
Maro Kontou (Greek: Μάρω Κοντού; born 21 June 1934 - 15 July 2026) was a Greek actress and politician. She performed in more than sixty films since 1954. Maro Kontou's first film appearance was just after she had started at the National Theater, with a silent role in the Finos Film film "Happy Beginning" (1954) by Dinos Dimopoulos. Roles in films by other producers followed ("The Man on the Train", "Crime in Kolonaki", "Crime Behind the Scenes") before making her debut with a leading role in the Finos Film film "The Yellow Gloves" (1960) as the wife of the jealous Nikos Stavridis. She returned to Finos Film in 1963, starring alongside Dinos Iliopoulos in the film "My Friend Lefterakis".
She participated in over 50 film productions, including George Tzavellas' film "Antigone" (1961) as Ismene, as well as the timeless film (also by Tzavellas) "A Woman Afraid of Man" (Damaskinos-Michailidis, 1965), where together with George Konstantinou they played the Kokovikos couple, one of the most famous couples in Greek cinema. Maro Kontou's last collaboration with Finos Film was in the unforgettable "An Italian Woman from the Kulypseli" (1968) in the central role alongside Alekos Alexandrakis. The 13 films in which she co-starred with Lambros Konstantaras ("The Old Man", "The Squirrel Who Became a Lamb", "Too Bad for Your Boy", etc.) were also particularly successful.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
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as Μαρία Αναγνώστου · 969 episodes
as Elenitsa Kokovikou

as Αλεξάνδρα · 33 episodes

as Τζένη Γερονικόλα · 18 episodes





as Mrs. Giavroglou

as Martha Apaloheri

as Rena Skoularikou
as Maro Kodou

as minister

as Efi Fotiou

as Elena Georgiadou-Vagiannou

as Christina Karali

as Koula Tsivikli

as Eva
as Gina Conte Rosa


as Elli

as Vera
as Bianca
as Mary Hatzithoma / Mrs. Konstantinidou

as Marina Gianna

as Marika Chorafa

as (uncredited)

as Jenny
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