Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 21, 1934
Died
Jul 15, 2026
Place of Birth
Athens, Greece
Credits
58 titles
Maro Kodou
Biography
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. With the decline of commercial cinema from the mid-1970s, her choices became fewer and fewer. Perhaps the role in the film "The Big Cannon" (1981) with Thanasis Vengos stands out. It took a long period of absence from cinema for Maro Kontou to return in 2012 with a role in the film "If" by Christoforos Papakaliatis. During her career, her television appearances were limited ("Enochoi", "Treis sto Gyro", "To Pathos", etc.). In 2021, he was back on television screens with a featured role in the series "Land of Olives".
Known For
Filmography
Olive Land
Μαρία Αναγνώστου
Νανά στα Κόκκινα
Self
What If...
Elenitsa Kokovikou
Kai oi tesseris itan yperohes
Αλεξάνδρα
Μια Απίθανη Γιαγιά
Τζένη Γερονικόλα
Η κυρία είναι χάι
ABE Mafia... National academy of crooks
Ω!!! Τι κόματος μπαμπά...
Καρέ του έρωτα
A script is our life
Mrs. Giavroglou
The Big Cannon
Martha Apaloheri
The wildcard Labroukos
Rena Skoularikou
Gigolos
Maro Kodou
The Hemline
Marianna Delmouzou
Taste from Greece
Ourania
The Bald Student
minister
Seven Years of Marriage
Efi Fotiou
Gang of Lovers
Elena Georgiadou-Vagiannou
The Deeds of Jealousy
Christina Karali
The Bedroom
Koula Tsivikli
I have you behind me, Satan
Eva
The Windbag
Gina Conte Rosa
The Three Liars
What a Waste!
Danae Triantafyllidi / Rodanas widow
A Crazy Party Animal
receptionist
The Bluffer
Elli
The Grouch
Vera
An Italian girl from Kypseli
Bianca
The Strongman Who Became a Lamb
Mary Hatzithoma / Mrs. Konstantinidou
Horafa family
Marika Chorafa
Captain Fandis Bastounis
Marina Gianna
Μπροστά στην αγχόνη
My Dimitri... My Dimitri
(uncredited)
The Sold Man
Βάνια Ζαπάντη
Gerontokoros
Mary Angelidou
The Greedy
Lena Kapantai
Μία γυναίκα κατηγορείται
The Stigmatized
Efi
Oh, If I Only Were a Man
Stella / Alekos
Yie mou... Yie mou...
Rena Papasavva
And the Woman Shall Fear Her Husband
Eleni
Wedding like... Greek
singer
The Woman Driver
Lili Haridimou
The barker
Gioula
The Scum
Magda 'Markisia'
My friend, Lefterakis
Fofo Vlassi
The third way
As they should people
Eleni
My Wife's Husband
Loulou
Woe to the Young
Rita