Nikos Kourkoulos - Revision history

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 [[Nikos Kourkoulos]] was born in [[1934]], in [[Athens]], [[Greece]]. He grew up in the district of [[Zografou]]. Sports and football being his love, he belonged to [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]]' roster during his school years. Acting came before him rather accidentally. As he himself had claimed, he took the plunge to become an actor while reading books on theatre.
-He studied acting at the Drama School of the Greek [[National Theater]] and made his stage debut in a [[1958]] Athens production of Alexandre Dumas' "La dame aux camélias", opposite [[Ellie Lambeti]] and [[Dimitris Horn]]. He was one of the founders of the prestigious stage group Proskinio and appeared in the [[1967]] Broadway musical "Ilya Darling", with [[Melina Mercouri]], a role for which he was nominated for a Tony award as a best supporting actor.
+He studied acting at the Drama School of the Greek [[National Theater]] and made his stage debut in a [[1958]] Athens production of Alexandre Dumas' "La dame aux camélias", opposite [[Ellie Lambeti]] and [[Dimitris Horn]]. He was one of the founders of the prestigious stage group Proskinio and appeared in the [[1967]] Broadway musical "Ilya Darling", with [[Melina Mercouri]], in a role for which he was nominated for a Tony award as a best supporting actor.
 For the best part of the [[1960s|60s]] and [[1970s|70s]], Nikos Kourkoulos' success was unparalleled by any other Greek actor, bar perhaps [[Dimitris Papamichael]]. And while Kourkoulos' takings at the box office matched that of the Golden Couple ([[Aliki Vougiouklaki|Aliki]] & [[Dimitris Papamichael|Papamichael]]) ticket by ticket, his choice of material was more challenging than the latter's often naive excursion into sentimentality, making him the darling of cinemagoers and critics alike. His good looks certainly didn't hurt either and for years Kourkoulos was the pin up boy of choice of many a young girl.

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 [[Nikos Kourkoulos]] was born in [[1934]], in [[Athens]], [[Greece]]. He grew up in the district of [[Zografou]]. Sports and football being his love, he belonged to [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]]' roster during his school years. Acting came before him rather accidentally. As he himself had claimed, he took the plunge to become an actor while reading books on theatre.
-He studied acting at the Drama School of the Greek [[National Theater]] and made his stage debut in a [[1958]] Athens production of Alexandre Dumas' "La dame aux camélias", opposite [[Ellie Lambeti]] and [[Dimitris Horn]]. He was one of the founders of the prestigious stage group Proskinio and appeared in the [[1967]] Broadway musical "Ilya Darling", with [[Melina Mercouri]], for which he was nominated for a Tony award as a best supporting actor.
+He studied acting at the Drama School of the Greek [[National Theater]] and made his stage debut in a [[1958]] Athens production of Alexandre Dumas' "La dame aux camélias", opposite [[Ellie Lambeti]] and [[Dimitris Horn]]. He was one of the founders of the prestigious stage group Proskinio and appeared in the [[1967]] Broadway musical "Ilya Darling", with [[Melina Mercouri]], a role for which he was nominated for a Tony award as a best supporting actor.
 For the best part of the [[1960s|60s]] and [[1970s|70s]], Nikos Kourkoulos' success was unparalleled by any other Greek actor, bar perhaps [[Dimitris Papamichael]]. And while Kourkoulos' takings at the box office matched that of the Golden Couple ([[Aliki Vougiouklaki|Aliki]] & [[Dimitris Papamichael|Papamichael]]) ticket by ticket, his choice of material was more challenging than the latter's often naive excursion into sentimentality, making him the darling of cinemagoers and critics alike. His good looks certainly didn't hurt either and for years Kourkoulos was the pin up boy of choice of many a young girl.

