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- Alekos Alexandrakis was born in 1928, in Athens, Greece. He studied at the Drama School of the Greek National Theater and made his stage debut in a 1949 Athens production of Daphne Du Maurier's "Autumn Tide". He soon became one of the best actors of his generation, appearing in Euripides' "Hippolytus" (title role), Ivan Turgenev's "A Month in the Country" (as Mikhail Alexandrovitz Rakitin), Sophocles' "Electra" (as Orestis), Neil Simon's "Plaza Suite" (as Jessie, Sam and Roy) and many other plays. He made his screen debut in 1949 and appeared in more than 60 films, proving himself equally adequate in comedy and drama. He also directed two interesting neorealist films in the early 1960's, Thriamvos (1962) and Synoikia to Oneiro (1961).- IMDb mini biography by: Thanassis Agathos<thanaga@hol.gr
- SpousesVerena Gauer(1964 - ?) (2 children)Aliki Georgouli(1956 - 1960) (divorced)Martz Valvi (divorced)
- At the age of 15 he was member of the national team of fencing.
- In 2001 he was awarded with the Order of Honour (GR: Xriso Stavro Tagmatos Tis Timis) by the Greek president of Democracy Mr. Konstantinos Stefanopoulos.
- He was about to become an executive in the navy when he watched a theatrical play by Karolos Koun that made him change his mind and become an actor.
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