Voula Zouboulaki ( el, Βούλα Ζουμπουλάκη; born Paraskevi Zouboulaki; 24 September 1924 – 7 September 2015) was an Egyptian-born Greek

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. She was the wife of actor

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. She attended the Dramatic School of the National Theatre, the School of the National Odeon and the Law School of the

University of Athens The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...

Biography

Zouboulaki was born in

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, on 24 September 1924. She originally studied at the Law School of the

after her parents pressure but soon she turned to the theatre and attended the Dramatic School of the National Theatre. In 1951, she wed actor

. She began her career at the National Lyric Stage in 1952 and two years later appeared in prose. She later starred in several movies including adaptations from plays by

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and

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. She received awards at the International Theatrical Festival in

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in 1964 and at the Thessaloniki Cinematic Festival in 1966. Zouboulaki was awarded the First Lisbon Festival Awards (1964), the M. Kotopouli Second Prize in 1965, and the First Actor's Prize at the Thessaloniki Cinematic Festival in 1966. She appeared in the film ''

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'' in the role of Anetta. The film won the award for Best Foreign Language film at the

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awards in 1956. She died on 7 September 2015, aged 90.

Filmography

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'' (1955) .... Anneta *''Mono gia mia nyhta'' (1958) .... Anna *''Karagiozis, o adikimenos tis zois'' (1959) .... Marika Asteri / Liza Aygerinou *''Eimai athoos'' (1960) .... Lucia Dreyfus *''Iligos'' (1963) .... Kaiti Kapralou *''Diogmos'' (1964) .... Katerina Rodeli *''Ohi, ...kyrie Johnson'' (1965) .... Eleni *''Syntomo dialeimma'' (1966) .... Emma Karali *''Oi Athinaioi'' (1990) .... Stavrianidou

Awards

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zouboulaki, Voula 1924 births 2015 deaths National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni Greek film actresses Greek stage actresses Egyptian emigrants to Greece Actresses from Cairo