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 [[Nikos Kourkoulos]] was born in [[1934]], in [[Athens]], [[Greece]]. He grew up in the district of [[Zografou]]. Sports and football being his love, he belonged to [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]]' roster during his school years. Acting came before him rather accidentally. As he himself had claimed, he took the plunge to become an actor while reading books on theatre.
-He studied acting at the Drama School of the Greek [[National Theater]] and made his stage debut in a [[1958]] Athens production of Alexandre Dumas' "La dame aux camélias", opposite [[Ellie Lambeti]] and [[Dimitris Horn]]. He was one of the founders of the prestigious stage group Proskinio and appeared in the [[1967]] Broadway musical "Ilya Darling", with [[Melina Mercouri]].
+He studied acting at the Drama School of the Greek [[National Theater]] and made his stage debut in a [[1958]] Athens production of Alexandre Dumas' "La dame aux camélias", opposite [[Ellie Lambeti]] and [[Dimitris Horn]]. He was one of the founders of the prestigious stage group Proskinio and appeared in the [[1967]] Broadway musical "Ilya Darling", with [[Melina Mercouri]], for which he was nominated for a Tony award as a best supporting actor.
 For the best part of the [[1960s|60s]] and [[1970s|70s]], Nikos Kourkoulos' success was unparalleled by any other Greek actor, bar perhaps [[Dimitris Papamichael]]. And while Kourkoulos' takings at the box office matched that of the Golden Couple ([[Aliki Vougiouklaki|Aliki]] & [[Dimitris Papamichael|Papamichael]]) ticket by ticket, his choice of material was more challenging than the latter's often naive excursion into sentimentality, making him the darling of cinemagoers and critics alike. His good looks certainly didn't hurt either and for years Kourkoulos was the pin up boy of choice of many a young girl.

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 * Dale Wasserman, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 1987
 * Philoctetes (1991) by [[Sophocles]]
 [[Category:Actors|Kourkoulos, Nikos]]
 [[Category:1934 births|Kourkoulos, Nikos]]
 [[Category:2007 deaths|Kourkoulos, Nikos]]

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 ==Theatrical Performances==
 Nikos KOurkoulos headed companies and his own theatre in [[Athens]] and [[Thessaloniki]], and played leading roles in:
-* Medea (1959) by Euripides
+* Medea (1959) by [[Euripides]]
 * Thornton Wilder, Our Town, 1960
 * Jean Giraudoux, Ondine, 1962
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 * Never on a Sunday (Ilya, Darling), 1967, in the United States (directed by [[Jules Dassin]], with [[Melina Mercouri]], in a production nominated for a Tony award)
 * Franz Kafka, The Castle, 1964, and The Trial, 1971
-* Orestes (1971) by Euripides
+* Orestes (1971) by [[Euripides]]
 * Slavomir Mrozek, Tango, 1972
 * Bertholt Brecht, The Threepenny Opera, 1975 (as Macheath, with [[Melina Mercouri]] as Jenny), directed by [[Jules Dassin]]
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 * Jean Anouilh, Ring Round the Moon, 1978
 * Neil Simon, The Odd Couple, 1980, directed by [[Andreas Voutsinas]]
-* Oedipus the King (1982) by Sophocles
+* Oedipus the King (1982) by [[Sophocles]]
 * Ugo Betti, Reciprocation, 1983, directed by [[Minos Volanakis]]
 * Arthur Miller, A View from the Bridge, 1986
 * Dale Wasserman, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 1987
-* Philoctetes (1991) by Sophocles
+* Philoctetes (1991) by [[Sophocles]]
 [[Category:Actors|Kourkoulos, Nikos]]
 [[Category:1934 births|Kourkoulos, Nikos]]

