Lykourgos Kallergis

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Lykourgos Kallergis was and actor. He was born in 1914 at Mylopotamos, Rhethymnon, Crete

He moved to Athens at the age of 10, where he finished high-school. We went on to complete his drama school studies at the Karolos Koun school.

He played more than 500 roles spanning six decades in the theatre, the cinema, the television and the radio, and served as a deputy for the Greek Communist Party from 1977 to 1981.

He went on to become a director, too, raising two generations of young actors, while also translating foreign plays into Greek.

In the last few days he was in intensive care at the Giorgos Gennimatas hospital.