Thanos Leivaditis
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Thanos Leivaditis was a Greek actor and screenwriter. He studied drawing at the School of Fine Arts (Σχολή Καλών Τεχνών = Scholi Kalon Technon) of the Athens Polytechnic School (at the workshop of the writer Giannis Moralis).
In 1959, he finished dramatic school at the National Theatre and worked as a playwright until 1972. He played in many roles of the classical repertoire with other actors, including Katina Paxinou
, Alexis Minotis
, Kyveli, Christoforos Nezer
, Stelios Vokovits, Thanos Kotsopoulos, and Dimitris Horn
.
He entered the state theatre in 1959 with a play of Molière
for Valerius
. He played roles as Aemonas in Antigone
of Sophocles
, Neoptolemus of Philoctetes
, Malcolm in Macbeth
of Shakespeare
, Oedipus Rex of Sophocles
, Menoikea in Phoenicians from Euripides
, etc.
Thanos Leivaditis also participated in international film festivals at Théâtre des Nations (Paris
) in 1962 and at the World Theatre Season
(London
) in 1966.
He wrote 30 screenplays and played in 24 Greek film productions or movies. In these movies, he played with the unforgettable actress Mema Stathopoulou.
The next phase of his career involved television, beginning in 1974 when he starred in Oi Dikaoi (which lasted three seasons). He also starred in Oi Axiopistoi in 1981, Oi Ierosili in 1983, I Vendeta in 1987, I Ekti Entoli in 1990 and I Diki in 1991. He was a screenwriter and a playwright for his roles as the judge Angelos Karnezis and the journalist Aris Martelis.
He was awarded with the Corfiot Scenario Awards in 1984 for the serial Oi Ierosili.
He died on 1 September 2005 in Athens at the age of 71.
In 1959, he finished dramatic school at the National Theatre and worked as a playwright until 1972. He played in many roles of the classical repertoire with other actors, including Katina Paxinou
Katina Paxinou
Katina Paxinou was a Greek film and theatre actress.-Early life:Born Aikaterini Konstantopoulou in Piraeus, Greece, she trained as an opera singer, and appeared in the operatic version of Maeterlinck's "Sister Beatrice," with a score by Dimitri Mitropoulos, but changed career and joined the Greek...
, Alexis Minotis
Alexis Minotis
Alexis Minotakis, known as Alexis Minotis , was born 8 August 1898 or 1899 in Deliana , Chania, Crete and died on 11 November 1990 in Athens, Greece....
, Kyveli, Christoforos Nezer
Christoforos Nezer (d. 1970)
Christoforos Nezer was a Greek actor.He was descended from the Bavarian Nezer family, who came to Greece with King Otto, and the cousin of actress Marika Nezer. He was a self-taught actor and played a leading role in the establishment of National Theatre of Greece.-Filmography:- External links:...
, Stelios Vokovits, Thanos Kotsopoulos, and Dimitris Horn
Dimitris Horn
Dimitris Horn was a Greek theatrical and film performer. He is regarded probably as the greatest Greek actor of modern times.-Biography:...
.
He entered the state theatre in 1959 with a play of Molière
Molière
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature...
for Valerius
Valerius
Valerius is the nomen of gens Valeria, one of the oldest patrician families of Rome. The name was in use throughout Roman history...
. He played roles as Aemonas in Antigone
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone is a tragedy by Sophocles written in or before 442 BC. Chronologically, it is the third of the three Theban plays but was written first...
of Sophocles
Sophocles
Sophocles is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. His first plays were written later than those of Aeschylus, and earlier than or contemporary with those of Euripides...
, Neoptolemus of Philoctetes
Philoctetes
Philoctetes or Philocthetes according to Greek mythology, the son of King Poeas of Meliboea in Thessaly. He was a Greek hero, famed as an archer, and was a participant in the Trojan War. He was the subject of at least two plays by Sophocles, one of which is named after him, and one each by both...
, Malcolm in Macbeth
Macbeth
The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...
of Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
, Oedipus Rex of Sophocles
Sophocles
Sophocles is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. His first plays were written later than those of Aeschylus, and earlier than or contemporary with those of Euripides...
, Menoikea in Phoenicians from Euripides
Euripides
Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him but according to the Suda it was ninety-two at most...
, etc.
Thanos Leivaditis also participated in international film festivals at Théâtre des Nations (Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
) in 1962 and at the World Theatre Season
World Theatre Season
The World Theatre Season was a festival of foreign plays held annually at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Aldwych Theatre in London from 1964 to 1973, with a final season in 1975. It originated as a one-off celebration in 1964 organised by Peter Daubeny and the Royal Shakespeare Company as part of...
(London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
) in 1966.
He wrote 30 screenplays and played in 24 Greek film productions or movies. In these movies, he played with the unforgettable actress Mema Stathopoulou.
The next phase of his career involved television, beginning in 1974 when he starred in Oi Dikaoi (which lasted three seasons). He also starred in Oi Axiopistoi in 1981, Oi Ierosili in 1983, I Vendeta in 1987, I Ekti Entoli in 1990 and I Diki in 1991. He was a screenwriter and a playwright for his roles as the judge Angelos Karnezis and the journalist Aris Martelis.
He was awarded with the Corfiot Scenario Awards in 1984 for the serial Oi Ierosili.
He died on 1 September 2005 in Athens at the age of 71.