Giorgos Foundas
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Giorgos Foundas was born in 1924 in the village of Mavrolithari, in the Parnassida district of central Fokida prefecture, while he studied drama in Athens.
His first cinematic role was in the 1944 film "Hirokrotimata".
Giorgos Foundas was widely acknowledged for his roles in the international hit "Alexis Zorbas" (1964), the milestone Greek-language movie "Stella" (1955) and Jules Dassin's "Never on Sunday" (1960), the latter two co-starring with Melina Mercouri.
He died on Sunday, November 28, 2010 in Athens. Foundas, who was suffering of Alzheimer's in his last years, had been hospitalized in an Athens hospital.
