Katerina Helmy
Born: 1939-08-12 in Athens, Greece
Died: 2023-04-15
Known For: Acting
Biography
Katerina Helmi (Athens, 12 August 1939 - Kifissia, 15 April 2023) was a Greek actress. She became widely known to the Greek audience through roles in some of the most beloved films of Greek cinema. Her first appearance in cinema was in 1957 in the film Barbagiannis the Pitcher, but her greatest success is The Red Lights. She was also the rival of Aliki Vougiouklaki in the film Our Love. During her career, she has participated in more than 25 films and 4 television series. She has also written several books. Her husband was the professor and academic Konstantinos Svolopoulos. Unlike her husband Konstantinos Svolopoulos, who was a close friend of Konstantinos Karamanlis and director of the Karamanlis Foundation, Katerina Helmi was politically active in PASOK, as a member of the Trade Union Committee of Scientists-Artists. In the 1994 municipal elections, she was elected as a municipal councilor of the Municipality of Athens with the faction of Theodoros Pangalos. She died on 15 April 2023.
Filmography
2019
- The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea as Mother
2001
- Alexandria as Χριστίνα
1995
- Life is a thousand and a half
- Η Χαμένη άνοιξη as Γκρέτε Μαρλέν
1990
- Οικογένεια as Μαρία Στράτου
1982
- Angel as Angelos' Mother
1980
1979
- L'amore as Anna
1971
- Mara, the Gypsy as Mara
1970
- There Are No Deserters
- Νατάσα as Tereza
1969
- Passion Fever
- Weaknesses
- Crooked Deeds as Rita
1968
- Our love as Eva Tsami
1965
- The Enemies as Kitsa
1963
- The Red Lanterns as Marina Georgiadou
- Vertigo as Nitsa
1962
- Nomos 4000 as Voula
- The Great Sacrifice
- Without Identity as Jenny
1960
- Thieves Rejoice Only Once as Anna Moridi
1959
- Erotic Stories as Themis' friend
1957
- Uncle Giannis, the Potter as Krinio Veneti
- Athens dances Rock 'n' Roll