Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 02, 1906
Died
Jul 02, 1976
Place of Birth
Braila, Romania
Credits
64 titles
Hristos Tsaganeas
Biography
Christos Tsaganeas was born in Braila, Romania on July 2, 1906. He came from a wealthy Greek and aristocratic family and from a young age he showed great love for the theater. His parents, however, had demanded that he finish some university school, and that's why when he graduated from the Greek high school in Romania, they sent him to Athens for academic studies. He initially enrolled in Medicine but soon dropped out and went to Law from which he never got a degree. The reason for this event was his acquaintance and love for the actress Nitsa Vitsori, seven years older than him, for whose sake he abandoned his studies and began to appear in the theater. When Nitsa divorced her first husband, Giorgis Vitsoris, Tsaganeas not only married her but also enrolled in the Drama School of the National Theater to get a proper foundation and an acting degree. For this career choice, he had several fights with his parents, with whom he finally broke up and cut off his funding. Another version cites his participation in the political movement of the Archio-Marxists, in which his wife Nitsa also participated, as the reason for the elimination. This development led him, for some time, to live on a boat in the port of Piraeus while he was forced to take part in performances of itinerant troupes, which at that time were underestimated. "There are few theaters, few theater squares, many practitioners", as he used to say. During the German-Italian occupation he actively participated in the National Resistance through the ranks of the EAM together with his wife Nitsa. During the December 1944, his name was involved in the execution of the actress Eleni Papadakis by OPLA. As a member of the board of the National Militia of the EAM Theater, he had put his signature - together with his colleagues, Emilio Veakis, Theodoros Moridis, Spyros Patrikios and Panos Karavousiano - for the death sentence of Eleni Papadakis, who had been accused of dowry. A year later, Christos Tsaganeas was in danger of losing his life in the armed attack against the then president of SEH, Spyros Patrikios.
Known For
Filmography
Curtain Lecture
Makromihaleas
Κάθε ναυάγιο και μια κόλασι
Mr. Alexiou
Manolios Strikes Again
Μια γυναίκα φεύγει
Σέργιος και Άννα
Ena agori... alloiotiko ap' t' alla
The Unbeatable Was Beaten
Androklis Hardoupis
A Tough Guy in the Salons
Gerasimos Nikolaou
The Clown
Theodoros
Apollo Goes on Holiday
Ambassador
Doctor Z-Vengos
Babis
Greek Pride
Kriton Stefanis
Satrapis
My Dimitri... My Dimitri
Gerasimos Karras
Aspasia's dollars
Boat of Joy
Kokovios and Sparos in the Spider's Web
ceremony man
Five Thousand Lies
Patroklos Sokratidis
Θυσία
We Parted Ways One Evening
Artesta
Ilias
The Drawer of Sin
Filonas
A Ship Full of Papadopoulos
Pel Pap
Love that time does not fade
Είναι βαρύς ο πόνος μου
Gialouris
The Pain of Separation
Marios Peresiadis
Φτωχός, αλλά τίμιος
Kostas Pergialis
Η πικραγαπημένη
Affection
Kleopas Hatzigeorgiou
If Luck Favors You
Fokion Karyadis
Something Hot
Mr. Petridis
With Many Children
Pafsanias Karatsoukalas
Uncompromising in Life
My friend, Lefterakis
doctor
What the Night Hides
Theodore and the gun
Pantelis
The Devil and His Tail
Charalabos
Betrayed love
Impresario
The Miss Of The Mister
Theofanis Delakis
Sidewalk
Ninos
Don't Fall in Love on a Saturday
Mikes Zargantis
Poor Bums
Leonidas Dekrisis
Death Will Return
Doctor
Τα νιάτα θέλουν έρωτα
Murder Backstage
Pavlos Stefanou
Crime in Kolonaki
Kostas Floras
The Hamini
Nikiforos
Rich Without Money
Mr. Ploutidis
Maiden's Cheek
school headmaster
Vacation in Kolopetinitsa
Iordanis Mouratoglou