Manos Katrakes

Emmanuel "Manos" Katrakis (Yunani: Εμμανουήλ (Μάνος) Κατράκης; 14 Agustus 1908 – 3 September 1984) adalah seorang aktor teater dan film Yunani. Bersama aktor/sutradara Kostas Leloudas, ia berakting dalam film pertamanya To Lavaro tou '21 pada tahun 1928. Ia kemudian tampil di Ethniko Theatro (Teater Nasional) pada tahun 1931. Selama tahun 1930-an, ia terus berakting dalam drama teater (ia berteman dengan maestro Dimitris Mitropoulos). Ia menikah dengan Anna Lori pada tahun 1943. Dia mengambil bagian dalam perlawanan sebagai anggota EAM/ELAS dan setelah menolak menandatangani deklarasi pertobatan selama Perang Saudara Yunani tahun 1946–49, dia diasingkan ke Makronisos, bersama dengan tokoh terkenal lainnya seperti Yiannis Ritsos, Nikos Koundouros, Mikis Theodorakis dan Thanasis Veggos. Pada tahun 1950-an dia kembali ke Athena dari Makronisos tetapi hanya ada sedikit pekerjaan akting. Dia diberi peran kecil dan besar dalam drama dan film. Pada tahun 1954, ia menikah dengan istri ketiga dan terakhirnya bernama Linda Alma (nama asli Eleni Malioufa). Sesaat sebelum kematiannya, ia memfilmkan film terakhir dan terbaiknya Taxidi sta Kythira, Perjalanan ke Kythera/Kythira, dengan sutradara Theo Angelopoulos. (Sumber: Wikipedia)

Emmanuel "Manos" Katrakis (Greek: Εμμανουήλ (Μάνος) Κατράκης; 14 August 1908 – 3 September 1984) was a Greek actor of theater and film. Along with actor/director Kostas Leloudas, he acted in his first movie To Lavaro tou '21 in 1928. He later performed in the Ethniko Theatro (the National Theatre) in 1931. During the 1930s, he continued acting in theatrical plays (he was friends with the maestro Dimitris Mitropoulos). He married Anna Lori in 1943. He took part in the resistance as a member of EAM/ELAS and after refusing to sign a declaration of repentance during the Greek Civil War of 1946–49, he was exiled to Makronisos, along with such other well-known figures as Yiannis Ritsos, Nikos Koundouros, Mikis Theodorakis and Thanasis Veggos. In the 1950s he returned to Athens from Makronisos but there was little acting work. He was handed both small and big roles in plays and films. In 1954, he married his third and last wife named Linda Alma (real name Eleni Malioufa). Shortly before his death, he filmed his last and best movie Taxidi sta Kythira, the Journey to Kythera/Kythira, with director Theo Angelopoulos. (Source: Wikipedia)