
Iraklio, Crete, Greece
Sappho Notara (Vissani, Ioannina, April 13, 1907 – Athens, June 11, 1985) was a Greek film and theater actress. Her real surname was Handanou. She studied at the Professional Theater School and the Drama School of the Piraeus Association. She got the surname Notara from the street where the drama school she attended was located. Se made his debut in the theater and collaborated with the greatest actors of the time (Marika Kotopoulis, Katerina Andreadis, Christoforo Nezer, Elli Lambeti, Dimitri Horn). She also appeared in several motion pictures. Her commanding voice will be unforgettable: "Her physiognomy, her thunderous hoarse voice and her inner exuberance helped her to create a strictly personal comic type, which she supported with particular success". Among her performances is a song with lyrics by Jean-Paul Sartre and music by Manos Hadjidakis, entitled "On Blamando Street". Her swan song was her collaboration with the latter, in "Pornografia", in 1981. She also became famous through her lines, such as "Sodom and Gomorrah are happening in here" and "Burlotto". She left an era with her performances in the films Ah, this woman of mine, The Card Player, Pornography and Mrs. Kyriaki (the latter was a radio production by Kostas P. Panagiotopoulos). She was close friends with the painter Yiannis Tsarouchis and the writer Kostas Takhtsis.


as Efthalia
1966

as Πολυξένη
1961

1961

as Marigo
1964

as Xeni
1967

1962

as Koula
1964

as Miss Ketty
1954

as Thodora
1970

as Tonis' customer
1963

1960

as Froso
1966
1970

as Thodora
1970

as Litsa
1970

1970

as Fanouria Kalafati
1968

1968

as Xeni
1967

as Sapfo
1967

as Avra
1967

as Efthalia
1966

as Froso
1966

as Marigo
1964

as Koula
1964

as Leni
1964

as Tonis' customer
1963

as Melpomeni
1963

as Menelaos' Mother
1963

1962

as aunt Evridiki
1962

as Harikleia's mother
1962

1961

as Πολυξένη
1961

as Elpiniki
1961

1960

as Katerina
1960