Mary Aroni(1914-1992)
- Actress
Mary Aroni was born in 1914, in Athens, Greece. She studied at the
Drama School of the National Theater of Greece and made her stage debut
in 1935, opposite legendary Greek actress
Marika Kotopouli. She was soon hailed as
a major actress, created personal groups and collaborated with the
National Theater of Greece, excelling in, among others, Aristophanes'
"Lysistrata" (title role), Schiller's "Mary Stewart" (as Elizabeth),
O'Neill's "Mourning Becomes Electra" (as Christine Mannon) and
Chekhov's "The Seagull" (as Arkadina). She starred in only a handful of
movies, but two of them have been extremely
successful:Mikroi kai megaloi en drasei (1963),as
a middle-aged widow in love with a businessman, and
Mia trelli... trelli oikogeneia (1965),
as Jenny Karezi's crazy mama. She died in
1992.
