Prominent Greek Actor Kostas Kazakos Dies at 87
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- 15 Sep 2022
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Kostas Kazakos, a prominent Greek actor, director, and politician, died on Tuesday in Athens. He was eighty-seven years old.
Kazakos, born on May 29, 1935 in Pyrgos, Ilia, studied at the Drama School of “Theatro Technis” under the supervision of Carolos Koun. He made his stage debut in 1957 and then collaborated with many stage groups.
He also played supporting roles in numerous films.
However, his real breakthrough came in 1967, when he was offered the lead in the film ΚοντσÎρτο για πολυβÏŒλα (1967), opposite famous actress Tzeni Karezi.
He married Karezi, and the couple stayed together for twenty-four years until her death in 1992 at the age of sixty. Together, they acted in a number of movies, had a son, and were well-loved and respected actors.
The couple married in 1968 just one year after the Greek junta imposed a military dictatorship.
Kazakos and Karezi took a stance against the junta at a time when actors, politicians, and artists who expressed leftist political beliefs or created artwork that went against the extremely socially conservative dogma of the dictatorship could be exiled, tortured, or worse. Read More...
