Sofia Roubou
Sofia Roumbou (Greek: Σοφία Ρούμπου, 1947–1 October 2016) was a Greek film, stage and television actress. Roumbou was born in Athens and studied acting at the Drama School of the National Theatre and dance at the Sonia Morianova School. She began taking part in theatrical performances in 1965, when she was still a student at the drama school. Her first roles were in Aristophanes' "The Ecclesiastes" and Sophocles' "Antigone", opposite Anna Synodinou. Her film debut took place in 1969 with the film "The Girl of "17"" directed by Petros Lykas, alongside Kostas Kazakos and Christos Politis, playing a mentally ill young woman, for which she was awarded the Best Actress award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival. She made her television debut in 1977 with the ERT comedy series "Thomas at Colonus" directed by Dimitris Nikolaidis and Vasilis Vlachodimitropoulos alongside Nikos Papanastasiou, Elena Nathanael and Vasilis Tsivilikas, while in the same year she appeared in another ERT social series "The Pantheons" directed by Vasilis Georgiadis alongside Katia Dandoulaki, Angelos Antonopoulos, Lykourgos Kallergis and Phaedonas Georgitsis. She also appeared in television theatrical performances, as part of the show "Monday's Theatre" that aired on ERT in the 1970s and 1980s. Sofia Roumbou was the wife of cinematographer and editor Nikos Kavoukidis, with whom she had a daughter, also an actress, Maria Kavoukidou. She died in the early hours of the morning in hospital at the age of 69, where she had been hospitalized for a long time. She was buried at the "Athens 1st Cemetery" on 3 October 2016.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.546 |
| Birthday | 1947-01-01 |
| Place of Birth | Athens, Greece |
| Also Known As | Sofia Roumbou, Sofia Roumpou, |
1972
The Mediterranean In Flames
5/7
A volunteer from a World War II-era Greek resistance group agrees to seduce a German officer in order to gain secrets
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The Mediterranean In Flames
1969
The Crooked Wood
4/5
Nikos, a grumpy and clumsy man, is the manager at a shoe factory and he's living with his wife and his niece. Everyone regards him as a curmudgeon, es...
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The Crooked Wood
1976
The Hook
4.8/12
An adulterous woman and her lover plot to murder her husband Kostas and make it look like a yachting accident. However, unknown to them, Kostas has hi...
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The Hook
1969
Το κορίτσι του "17"
8/1
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Το κορίτσι του "17"
1980
Parangelia!
7.385/13
The true story of Nikos Koemtzis, a man who stabbed three men to death in 1973 Athens for disrespecting his brother Demos' zeibekiko, a traditional Gr...
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Parangelia!
1969
Panic
6.5/3
Returning from a business trip to Rhodes, Markos finds out that his sick son has been kidnapped. He agrees to pay the ransom that the kidnappers deman...
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Panic
1970
A Funny Girl
6.286/7
The son of a shipping magnate finds himself increasingly drawn to a lively circus clown, unaware of her profession. This doesn't sit well with his com...
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A Funny Girl
1969
Naked On The Street
5.4/5
Against the backdrop of social prejudice, a torrid affair between a rich heiress and a proud worker starts to bloom, against all odds. Are the star-cr...
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Naked On The Street
1970
I Loved a Stranger
8/1
A rich young woman loves a poor singer, and her mother, who wants to prevent their marriage at all costs, confesses to her that he is her brother.
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I Loved a Stranger
1981
Electric Angel
4.875/8
A typical experimental film, in which a variety of audiovisual techniques are used to create the sense of polymorphic eroticism as developed by Europe...
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Electric Angel
1975
Evidence
5.5/2
A documentary presenting people and events connected with the most important political developments from the student uprising at the Athens Polytechni...
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