{{Short description|Greek actress (1933–2023)|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox person | image = Mary-xronopoulou resize.jpg | name = Mary Chronopoulou<br>Μαίρη Χρονοπούλου | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1933|07|16}} | birth_place = Athens, Greece | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2023|10|06|1933|07|16}} | death_place = Athens, Greece | resting_place = Paiania, Attica | education = National Theatre of Greece | alma_mater = | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|Singer}} | years_active = {{hlist|1954–1996|2023}} | spouse = {{marriage|Dimos Botsaris|1975|1976|reason=divorced}} | works = | net_worth = }}
'''Mary Chronopoulou''' ({{langx|el|Μαίρη Χρονοπούλου}}; 16 July 1933 – 6 October 2023) was a Greek actress. She was one of the most popular actresses of the 1960s.<ref name="Finos Film">{{cite web|title=Μαίρη Χρονοπούλου|url=http://www.finosfilm.com/movies/artistView/260|publisher=Finos Film}}</ref>
==Life and career== Mary Chronopoulou was born in Athens on 16 July 1933.<ref name="Finos Film"/> She starred in many films, 16 of which were produced by Finos Film.<ref name="Finos Film"/> She was one of the main protagonists of Greek theatre.<ref>{{cite book|title=Nea estia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zoViAAAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=I. D. Kollaros & Sa.|page=1357}}</ref> Chronopoulou died from complications of a fall at an Athens hospital on 6 October 2023, at the age of 90.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 October 2023 |title=Εχασε τη μάχη για ζωή η Μαίρη Χρονοπούλου |url=https://www.tanea.gr/2023/10/06/greece/thlipsi-ston-kallitexniko-kosmo-pethane-i-mairi-xronopoulou/ |access-date=6 October 2023 |website=ΤΑ ΝΕΑ |language=el}}</ref> Her remains were cremated after a civil ceremony at her home in Paiania, where her ashes were later interred.
== Works == ===Film=== {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Role |- |1954 |''Happy Beginning''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://finosfilm.com/movies/artistView/260|title=Μαίρη Χρονοπούλου (Ηθοποιός, Τραγούδι)|website=Φίνος Φιλμ|language=el-gr|accessdate=6 October 2023}}</ref> |Young girl in the dream |- |1958 |''A Matter of Dignity''<ref name=":0" /> |Chloe’s friend |- |1959 ||''Stournara 288'' |Mary |- |1962 |''Without Identity'' <ref name=":0" /> |Zanet |- | rowspan="3" |1963 |''Anxious Youth'' |Dora |- |''The Red Lanterns''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.athinorama.gr/cinema/contributors/mairi_xronopoulou-1103370/|title=Μαίρη Χρονοπούλου ταινίες στις οποίες έχει πάρει μέρος|website=Αθηνόραμα|language=el-gr |accessdate=6 October 2023}}</ref> |Mary Pana |- |''The Lazy One'' |Boubi Pelekanou |- | rowspan="4" |1964 |''The Oldchaps'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.karagiannis-karatzopoulos.com/component/k2/item/212?Itemid=126|title=Παληόπαιδα (Τα)|website=Καραγιάννης-Καρατζόπουλος|language=el-gr|accessdate=6 October 2023}}</ref> |Anna |- |''Scream'' |Anna |- |''The Sunday Girl'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.karagiannis-karatzopoulos.com/component/k2/item/155?Itemid=120|title=Κορίτσι της Κυριακής (Το)|website=Καραγιάννης-Καρατζόπουλος|language=el-gr|accessdate=6 October 2023}}</ref> |Barbara |- |''Cyprus in Flames'' |Maria |- | rowspan="2" |1965 |''The Naked Brigade'' |Katina |- |''The Rogues''<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.tainiothiki.gr/el/movie-deve/digitalcollectionitem/movie/1/31| title = ''Αδίστακτοι (ηθοποιοί)'' |website = tainiothiki.gr | publisher = Ταινιοθήκη της Ελλάδος |language=el-gr| accessdate =6 October 2023}}</ref> |Stella |- | rowspan="4" |1966 |''Blood on the Land'' |Irene <ref>{{Cite book|title=Αναπαραστάσεις της Κοινωνικής Ληστείας στον Μεταπολεμικό Ελληνικό Κινηματογράφο (1950-1980)|first=Γεώργιος|last=Μαυροειδής|publisher=ΕΑΠ|year=2022|location=Αθήνα|page=33}}</ref> |- |''The Fear''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.karagiannis-karatzopoulos.com/component/k2/item/278?Itemid=124|title=Φόβος (Ο)|website=Καραγιάννης-Καρατζόπουλος|language=el-gr|accessdate=6 October 2023}}</ref> |Kanali |- |''Tears for Elektra'' <ref name=":0" /> |Lina |- |''Zero Hour Society<ref name=":0" />'' |Lia Mourouzi |- | rowspan="2" |1967 |''The Blue Beads'' <ref name=":0" /> |Sophia |- |''Bread for a Runaway'' |Marina |- | rowspan="5" |1968 |''A Lady at the Bouzoukia'' <ref name=":0" /> |Elena Apergi |- |''A Woman's Past''<ref name=":0" /> |Anna |- |''Too Late For Tears''<ref name=":0" /> |Irene Katakouzinou |- |''The Boulevard of Hate <ref name=":0" />'' |Sophia |- |''Mermaids and Rascals'' <ref