Martha Vourtsi
Born: 1937-10-11 in Athens, Greece
Known For: Acting
Biography
Martha Vourtsis (Athens, 12 October 1937) is a Greek actress. Her mother was a painter and her father Michalis Vourtsis a conductor, one of the founders of the Opera in 1942. Her family settled from Odessa in Athens. She herself received a strict Russian upbringing. She appeared in several films, mainly performing dramatic roles in the so-called "melo" of the era, (She Who Did Not Bend, Great is the Grief, Outcasts of Society, My Heart Stops Paining, With Pain and Tears), but also in films of different genres, such as The Yellow Gloves and The Tough Man. Several years later, she made some appearances on television, such as in the state television series Odos Antheon (1987-1988), in the Mega Channel comedy series Eliza and the Others, as well as in the Mega Channel series Seven Deadly Mother-in-Laws. She had a leading role in the Mega Channel series 1 meios e otso, where she played the mother of Anna (Zeta Douka). As in 2008-2011, she played in the series I polikatoikia, as Panagiota Petrocheilou. In the 2004 theatrical winter, she appeared at the Veaki Theater in the performance Ta brembere petheanou orthia. The reviews were very good. She also appeared at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in July 2005 and in June 2006 in William Shakespeare's tragedy Coriolanus as part of the Athens Festival. She was married to the lyricist Xenophon Fileris who passed away in 2014.
Filmography
2008
- I Polykatoikia as Panagiota Petroheilou
2007
2004
- 7 Deadly Mother-in-Laws as Persa
2002
- Εκπαιδεύοντας τον Μπάμπη as Μάρθα Βαρυχέρη
1992
- Eliza and the others as Margarita Stamatiou
- Kai oi tesseris itan yperohes as Κέιτ (Καίτη)
1990
- Φόνος Χωρίς Ταυτότητα as Άσπα Αγγελίδου, διευθύντρια της Import-Export
1988
- Antheon Street as Angela
1985
1969
- I Die Every Dawn as Tasia
- Rag of life
1968
- Cloudy horizons as Katerina
- The one that didn't bend as Martha
1966
- Now that I am leaving life as Mania Vagia
- I want to live in the sun.
1965
- With Pain and Tears as Maria
- My heart, stop hurting. as Μάρθα
- Betrayed as Hristina
- Απόκληροι της κοινωνίας as Katina
- We despised My Sweetness as Fotoula
- the mother's amulet as Βέρα Κονταξή
- Atonement
1964
- Every Sorrow And Tear
- Exotic Vitamins as Lola Poulaki
- Paras and Foukaras as Eleni
- The uncrowned
- It is a great pity
- I leave with Bitterness in Foreign Countries as Mary
- I'm an unhappy woman as Martha
- The Dressmaker
1963
- What the Night Hides
- Hearts in the storm
- The Golden Eagles as Despo Gerakas
1962
- My Wife's Husband as Amalia
- The Jar as Aliki
- Betrayed love as Magda
- Athens by Night
1961
- The Tough Guy as Aleka Palli
- Love and storm as Sasa
1959
- The Miserable as Kaiti