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Sappho Notara (Vissani, Ioannina, April 13, 1907 – Athens, June 11, 1985) was a Greek film and theater actress. Her real surname was Handanou. She studied at the Professional Theater School and the Drama School of the Piraeus Association. She got the surname Notara from the street where the drama school she attended was located. Se made his debut in the theater and collaborated with the greatest actors of the time (Marika Kotopoulis, Katerina Andreadis, Christoforo Nezer, Elli Lambeti, Dimitri Horn). She also appeared in several motion pictures. Her commanding voice will be unforgettable: "Her physiognomy, her thunderous hoarse voice and her inner exuberance helped her to create a strictly personal comic type, which she supported with particular success". Among her performances is a song with lyrics by Jean-Paul Sartre and music by Manos Hadjidakis, entitled "On Blamando Street". Her swan song was her collaboration with the latter, in "Pornografia", in 1981. She also became famous through her lines, such as "Sodom and Gomorrah are happening in here" and "Burlotto". She left an era with her performances in the films Ah, this woman of mine, The Card Player, Pornography and Mrs. Kyriaki (the latter was a radio production by Kostas P. Panagiotopoulos). She was close friends with the painter Yiannis Tsarouchis and the writer Kostas Takhtsis.

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Thodora

Νάτανε το 13 νά 'πεφτε σε μας

1970

8.0

Έμπαινε Μανωλιό

1970

10.0

Litsa

Το Παιδί Της Μαμάς

1970

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Fanouria Kalafati

Η Θυρωρίνα

1968

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Το ΠΡΟ-ΠΟ και τα μπουζούκια

1968

5.7

Xeni

Oh, That Woman of Mine!

1967

5.9

Sapfo

My Dimitri... My Dimitri

1967

8.0

Avra

Μίνι Φούστα Και Καράτε

1967

9.0

Efthalia

Five Thousand Lies

1966

5.5

Froso

The virgin

1966

Credits

Νάτανε το 13 νά 'πεφτε σε μας

as Thodora

1970

4.5

Έμπαινε Μανωλιό

1970

8.0

Το Παιδί Της Μαμάς

as Litsa

1970

10.0

Η Θυρωρίνα

as Fanouria Kalafati

1968

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Το ΠΡΟ-ΠΟ και τα μπουζούκια

1968

0.0

Oh, That Woman of Mine!

as Xeni

1967

5.7

My Dimitri... My Dimitri

as Sapfo

1967

5.9

Μίνι Φούστα Και Καράτε

as Avra

1967

8.0

Five Thousand Lies

as Efthalia

1966

9.0

The virgin

as Froso

1966

5.5

The Gambler

as Marigo

1964

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If Luck Favors You

as Koula

1964

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Εξωτικές Βιταμίνες

as Leni

1964

3.5

The Madman

as Melpomeni

1963

6.8

A Patented Stupid Man

as Tonis' customer

1963

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Ο διαιτητής

as Menelaos' Mother

1963

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Hooray for Madness

as aunt Evridiki

1962

4.6

The Trip

1962

6.0

Don't Fall in Love on a Saturday

as Harikleia's mother

1962

5.5

Synoikia to Oneiro

1961

7.2

Mrs. Midwife

as Πολυξένη

1961

7.8

Love and storm

as Elpiniki

1961

5.0

Madame Mayor

1960

6.9

A Pitiful Don Juan

as Katerina

1960

5.0

Στην Πόρτα της Κολάσεως

1960

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At Night The Entanglements

as Maria

1957

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Windfall in Athens

as Miss Ketty

1954

6.4

The She-Wolf

as Taso

1951

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