Mary Metaxa

Mary Metaxa

Acting

January 1, 1912 — January 10, 1987
Eastern Rumelia
36 movies

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 Midwif...

🎬 Mary Metaxa's Filmography

36 movies sorted by popularity

Astero
3.2

This immensely successful remake of the 1929 foustanella classic was directed by Dinos Dimopoulos and quickly established its stars (Dimitris Papamichael and the beautiful Aliki Vouyouklaki) as the Greek cinema's top box-office draws. The story itself rigidly follows the conventions of its subgenre, although because Greek filmmakers were still churning out foustanellas for decades afterward, it hardly seems more dated than the original. Once again, it tells the tale of Mitros (Titos Vandis), a wealthy herd owner with a foster daughter named Astero (Vouyouklaki) whom he marries off to another herd owner, despite the fact that she and his son Thimios (Papamichael) are desperately in love. The other herd owner dies and Astero loses her mind a bit (although she doesn't wig out quite as spectacularly as Aliki Theodoridou in the silent original), but Mitros finally comes to the right decision and allows the children to marry.

Astero

1959
Twenty Women and I
6.2

A bunch of women dominates Kostas Filipou's life. His mother Smaro and his three sisters: married Rika - who wants to take a divorce -, religious Fanouria and Tzela the student. The last two have to get married. There are also the women who work at the women's lingerie business that he runs, many of whom see him as a potential husband, as well as Betty, a colleague deeply in love with him, whose mother pressures her to get married. When Kostas secretly marries Betty, who rents with her mother an apartment above theirs, Smaro decides to find both of them a mate. She suggests to Betty the neighborhood's electrician- but Kostas finds a way to break the match- and to Kostas a young woman from Veroia- but Betty manages to break the match. The revelation of the couple's marriage relieves everyone and the fact that Betty is pregnant brings the desired peace and serenity.

Twenty Women and I

1973
Kotsos at the EEC
4.2

Kotsos, the representative Greek, is sent to Brussels to meet Mrs. Evropaidou and take part in the 1st EEC Conference. He meets representatives from other member countries, who follow him to Greece to teach him European customs through fast-paced, simple, and understandable lessons. First of all, "Honor and Ethics," taught by the German advisor. "Reform of Public Life," taught by the French advisor, "Marital Jealousy," taught by the Dutch advisor, etc. Kotsos, like a good student, tries to change his mindset and adapt to the new circumstances, and then does his best to satisfy the nine beautiful representatives of the European states who come to Greece to assess his progress. They party with him and leave him physically exhausted, but award him the gold medal for his excellent "performance."

Kotsos at the EEC

1980
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