Martha Vourtsi

Birthday: 1937-10-11
Birthplace: Athens, Greece
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
1985-10-03 A script is our life Nina
1970-01-01 Martha, the Woman of Sorrow
1970-01-01 A life without love
1969-02-03 I Die Every Dawn Tasia
1969-01-01 Rag of life
1968-01-01 The one that didn't bend Martha
1968-01-01 Cloudy horizons Katerina
1967-01-01 Separation is a curse.
1966-01-01 Now that I am leaving life Mania Vagia
1966-01-01 I want to live in the sun.
1965-11-17 With Pain and Tears Maria
1965-10-18 My heart, stop hurting. Μάρθα
1965-05-08 the mother's amulet Βέρα Κονταξή
1965-01-01 We despised My Sweetness Fotoula
1965-01-01 Απόκληροι της κοινωνίας Katina
1965-01-01 Betrayed Hristina
1965-01-01 Atonement
1964-07-27 Every Sorrow And Tear
1964-07-23 Paras and Foukaras Eleni
1964-02-01 I leave with Bitterness in Foreign Countries Mary
1964-01-30 It is a great pity
1964-01-01 The Dressmaker
1964-01-01 The uncrowned
1964-01-01 I'm an unhappy woman Martha
1964-01-01 Exotic Vitamins Lola Poulaki
1963-01-01 The Golden Eagles Despo Gerakas
1963-01-01 Hearts in the storm
1963-01-01 What the Night Hides
1962-06-06 Betrayed love Magda
1962-01-01 Athens by Night
1962-01-01 The Jar Aliki
1962-01-01 My Wife's Husband Amalia
1961-10-30 The Tough Guy Aleka Palli
1961-01-01 Love and storm Sasa
1960-12-12 The yellow gloves Τούλα
1960-10-31 Desires in the Straw
1960-07-09 Sunday's Date
1960-07-09 Sunday's Date Martha
1960-01-01 Για την αγάπη μιας ορφανής
1959-01-01 The Miserable Kaiti