Rena Blachopoulou

Irene "Rena" Vlahopoulou (Yunani: Ειρήνη (Ρένα) Βλαχοπούλου; 28 Juli 1923 – 29 Juli 2004) adalah seorang aktris dan penyanyi Yunani. Dia membintangi produksi teater, musikal dan sinema Yunani, termasuk The Gambler dan The Countess of Corfu. Vlahopoulou lahir pada tanggal 28 Juli 1923 di pulau Corfu, anak kelima dari sembilan bersaudara. Dia pertama kali mulai bermain piano, diajarkan oleh ayahnya, Giannis Vlahopoulos. Ketika dia berumur sepuluh tahun, dia mulai bernyanyi di toko roti setempat; dia adalah penari dan aktris berbakat dan mezzo-soprano yang berkualitas. Selama lima puluh lima tahun karirnya, ia tampil dalam 105 drama teater antara tahun 1939 dan 1994, dan dua puluh enam film antara tahun 1951 dan 1985. Pada tahun 1939, Vlahopoulou dan pesepakbola AEK Athens, Kostas Vasiliou kawin lari ke Athena dan menikah. Dia mulai bernyanyi di pertunjukan varietas Oasis di taman Zappeion, tempat Mimis Traiforos mempresentasikan karya barunya. Pada musim dingin tahun 1930–1940, dia bernyanyi di Teater Dunia Kostas Makedos di Jalan Panepistimiou. Pernikahan dengan Vasiliou berakhir. Pada tahun 1942 ia menikah dengan suami keduanya, seorang bankir, Giannis Kostopoulos; pasangan itu bercerai pada tahun 1946. Ia menikah dengan suami ketiga dan terakhirnya, pengusaha Giorgos Lafazanis, pada tanggal 18 September 1967. Mereka tetap menikah sampai kematiannya pada tahun 2004. Vlahopoulou tidak memiliki anak dari semua pernikahannya. Dia meninggalkan Finos Film pada tahun 1966 dan pindah ke Karagiannis-Karatzopoulos. Sejak tahun 1972, ia terus membintangi film selama tujuh tahun berikutnya. Pada tahun 1992–93, ia membintangi komedi musikal Gia Tin Ellada Re Gamo To (Για την Ελλάδα ρε γαμώ το), setelah itu ia pensiun. Vlahopoulou meninggal pada jam 7 malam pada tanggal 29 Juli 2004, setelah dirawat di rumah sakit di unit perawatan intensif Pusat Medis Athena, pada usia 81 tahun. Pada tanggal 30 Juli 2004, tubuhnya diekspos dalam ziarah populer di kapel Saint Lazarus di Pemakaman Pertama Athena. Dia dimakamkan atas biaya umum pada tanggal 31 Juli 2004, diiringi oleh band dari Philharmonic Society "Mantszaros" yang berasal dari Corfu, di hadapan banyak rekannya dan masyarakat biasa. Pada hari pemakamannya, semua toko di Corfu tetap tutup, sebagai tanda berkabung. Kampung halamannya menghormatinya dengan menamai teater lama "Mon Repo", menjadi teater "Rena Vlahopoulou". Dari Wikipedia, ensiklopedia gratis

Irene "Rena" Vlahopoulou (Greek: Ειρήνη (Ρένα) Βλαχοπούλου; 28 July 1923 – 29 July 2004) was a Greek actress and singer. She starred in theatre, musical and Greek cinema productions, including The Gambler and The Countess of Corfu. Vlahopoulou was born on 28 July 1923 on the island of Corfu, the fifth of nine children. She first began playing the piano, taught by her father, Giannis Vlahopoulos. When she turned ten, she began singing at a local bakery; she was a talented dancer and actress and a qualified mezzo-soprano. Over the course of her fifty-five-year career she appeared in 105 theatrical plays between 1939 and 1994, and twenty-six films between 1951 and 1985. In 1939, Vlahopoulou and AEK Athens footballer, Kostas Vasiliou eloped to Athens and were married. She began singing at the Oasis varieté show in the Zappeion gardens, where Mimis Traiforos presented his new work. In the winter of 1930–40, she sang at the World Theatre of Kostas Makedos on Panepistimiou Street. The marriage with Vasiliou ended. In 1942 she married her second husband, a banker, Giannis Kostopoulos; the couple divorced in 1946. She married her third and final husband, entrepreneur Giorgos Lafazanis, on 18 September 1967. They remained wed until her death in 2004. Vlahopoulou had no children by any of her marriages. She left Finos Film in 1966 and moved to Karagiannis-Karatzopoulos. From 1972, she continued to star in films for the next seven years. In 1992–93, she starred in the musical comedy Gia Tin Ellada Re Gamo To (Για την Ελλάδα ρε γαμώ το), after which she retired. Vlahopoulou died at 7 pm on 29 July 2004, after being hospitalized in the intensive care unit of the Athens Medical Center, aged 81. On 30 July 2004, her body was exposed in a popular pilgrimage in the chapel of Saint Lazarus in the First Cemetery of Athens. She was buried at a public expense on 31 July 2004, accompanied by the band of the Philharmonic Society "Mantzaros" that came from Corfu, in the presence of many of her colleagues and ordinary people. On the day of her funeral all shops in Corfu remained closed, as a sign of mourning. Her hometown honored her by naming the old theatre "Mon Repo", to the "Rena Vlahopoulou" theatre. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia