—Monday, April 19, 1993, Maroussi) was a Greek

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 actor

Actor

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. He died from a heart attack.

Early life

In 1955, he moved to Athens

Athens

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 and went to acting school. Among his teachers were Manos Katrakis

Manos Katrakis

Manos Katrakis was a Greek actor of theater and film.-Biography:Born in Kastelli, Crete, Greece, he was the youngest of five children of Haralambos Katrakis and Irini Katraki. When Manos was 10 years old, his family moved from Crete to Athens, where his father searched for work...

 and Giorgos Theodosiadis.

Career

He first appeared on stage as a member of the Karolos Koun

Karolos Koun

Karolos Koun was a Greek theater director, widely known for his lively staging of ancient Greek plays. He had been praised all over Europe for his bawdy, colorful stagings of the 5th century BC political comedies of Aristophanes...

 theater company in The Persians

The Persians

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by Aeschylus

Aeschylus

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. Later on, he toured Europe

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 with The Birds

The Birds (play)

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by Aristophanes

Aristophanes

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. He also worked with the National Theatre of Modern Greece for two years as well as the Karezi

Tzeni Karezi

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-Kazakos

Kostas Kazakos

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 company. He also appeared in the cinema and on TV.

Perlegas was a member of the Communist Party of Greece

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 since 1975.

Theater

Some of the plays he appeared in include:

• A Hatful of Rain
  A Hatful of Rain
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  by Michael V. Gazzo
  Michael V. Gazzo
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• Sweet Bird of Youth
  Sweet Bird of Youth
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  by Tennessee Williams
  Tennessee Williams
  Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III was an American writer who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater. He also wrote short stories, novels, poetry, essays, screenplays and a volume of memoirs...
  
  
• The Visit
  The Visit
  The Visit is a 1956 tragicomic play by Swiss dramatist Friedrich Dürrenmatt.-Plot summary:...
  
  by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
  Friedrich Dürrenmatt
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• The Girl from Maxim's by Georges Feydeau
  Georges Feydeau
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• The day after the fair by Thomas Hardy
  Thomas Hardy
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Filmography

• Ego rezilepsa ton Hitler (1970)
• Mia gynaika stin Antistasi (1970)
• Manto Mavrogenous (1971)
• Lysistrati (1972)
• Thema syneidiseos (1973)
• Kai xana pros ti doxa trava (1980)
• O Thanasis kai to katarameno fidi (1982)
• Tha se klepso, m' akous? (1982) .... as Mr. Karyadis
• O Fonias (1983) .... as Yanis
• To Kolie (1985)
• Ena senario einai i zoi mas (1985) .... as Mitsos Giavroglou
• Paraxeni sinantissi (1986) .... as Mimis
• O Kloios (1987)
• BIOS kai politeia (1987)
• ...kai dyo avga Tourkias (1987) .... as Uncle
• Dexiotera tis dexias (1989)
• Ypoptos politis (1994)

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