name=":0" /> |Flora |- |1969 |''When the City Dies <ref name=":0" />'' |Tzella Razi |- | rowspan="3" |1970 |''Visibility Zero''<ref>{{Cite book|title=Collaborative Intimacies in Music and Dance|first1=Evangelos|last1=Chrysagis|first2=Panas|last2=Karampampas|date=April 2017 |publisher=Berghahn Books|isbn=9781785334542|location=online|page=193}}</ref> | Christina Richter |- |''In the Name of the Law'' <ref name=":0" /> |Tonia |- |''The Jungle Cities'' <ref name=":0" /> |Nelli Rokou |- |1972 |''Ippocrates and Democracy'' <ref>{{Citation|title=ΙΠΠΟΚΡΑΤΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ|url=https://www.filmfestival.gr/el/movie/movie/617|accessdate=6 October 2023|language=el-gr|last=Φεστιβάλ Κινηματογράφου Θεσσαλονίκης}}</ref> |Aspasia |- |1973 |''Γυναικοκρατία (Womanocracy)'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.karagiannis-karatzopoulos.com/tainies/komodia/item/702-ginekokratia|title=Γυναικοκρατία|website=Καραγιάννης-Καρατζόπουλος|language=el-gr|accessdate=6 October 2023}}</ref> |Helen |- |1977 |''The Hunters'' | Wife of The Industrialist |- |1979 |''Mother's Invitation'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.karagiannis-karatzopoulos.com/component/k2/item/233?Itemid=122|title=Προσκλητήριο στη μάνα|website=Καραγιάννης-Καρατζόπουλος|language=el-gr|accessdate=6 October 2023}}</ref> |Martha Alexandrou |- | rowspan="3" |1980 |''Everyone with Their Own Madness'' <ref name=":1" /> |Journalist |- |''The Hem <ref name=":1" />'' |Stefania |- |''The Savage Hunt <ref name=":1" />'' |Irene |- | rowspan="2" |1982 |''School Panic''<ref name=":1" /> |Vicky |- |''The Gigolo of Athens'' |Savvina Karra |- |1984 |''Voyage to Cythera'' <ref name=":1" /> |Voula |- |1987 |''The Children of the Swallow'' <ref>{{Citation|title=ΤΟ ΣΤΡΩΜΑ ΤΗΣ ΚΑΤΑΣΤΡΟΦΗΣ|url=http://www.tainiothiki.gr//el/tainies/279-stroma-katastrofis|accessdate=6 October 2022|language=el-gr|last=Ταινιοθήκη της Ελλάδος}}</ref> |Fotini |- |1996 |''To Liberty!'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://parallaximag.gr/life/3-tainies-gia-na-deis-apopse-to-vrady-stin-tileorasi-2/|title=3 ταινίες για να δεις απόψε το βράδυ στην τηλεόραση|last=|date=9 April 2019|website=Παράλλαξη|language=greek|accessdate=6 October 2023}}</ref> |Nina Horn |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1971 |''13th Investigative Bureau'' |Leading role | |- |1972-1973 |''Joyful Sunday'' |Unknown | |- |1973 |''The Golden Bullet'' |Herself |Presenter |- |1981 |''The Protagonists'' |Dora |Leading Role |- |1983-1984 |''Basketball of Knowledge'' |Herself |Presenter |- |1984 |''Theatrical Evening'' |Various roles |2 episodes |- |1989 |''…and Happy Easter!'' |Herself |Special show, Presenter |- |1992-1994 |''Mother is the only One'' |Mary Moisiadou | Leading role |- |1994 |''Us and Us'' |Mary Chrona |1 episode |- |2023 |''The Other Me: Nemesis'' |Matrona |1 episode |}
===Theater=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Venue |- | ''1956'' | ''Medea'' | Member of the Chorus | ''Touring theatre, National Theatre of Greece'' |- | ''1956'' | ''Clytemnestra'' | Member of the Chorus | ''National Theatre of Greece'' |- | ''1957'' | ''Androcles and the Lion'' | Soldier - Christian Woman - Gladiator - Slave - Servant | ''National Theatre of Greece'' |- | ''1957'' | ''Iphigenia in Aulis'' | Member of the Chorus | Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus |- | ''1961'' | ''Dangerous Corner'' | Olwen Peel | ''Dionysia Theatre'' |- | ''1962'' | ''The Mousetrap'' | Mollie Ralston | ''Florida Theatre'' |- | ''1963'' | ''Look Back in Anger'' | Alison Porter | ''Diana Theatre'' |- | ''1964'' | ''The Castle'' | Olga | ''Veaki Theatre'' |- | ''1965'' | ''To Clothe the Naked'' | Ersilia Drei | ''Veaki Theatre'' |- | ''1974'' | ''And Now? What We Are Doing?'' | Unknown | ''Minos Theatre'' |- | ''1981'' | ''They're Playing Our Song'' | Sonia | ''Kalouta Theatre'' |}
==Awards== *Thessaloniki Film Festival Award for Best Actress for ''The Children of the Swallow'', 1987<ref name="Cowie1989">{{cite book|author=Peter Cowie|title=Variety International Film Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ENlkAAAAMAAJ&q=Mary+Chronopoulou|year=1989|publisher=Tantivy Press}}</ref> *Honorary Award of the Hellenic Film Academy, 2021<ref>{{cite web | title=Η συγκινητική βράβευση της Μαίρης Χρονοπούλου: Χρειάστηκε κουράγιο για να περπατήσω με το μπαστούνι | website=Enikos | date=17 June 2021 | url=https://www.enikos.gr/lifestyle/i-sygkinitiki-vravefsi-tis-mairis-chronopoulou-chreiastike-kourag/1589796/ | language=el | access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{IMDb name|0160749}}
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