Lykourgos Kallergis ( el, Λυκούργος Καλλέργης; 7 March 1914 – 27 August 2011) was a
Greek actor, director and
politician.
Life
Kallergis was born on 7 March 1914 in Choumeri,
Mylopotamos to his father,
Stavros Kallergis
Stavros Kallergis was a Greek revolutionary and socialist. He is known for organizing the first celebration of 1st of May in Greece, in 1893, and being active in various socialist groups in fin de siècle Greece. Actor and KKE MP Lykourgos Ka ...
. He moved to
Athens at age 10. Kallergis was married twice, to Jenny Kollarou and Maria Foka (I).
Kallergis was credited in more than five hundred acting roles in Greek
television,
film
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...
,
radio and
stage over a career that spanned more than sixty years.
He also ventured into politics, serving as a deputy within the
Greek Communist Party
The Communist Party of Greece ( el, Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας, ''Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas'', KKE) is a political party in Greece.
Founded in 1918 as the Socialist Labour Party of Greece and adopted its curren ...
from 1977 until 1981.
[ Kallergis later translated foreign language plays into Greek and worked as a director.][
Lykourgos Kallergis died at the Giorgos Gennimatas hospital in Athens on 27 August 2011, at the age of 97.][
]
Filmography
References
External links
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1914 births
2011 deaths
Greek male stage actors
Greek male film actors
Greek male television actors
Greek male radio actors
Members of the Hellenic Parliament
Greek MPs 1977–1981
Communist Party of Greece politicians
People from Geropotamos
Male actors from Athens