Elena Nathanael

Elena Nathanael Born Eleni Delivassili-Nathanael
January 31, 1947
Athens, GreeceDied March 4, 2008(aged 61)
Athens, GreeceOccupation actressYears active 1963- 2007Awards won Other Awards Thessaloniki Film Festival - Best Actress
1968 Randevou me mia agnosti - Christina

Elena Nathanael (Greek: Έλενα Ναθαναήλ, January 31, 1947 - March 4, 2008) was a popular Greek film actress.

1 Biography
2 Filmography
3 References
4 External links

Biography

Early life

Elena Nathanael was born Eleni Delivassili-Nathanael,[1][2] in Nea Filadelfeia, Athens, to a well-off family. Delivassili was her father's surname and Nathanael was her mother's one, but she had kept both of them, although she was credited and became famous as Nathanael. Her father was a textile designer and manufacturer, an Asia Minor Greek descended from Ayvalık, while her mother was a Maniot. She studied drama at the Pelos Katselis Drama School.

Career

Her impressively good looks got her noticed in the 1960s by producers and directors of the then-flourishing Greek cinema. She first appeared at the cinema, in the movie Kati na kaiei in 1964, directed by Giannis Dalianidis. Her second screen role was in 1965, in the German movie Walsungenblunt, directed by Rolf Thiele and based on a Thomas Mann novel. A few more parts followed in Greek movies of the late sixties and in most of her roles she was featured as a spoilt rich girl.

In 1968 she got the "Best Actress Award" in the International Thessaloniki Film Festival for her role in the movie Randevou me mia agnosti. In the early 1970s she established her screen persona as a free-spirited, beautiful young woman and became a fashion icon. The abrupt decline of the Greek commercial cinema during that decade had an unpleasant impact on her career which was something usual for the Greek film stars of the period.

After a seven-year absence she made a comeback with a number of straight-to-video movies, usually light comedies. After that she faded away and she made only some special appearances. One of her roles worthy of her beauty and acting abilities was that of "Julia" in the hugely successful soap opera, Aggigma psyhis, in 1998. Her last appearance was the role of "Maya Hoover" in the popular TV series aired on Mega Channel, Gorgones, in 2007, and her return was warmly received by the audience .

Personal life

Elena Nathanael had a relationship with Giorgos Tsagkaris, with whom gave birth to her daughter named Inka, in 1973. After her retirement, she had been living for several years at her farm in Euboea, with her life partner Tasos Mitropoulos, a veteran footballer of Olympiacos, where she had taken up wine production. She died from lung cancer on March 4, 2008 and the Greek press referred to her as the "Enchantress of the Greek cinema" (Γόησσα του ελληνικού κινηματογράφου). Her funeral took place on March 5, in the cemetery of Nea Filadelfeia, where a lot of people took leave of her.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes 1964Kati na kaiei Jenny 1965Wälsungenblut Sieglinde Arnstatt 1966Erotas stin kafti ammo Katerina O fovos Anna Dama spathi Elena 1967O 13os Maria 1968Epiheirisis Apollon Elena Kataskopoi ston Saroniko Randevou me mia agnosti Christina 1969To leventopaido Katerina Xypna Vasili Dina Vasilaki 1970Proklisis Eirini 1971Ethelontis ston erota Mirka Ekeino to kalokairi Il sorriso del ragno 1972Anazitisis Elena Hrysou Antartes ton poleon Anna Papadima 1973O aisiodoxos Mary Saranti Zitima zois kai thanatou Olga 1980O podogyros Journalist 1981Enas kontos tha mas sosei! Flora Eisai stin EOK, pathe gia tin EOK Journalist Tis politsmanas to... kangelo Elena 1982Apithanoi, alloiotikoi ki oraioi... Annita Pagida stin Ellada 1986Oi Pontioi 1987Apousies 1998Black Out p.s. Red Out Hristos' Mother 2002Sti skia tou Lemmy Caution Antigoni