Sapfo Notara

Acting Jan 1, 1907 Jun 11, 1985 (aged 78) Iraklio, Crete, Greece

Sappho Notara (Vissani, Ioannina, April 13, 1907 – Athens, June 11, 1985) was a Greek film and theater actress.

Her real surname was Handanou. She studied at the Professional Theater School and the Drama School of the Piraeus Association. She got the surname Notara from the street where the drama school she attended was located.

Se made his debut in the theater and collaborated with the greatest actors of the time (Marika Kotopoulis, Katerina Andreadis, Christoforo Nezer, Elli Lambeti, Dimitri Horn). She also appeared in several motion pictures. Her commanding voice will be unforgettable:

"Her physiognomy, her thunderous hoarse voice and her inner exuberance helped her to create a strictly personal comic type, which she supported with particular success".

Among her performances is a song with lyrics by Jean-Paul Sartre and music by Manos Hadjidakis, entitled "On Blamando Street". Her swan song was her collaboration with the latter, in "Pornografia", in 1981. She also became famous through her lines, such as "Sodom and Gomorrah are happening in here" and "Burlotto".

She left an era with her performances in the films Ah, this woman of mine, The Card Player, Pornography and Mrs. Kyriaki (the latter was a radio production by Kostas P. Panagiotopoulos).

She was close friends with the painter Yiannis Tsarouchis and the writer Kostas Takhtsis.

28 Acting Credits

Sapfo Notara

Acting

The Gambler Lady

Windfall in Athens

Synoikia to Oneiro

Mrs. Midwife

Madame Mayor

Oh, That Woman of Mine!

Hooray for Madness

My Dimitri... My Dimitri

If Luck Favors You

The Madman

A Pitiful Don Juan

At Night The Entanglements

Don't Fall in Love on a Saturday

To Win the Lottery

The Trip

Exotic Vitamins

A Patented Stupid Man

Mini Skirt and Karate

The virgin

Enter Manolio

Five Thousand Lies

Mom's Child

Love and storm

The Referee