Vera Krouska
Varvara (Vera) Krouska (Athens, 1947) is a Greek actress. She began her career as a dancer in Fotis Metaxopoulos' ballet, and began appearing in films in small supporting roles in the early 1960s. Some of her most important roles are in the films: I Blame My Body (1969), Saint Nektarios (1969), The Last of the Comitatzes (1970), The Last of Roupel (1971) and Give Me Your Hands (1971). Vera Krouska, originally from Sparta, was born in Athens and raised in Agios Loukas in Patisia. At the age of 15, she received permission from the then "Exceptional Talents" committee to study at the Drama School of the Athens Conservatory of Music, while at the same time she began taking classical and modern dance lessons with teachers Sonia Morianova, Miriam Swazi and Kay Holden. She began her professional career initially as a dancer while also making her film debut with a small role in the film Taxi Driver (1962). She got her first leading role in 1967 with the film Love in Lesbos by producer James Parris, with whom Kruska signed a four-year collaboration contract. Her first appearance in the theater was in 1968 with the play "Forty Carats" alongside Elli Lampeti. She also took part as the leading actress in the plays: "The Cactus Flower" with the Elli Lampetis troupe and "Tavarits", "Picnic", "Oscar", with the Kostas Mousouris troupe. This was followed by her collaboration with the National Theatre and the plays "The Imaginary Patient" (1991), "The Criminals" (1992), "The Merchant of Venice" (1995), "Weighing in Anchors" (1997) and "Hamlet" (2003).
Acting
Movie
My Best Friend
as Dafni
2001
Movie
Death Steps in the Dark
as Ingrid Stelmosson
1977
Movie
The Liar
as dancer
1963
Movie
Someone like It Cold...
as dancer
1963
Movie
28th October, 5:30
as Eleni
1971
TV
7 Deadly Mother-in-Laws
as Veronika
2004
Movie
NO
as Stella Salvatore
1969
Movie
The Swamp
as Lena
1973
Movie
An Uncompromising Man
as Eirini
1979
Movie
The Greedy
as Dina Kapantai
1967
Movie
To Be or Not To Be
1966
Movie
Thymisou, agapi mou...
as Vera
1969
TV
Dyed Red Hair
as Μέλπω
1992
Movie
Taxi Driver
1962
Movie
I Blame My Body
as Vera
1968
Movie
Los heroes del patibulo
as Olga
1971
Movie
Saint Nektarios
1969
TV
If You Existed I Would Divorce You
as Κορίνα
2007
Movie
The Girl with Golden Hair
1978
Movie
Assignment Skybolt
1968
Movie
Δώστε τα χέρια
as Filio
1971
Movie
The last of the Komitadjis
1970
Movie
On the Border of Betrayal
as Mirella
1968
Movie
The Bleeding Statues
1982