Mary Metaxa

Biography

Mary Metaxa (Greek: Μαίρη Μεταξά) was a Greek actress. She was born in 1912 in Eastern Rumelia and died in Athens on January 10, 1987. Characteristic are the roles she played in Greek cinema as the Constantinopolitan - and most often overprotective - mother of Kostas Voutsas. In fact, Kostas Voutsas was the one who was close to Mary Metaxa when she passed away. She had a significant appearance in the film 20 Women and Me. Her first appearance in cinema was in 1958 in the film Our Lady the Midwife in the role of a desperate village mother who has brought her baby to be cared for by the midwife -Georgia Vassiliadou-. Her last appearance was in 1980 in the film Kotsos in the EEC in the role of Mrs. Evropaidou. She also appeared in the legendary TV series Our Neighborhood and once again in the role of Kostas Voutsas' mother in the series The Dreamer. In total, she acted in 40 films.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Maiden's Cheek (1959) — cook
2. The Lady and the Tramp (1968) — receptionist
3. The Barefoot Prince (1966) — Anastasia
4. Wedding night (1967) — Pinelopi Iordanidou
5. Jack of All Trades, Master of None (1963) — drug store's customer
6. Madalena (1960)
7. School for Chauffeur Ladies (1964) — Μαθητευόμενη οδηγός
8. Groom from London (1967) — Martha
9. The little man (1969) — Polyxeni
10. Mrs. Midwife (1961) — Sofia
11. The Blue Beads from Greece (1967) — Mrs. Pitoura
12. Twenty Women and I (1973) — Domna
13. Runaway Bride (1962) — Elpiniki Alexopoulou
14. The Barber's Beauty (1969) — Σουλτάνα
15. A Lady In Bouzoukia (1968)
16. The Liar (1968) — Kostas' mother
17. The Man from Karpazia (1969) — Vasiliki Faka
18. The Street Smarts (1979) — Gesthimani Papalaourda
19. John the Violent (1973)
20. O Ippolytos kai to violi tou (1963) — Θεία Παναγιώτα
21. Mikes Is Getting Married (1968) — Προξενήτρα
22. The Ruthless (1965)
23. Astero (1959)
24. The Brightest Bouzouki (1968) — Katina Brokola
25. Kotsos at the EEC (1980) — Mrs. Evropaidou
26. The Unwilling Nanny (1959) — Foteini
27. Return (1965) — Eleni
28. Two Crazy and crafty, clever and cunning person (1970)
29. The lucky pants (1963) — Fofi
30. Tired life (1964)
31. Short break (1966)
32. Η περιπτερού (1970) — Katina
33. The Baroness and Prokopis (1970)
34. Prokopis the Unlucky One (1969)
35. Φτωχός, αλλά τίμιος (1965) — Andreas' mother
36. Ενώνει ο πόνος δυο καρδιές (1965)