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Georgia Vasiliadou

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'''Georgia Vasiliadou''' (or Vasileiadou - ''Greek:[[:el:Γεωργία Βασιλειάδου|Γεωργία Βασιλειάδου]]'') was born a [[Greeks|Greek]] stage and screen actress. Born in [[1897]], in [[Athens]], [[Greece]]. Her , her real name was Georgia Athanassiou. She was obliged to leave school early and work as a shopgirl, in order to help her family.
[[Image:Vasileiadou-chatzichristos.jpg|thumb|150px|With [[Vasilis Avlonitis|Avlonitis]] and [[Kostas Hatzichristos|Hatzichristos]]]]She made her stage debut in [[1918]], but began her studies at the Gennadeios Rhonetic School in [[1923]] and appeared in some operas. She then worked with the major theater companies of the period ([[Kyveli]], [[Marika Kotopouli]], [[Mitsos Myrat]]), playing a wide range of parts. In the mid-[[1930s]] she decided to retire, but [[Alekos Sakellarios]] offered her a small part in the [[1939]] musical comedy "Koritsia tis pantreias"; that was the genesis of a second career for the middle-aged actress, who went on to star in many comedies and revues and created personal stage groups until the late [[1960s]].
She also made a tentative movie debut in [[1930]], but became one of the all-time greats of the Greek cinema during the [[1950s]], when she starred in extremely popular comedies like I Oraia ton Athinon, I ([[1954]]), in which [[Nikos Tsiforos]] played with her unconventional external appearence, and _Theia I Theia apo to Sikago, I ([[1957]])_ , in which director-writer [[Alekos Sakellarios]] cast her as a wealthy [[Greek American|Greek-American]] who returns to Greece after thirty years and brings a fresh lifestyle to the family of her conservative brother.
She died οn [[February 12]], [[1980]], but is always fondly remembered by Greek audiences.

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