Sperantza Vrana

Sperantza Vrana (Greek: Σπεράντζα Βρανά; 6 February 1928 – 29 September 2009) was a Greek actress and writer.

Sperantza Vrana
Σπεράντζα Βρανά
Born
Elpida Homatianou

6 February 1928
Died29 September 2009 (aged 81)
Athens, Greece
OccupationActress/Writer
Years active1950–1999

She was born as Elpida[lower-alpha 1] Homatianou (Ελπίδα Χωματιανού) in Messolongi on 6 February, either in 1926 or 1932. She wrote several books, with the most famous of them being her autobiography Tolmo (Τολμώ, I Dare). Sperantza Vrana died of a heart attack on 29 September 2009, aged 81.[3]

Filmography

Film

YearFilmTransliteration and translationRole
1950Ela sto theioΈλα στο θείο
Come to the Uncle
Nana
1953To soferakiΤο σωφεράκι
The Chauffeur
-
1954The Beauty of AthensΗ ωραία των Αθηνών
I orea ton Athinon
Clara
1955Glenti, lefta ki agapiΓλέντι, λεφτά κι αγάπηYiouyiou
1955I Kalpiki liraΗ κάλπικη λίρα
The Counterfeit Lira
Maria
1958MelpoΜέλπω-
1958Adekaroi erotevomeniΑδέκαροι ερωτευμένοι-
1961O skliros andrasΟ σκληρός άντρας
The Hard Man
Loula
1963O anipsios mou o ManolisΟ ανιψιός μου ο Μανώλης
My Nephew Manolis
-
1965I Eva den amartisseΗ Εύα δεν αμάρτησεPersefoni
1965Den boroun na mas horisounΔεν μπορούν να μας χωρίσουν
They Can't Separate Us
-
1965Apokliroi tis koinoniasΑπόκληροι της κοινωνίας-
1979O palavos kosmos tou ThanasiΟ παλαβός κόσμος του Θανάση
Thanasi's Mad World
-
1984O glykopseftis
(Video only)
Ο γλυκοψεύτης
The Sweet Liar
-
1985Rambo from Trikala
(Video only)
Ο Ράμπο από τα ΤρίκαλαAngela
1999San to spiti mas
(TV series)
Σαν το σπίτι σας
Feel Like Home
a presenter
1999Safe SexRoberta

Notes

  1. "Elpida" (transliterated from the Greek "Ελπίδα") means "Hope" in English,[1] and in Italian "Speranza".[2]

References

  1. "The word 'Ελπίδα' in Greek-English lexicon". WordReference.com. WordReference. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  2. "The word 'Hope' in English-Italian lexicon". WordReference.com (in Italian). WordReference. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  3. "Πέθανε από ανακοπή καρδιάς η Σπεράντζα Βρανά" [Speranza Vrana died of a heart attack] (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2009-10-02. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
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