel Pap
1966
4.3
Το συρτάκι της αμαρτίας
as Filonas
1966
7.0
Love that time does not fade
1966
0.0
Affection
as Kleopas Hatzigeorgiou
1965
0.0
Η πικραγαπημένη
1965
0.0
Φτωχός, αλλά τίμιος
as Kostas Pergialis
1965
0.0
The pain of separation
as Marios Peresiadis
1965
0.0
If Luck Favors You
as Fokion Karyadis
1964
7.2
Something Hot
as Mr. Petridis
1964
6.9
With Many Children
as Pafsanias Karatsoukalas
1964
6.6
Αλύγιστη Στη Ζωή
1964
0.0
My friend, Lefterakis
as doctor
1963
6.4
What the Night Hides
1963
9.0
Theodore and the gun
as Pantelis
1962
6.8
Ο διάβολος και η ουρά του
as Charalabos
1962
4.5
Betrayed love
as Impresario
1962
5.5
The Miss Of The Mister
as Theofanis Delakis
1962
5.6
Don't Fall in Love on a Saturday
as Mikes Zargantis
1962
5.5
Sidewalk
as Ninos
1962
0.0
Φτωχαδάκια και Λεφτάδες
as Leonidas Dekrisis
1961
5.9
Death Will Return
as Doctor
1961
6.0
Murder Backstage
as Pavlos Stefanou
1960
6.7
Rich Without Money
as Mr. Ploutidis
1960
8.0
The hamini
as Nikiforos
1960
0.0
Maiden's Cheek
as school headmaster
1959
7.0
Vacation in Kolopetinitsa
as Iordanis Mouratoglou
1959
4.0
Crime in Kolonaki
as Kostas Floras
1959
6.5
Long live the poor children
as Ploutarhos Pahoulos
1959
0.0
We Have Only One Life
as Bank Manager
1958
7.7
Ο Μισογύνης
1958
0.0
The Hurdy-Gurdy
as Benardis
1955
7.4
To Fintanaki
as Giavrousis
1955
6.0
Joe, the Amazing
as Lavrentios Kalyvas
1955
6.5
The Happy Beginning
as program manager
1954
6.6
Ο άνεμος του μίσους
1954
0.0
That's How My Life Ended
1952
0.0
Fallen Angels
as Hristos Terakis
1948
6.0
The Germans Strike Again
as madman
1948
7.2
Μαντάμ Σουσού
1948
0.0
Αγνούλα
1939
0.0
Wrong Path
as Dimos
1933
6.0