Vasiliki "Vicky" Vanita ( el, Βασιλική "Βίκυ" Βανίτα; 15 May 1948 – 8 March 2007) was a

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actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...

Life

She was known for her participation in several Greek movies and television series ('' Eisai to tairi mou'', ''

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'', ''

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''). She appeared in the 1968 movie '' Thiella sto spiti ton anemon'' and up to 1984 she co-starred in productions such as '' O trelopenintaris'' (along with

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), '' Paraggelia'' (by

Pavlos Tassios Pavlos Tassios ( el, Παύλος Τάσσιος; 1 April 1942 – 2 October 2011) was a Greek film director. Born in Polygyros, Greece, he directed such films as ''Ta vaporakia'', ''Stigma'', ''Parangelia!'', ''To vary... peponi'', ''Oi prost ...

) and ''

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'' by

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. Her last appearance in a film was in the movie ''

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'' (1984).

Death

Vanita was found dead in her apartment in

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on 8 March 2007. She died after a long struggle with lung cancer.

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* 1940s births 2007 deaths Greek film actresses Greek television actresses Deaths from lung cancer in Greece Actresses from Athens {{Greece-actor-stub