| Sperantza Vrana Σπεράντζα Βρανά | |
|---|---|
| Born | Elpida Homatianou 6 February 1928 Messolongi, Greece |
| Died | 29 September 2009 (aged 81) Athens, Greece |
| Occupation | Actress/Writer |
| Years active | 1950–1999 |
Sperantza Vrana (Greek: Σπεράντζα Βρανά; 6 February 1928 – 29 September 2009) was a Greek actress and writer.
She was born as Elpida Homatianou (Ελπίδα Χωματιανού) in Messolongi on 6 February, either in 1926 or 1932. She wrote several books, with the most famous of them being her autobiography Tolmo (Τολμώ, I Dare). Sperantza Vrana died of a heart attack on 29 September 2009, aged 81.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Film | Transliteration and translation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Ela sto theio | Έλα στο θείο Come to the Uncle |
Nana |
| 1953 | To soferaki | Το σωφεράκι The Chauffeur |
- |
| 1954 | The Beauty of Athens | Η ωραία των Αθηνών I orea ton Athinon |
Clara |
| 1955 | Glenti, lefta ki agapi | Γλέντι, λεφτά κι αγάπη | Yiouyiou |
| 1955 | I Kalpiki lira | Η κάλπικη λίρα The Counterfeit Lira |
Maria |
| 1958 | Melpo | Μέλπω | - |
| 1958 | Adekaroi erotevomeni | Αδέκαροι ερωτευμένοι | - |
| 1961 | O skliros andras | Ο σκληρός άντρας The Hard Man |
Loula |
| 1963 | O anipsios mou o Manolis | Ο ανιψιός μου ο Μανώλης My Nephew Manolis |
- |
| 1965 | I Eva den amartisse | Η Εύα δεν αμάρτησε | Persefoni |
| 1965 | Den boroun na mas horisoun | Δεν μπορούν να μας χωρίσουν They Can't Separate Us |
- |
| 1965 | Apokliroi tis koinonias | Απόκληροι της κοινωνίας | - |
| 1979 | O palavos kosmos tou Thanasi | Ο παλαβός κόσμος του Θανάση Thanasi's Mad World |
- |
| 1984 | O glykopseftis (Video only) |
Ο γλυκοψεύτης The Sweet Liar |
- |
| 1985 | Rambo from Trikala (Video only) |
Ο Ράμπο από τα Τρίκαλα | Angela |
| 1999 | San to spiti mas (TV series) |
Σαν το σπίτι σας Feel Like Home |
a presenter |
| 1999 | Safe Sex | Roberta | |
Notes
- "Elpida" (transliterated from the Greek "Ελπίδα") means "Hope" in English, and in Italian "Speranza".
References
- "The word 'Ελπίδα' in Greek-English lexicon". WordReference.com. WordReference. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- "The word 'Hope' in English-Italian lexicon". WordReference.com (in Italian). WordReference. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- "Πέθανε από ανακοπή καρδιάς η Σπεράντζα Βρανά" [Speranza Vrana died of a heart attack] (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2009-10-02. Retrieved 2009-09-29.