Soultana (Tania) Tsanaklidou ( el, Τάνια Τσανακλίδου, born 9 April 1952) is a

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artist, both singer and actress, who represented

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in the

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Biography

Tania was born in

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on 9 April 1952 and was raised in

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. By the age of eight, she had already taken part in a children's theatrical play. She studied drama and ancient history and took courses in dancing. When she was 21 she moved to

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where she started to work as a theatre actress and in 1978 she got her first part in a TV series. In 1978, she represented

in the

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with a song titled "

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", and came eighth. Right after this she performed at the award ceremony of the

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. In 1980, she was awarded the prize of the French

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. She began recording albums while concurrently performing in music appearances all over Greece.

Discography

* 1978-''Charlie Chaplin'' * 1978-''Ares Mares Koukounares'' * 1980-''Horis Taftotita'' * 1982-''File'' * 1985-''Tis Vrohis kai tis Nihtas'' * 1986-''Clise'' * 1988-''Ta tragoudia tou Bar'' * 1988-''Mama Gernao'' * 1990-''Alliotiki Mera'' * 1991-''Nadir'' * 1995-''Oi Megaliteres Epitihies tis Tanias Tsanaklidou'' * 1995-''Tragoudia tou Paraxenou Kosmou'' * 1997-''Live'' * 1998-''To Magiko Kouti'' * 2000-''Mia Agapi Mikri'' * 2001-''To Hroma tis Imeras'' * 2009-''Proswpografia''

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20090304154855/http://www.tsanaklidou.com/ 1952 births Living people People from Drama, Greece Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1978 Greek entehno singers Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Greece 20th-century Greek women singers Greek stage actresses Thessaloniki Song Festival entrants 20th-century Greek actresses 21st-century Greek women singers {{Greece-singer-stub