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 In [[1995]], '''Nikos Kourkoulos''' became the Artistic Director of the government funded [[National Theater|National Theatre of Greece]], an institution he managed to turn into a profitable organization without compromising on artistic integrity.
-He died at the [[Errikos Dynan Hospital]], in [[Athens]], on [[January 30]], [[2007]], succumbing to the cancer he was battling since [[2001]]. He was survived by his wife, [[Marianna Latsis]], and four children: Errieta and Philip from marriage to Marianna, and Melita and [[Alkis Kourkoulos|Alkis]] from his previous marriage to Melita.
+He died at the [[Errikos Dynan Hospital]], in [[Athens]], on [[January 30]], [[2007]], succumbing to the cancer he was battling since [[2001]]. He was survived by his wife, Marianna Latsis (daughter of Greek shipping billionaire [[John Latsis]]), and four children: Errieta and Philip from marriage to Marianna, and Melita and [[Alkis Kourkoulos|Alkis]] from his previous marriage to Melita.
 ==Theatrical Performances==

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 Kourkoulos' last stage appearance was in a [[1991]] production of Sophocles' '''Philoctetes''' play, at the restored ancient theater of [[Epidaurus]] in southern Greece.
-In [[1994]], '''Nikos Kourkoulos''' became the Artistic Director of the government funded [[National Theater|National Theatre of Greece]], an institution he managed to turn into a profitable organization without compromising on artistic integrity.
+In [[1995]], '''Nikos Kourkoulos''' became the Artistic Director of the government funded [[National Theater|National Theatre of Greece]], an institution he managed to turn into a profitable organization without compromising on artistic integrity.
 He died at the [[Errikos Dynan Hospital]], in [[Athens]], on [[January 30]], [[2007]], succumbing to the cancer he was battling since [[2001]]. He was survived by his four children: Melita and [[Alkis Kourkoulos|Alkis]] from his first wife Melita, and Errieta and Philip from his second wife Marianna Latsis.

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 For 5 years, (1975-1980) he was President of the Society of Greek Theatre Actor-Managers.
-In [[19945]], '''Nikos Kourkoulos''' became the Artistic Director of the government funded [[National Theater|National Theatre of Greece]], an institution he managed to turn into a profitable organization without compromising on artistic integrity.
+Kourkoulos' last stage appearance was in a [[1991]] production of Sophocles' '''Philoctetes''' play, at the restored ancient theater of [[Epidaurus]] in southern Greece.
 He died at the [[Errikos Dynan Hospital]], in [[Athens]], on [[January 30]], [[2007]], succumbing to the cancer he was battling since [[2001]]. He was survived by his four children: Melita and [[Alkis Kourkoulos|Alkis]] from his first wife Melita, and Errieta and Philip from his second wife Marianna Latsis.

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 [[Image:Nikos-kourkoulos-02.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Nikos Kourkoulos]]
-[[Image:Nikoskourkoulos02.jpg|frame|[[Nikos Kourkoulos]] served as the Chairman of the [[National Theatre of Greece]]]]
+[[Image:Nikoskourkoulos02.jpg|frame|[[Nikos Kourkoulos]] served as the Artistic Director of the [[National Theater|National Theatre of Greece]]]]
 [[Image:NikosKourkoulos01.jpg|thumb|175px|[[Nikos Kourkoulos]]]]
 [[Nikos Kourkoulos]] was born in [[1934]], in [[Athens]], [[Greece]]. He grew up in the district of [[Zografou]]. Sports and football being his love, he belonged to [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]]' roster during his school years. Acting came before him rather accidentally. As he himself had claimed, he took the plunge to become an actor while reading books on theatre.
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 For 5 years, (1975-1980) he was President of the Society of Greek Theatre Actor-Managers.
-In [[1994]], '''Nikos Kourkoulos''' became the Chairman of the government funded [[National Theatre of Greece]], an institution he managed to turn into a profitable organization without compromising on artistic integrity.
+In [[19945]], '''Nikos Kourkoulos''' became the Artistic Director of the government funded [[National Theater|National Theatre of Greece]], an institution he managed to turn into a profitable organization without compromising on artistic integrity.
 He died at the [[Errikos Dynan Hospital]], in [[Athens]], on [[January 30]], [[2007]], succumbing to the cancer he was battling since [[2001]]. He was survived by his four children: Melita and [[Alkis Kourkoulos|Alkis]] from his first wife Melita, and Errieta and Philip from his second wife Marianna Latsis.