Despoina "Despo" Diamantidou (; 13 July 1916 – 18 February 2004) was a Greek actress.Filmography of the actress, as presented on the British Film Institute's website (www.bfi.org.uk) She appeared in more than seventy films from 1949 to 2003, frequently in support of Melina Mercouri and directed four times by Jules Dassin.
She had flashy roles as the ringleader of the Piraeus prostitutes in Never on Sunday (1960) and as Woody Allen's Russian mother in Love and Death (1975). Despo also appeared as Tatiana in Alan King's summer replacement sitcom, Ivan the Terrible starring Lou Jacobi, which aired on ABC from 21 August to 18 September 1976.Alex McNeil. Total Television: The Comprehnsive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present Fourth Edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 419.
Her son, Marios Philippides, was a historian and professor in the United States.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1947 Paidia tis Athinas Eleni1954 Thanassakis o politevomenos Sophia To koritsi tis geitonias Kakia / Froso 1956 I doukissa tis Plakentias kai o listarhos Bibisis Narrator 1957 To koritsi me ta paramythia Lida's mother 1958 A Matter of Dignity Kaiti 1959 Amaryllis, to koritsi tis agapis1960 Never on Sunday Despo Madalena Giokari I Hionati kai ta 7 gerontopallikara Aglaia To rantevou tis Kyriakis Afroditi1961 Alice in the Navy Alice's mother O thanatos tha xanarthi Liza Gia sena, tin agapi mou1962 Prodomeni agapi Vicky Pote de se xehasa Head Seamstress O loustrakos Maria's mother Min erotevesai to Savvato... Mana, kane kouragio Mrs. Themeli Angeloi tou pezodromiou1963 The Red Lanterns Madame Pari To tempeloskylo Despoina O babas mou ki ego! Mrs. Papas1964 Topkapi Voula Monemvasia Gamos ala... ellinika Mina's Mother To koritsi tis Kyriakis Rimagmeno spiti1965 And the Wife Shall Revere Her Husband Bebeka Ohi, ...kyrie Johnson Adistaktoi Roza To remali tis Fokionos Negri Ponesa poly gia sena Oi katafronemenoi Dihasmos The Lady1966 I Stefania Woman Guard Queen of Clubs Marianthi Kane ton pono mou hara Horisame ena deilino Zoi1967 Cry in the Wind Priest's Wife Sapila kai aristokratia Mrs. Kalakou Erotes sti Lesvo Eis thanaton1970 Something for Everyone Bobby Promise at Dawn Aniela1971 The Horsemen Uljan Made for Each Other Group member The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight Mourner 1973 The Werewolf of Washington Gypsy 1975 Love and Death Boris' mother"Love and Death" movie, presented on The Woody Allen Pages1978 A Dream of Passion Maria Ypothesi Polk 1982 O teleftaios dialogos 1985 Varieté House Owner 1989 Athoos i enohos? 1991 O Tzonys Keln, kyria mou 1996 Akropol Seferiadou 2001 Annas Sommer María 2002 Dyskoloi apohairetismoi: O babas mou Grandmother 2003 O haros vgike pagania (final film role)
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