Tasso Kavadia

Tasso Kavadia

Born: January 10, 1921
Died: December 18, 2010
in Patras, Greece
Anastasia (Tasso) Kavadia (Greek: Τασσώ Καββαδία; 10 January 1921 – 18 December 2010) was a Greek film and television actress.

Kavadia was born on 10 January 1921 in Patras. She studied piano in Athens, writing and decoration in Paris, scenario and clothing with Giannis Tsarouchis, and acting at the Drama School at the Art School with Karolos Koun. She became commonly associated with roles of strict and bad-tempered women, mothers-in-law, etc.

From 1954 until 1967, Kavadia worked as a radio journalist and radio executive. From 1955 until 1969, she was a newspaper reporter.

Kavadia died on 18 December 2010 in Athens and was buried in the First Cemetery of Athens.

Movies for Tasso Kavadia...

Αλέξανδρος και Αϊσέ
Title: Αλέξανδρος και Αϊσέ
Released: November 1, 2001
Type: Movie
A Christian boy and a Muslim girl fall in a forbidden love in the town of Komotini. They decide to escape together, but the Turkish consul has another opinion.
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Title: Gia mia ginaika kai ena aytokinito
Character: Giagia Fotini
Released: October 3, 2001
Type: TV
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Title: Παππούδες εν δράσει
Character: Ευαγγελία
Released: October 13, 2000
Type: TV
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Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns
Title: Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns
Character: Maria
Released: January 27, 2000
Type: Movie
Manos, a Greek school teacher, is forced to travel to Melbourne, Australia when the man who murdered his grandfather 57 years ago surfaces there. While the reluctant Manos is tutored in the art of revenge by old friend Stephanos, he also attempts to patch things up with his former fiance Nicki.
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Towards freedom
Title: Towards freedom
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
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Title: Γίγας Μοτέλ
Released: October 14, 1993
Type: TV
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Donusa
Title: Donusa
Character: Sophia
Released: December 4, 1992
Type: Movie
Donusa is a small island in the Aegean, visited by the mainline ship once a week. One winter day a young German photographer, Stefan, arrives and soon feels strangely attracted to a local girl called Eleni. The stranger’s presence works as a catalyst shedding light on Donusa’s conventions.
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Memories of a Sunday
Title: Memories of a Sunday
Released: March 14, 1975
Type: Movie
This film narrates six different stories in a very lyrical way: a coachman wanders around town; two elderly people go to the park every Sunday; a man leaves flowers in various neighbourhoods in memory of a friend who was killed during the war; a boy narrates how they celebrated his father’s name-day; a member of the resistance lives his last moments; a woman keeps waiting for a letter which never arrives. (Greek Film Archive)
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Η Αμαρτία Της Ομορφιάς
Title: Η Αμαρτία Της Ομορφιάς
Character: Aikaterini Vlastou
Released: December 11, 1972
Type: Movie
A pageant queen marries o wealthy man,but his mother will do anything to keep them apart.
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The Jet Set
Title: The Jet Set
Character: Natasa
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Erotica set in Greece's upper class of the 1970s.
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Πιο Τρελλός Κι Απ' Τους Τρελλούς
Title: Πιο Τρελλός Κι Απ' Τους Τρελλούς
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
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Frenzy
Title: Frenzy
Character: Rea
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
A woman murders her disabled husband and informs his brother (with whom she is having an affair), but she realizes she has misdialed and accidentally confessed her crime to a stranger. The caller attempts to blackmail her, but when he tries to rape her she kills him in the struggle. Worse still, her doctor and lover inform her to say nothing because her husband has been dead for eight months and everything that has happened she has imagined.
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A Crazy, Crazy 40-Year-Old
Title: A Crazy, Crazy 40-Year-Old
Character: Emilia Salveri-Karakontaxi
Released: April 13, 1970
Type: Movie
A rich widow tries to pursue a relationship with a younger violinist despite the objections of her older brother and his wife.
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Refugee Girl on the Run
Title: Refugee Girl on the Run
Released: October 7, 1969
Type: Movie
After the death of her kind stepfather and Pontian Greek refugee, a young woman arrives in Athens to track down her biological father who is missing since the blood-drenched Pontic genocide in Asia Minor. Will she ever find him?
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Wake up Vassili
Title: Wake up Vassili
Character: Mrs. Farlakou
Released: April 13, 1969
Type: Movie
Vasilis is a poor conservative man who works in a company and tends to buy the lottery very often - but with no luck. His life will turn upside down when his younger sister turns out to be an anarchist and gets involved with a leftist rebellious man he already knows and hates. Eventually, in an ironic twist of faith, the two of them will earn millions and gain the exact lifestyle they used to fight against and Vasilis will lose his mind.
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Η κραυγή μιας αθώας
Title: Η κραυγή μιας αθώας
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
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Η Επιστροφή της Μήδειας
Title: Η Επιστροφή της Μήδειας
Released: September 19, 1968
Type: Movie
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Olga My Love
Title: Olga My Love
Character: Mitera Olgas
Released: February 5, 1968
Type: Movie
Olga, a young girl from a wealthy family, knows and falls in love with Peter, a poor civil engineer who has just taken his degree and with honors. The future of the young do not seem bright because the job needs capital and appropriate dating to climb the stairs of success. The social gulf that separates them is huge and the reactions of her mother Olga creates another major obstacle in their relationship. Despite the difficulties, however, the two young decide to join their lives and try to build a common course with the only help their love and dreams to create a happy family. The inability But Peter stabilize at a job because of irritable character and economic problem facing will bring very fast the first dark clouds in their relationship and will go through great tribulations love.
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Καπετάν Φάντης Μπαστούνι
Title: Καπετάν Φάντης Μπαστούνι
Character: Vasiliki Giamali
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
Captain Andreas, a widower master learns that the planned departure postponed and the crew discovers hidden in the ship's refrigerator a girl, Marina. The company and the kind of behavior makes him take her with him to his home in Poros, which is home to the sister of Royal and two nephews. The presence of the marina there inflamed passions and causes the scheming sister, culminating when he set sail for the trip. When his ship sinks and he is considered missing, his sister declares him dead, eliminates the Marina and trying to reap his fortune with the help of their lawyer. Some time later, Andrew returns secretly finds Marina, marries her and takes her to his home, where enforce order ...
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Zero Hour Society
Title: Zero Hour Society
Character: Mother
Released: November 5, 1966
Type: Movie
A formerly heroic air force pilot, now an alcoholic loser with a failed marriage, is appointed by his older brother in the Ministry of Commerce to investigate a tragic plane crash that killed 28 people. As he goes through the motions in an alcoholic daze, he gradually comes to realize that the wreck was due to criminal negligence and failure to follow mandatory safety regulations.
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Χαμένη Ευτυχία
Title: Χαμένη Ευτυχία
Released: August 20, 1966
Type: Movie
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Thankless
Title: Thankless
Released: April 23, 1966
Type: Movie
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Stefania
Title: Stefania
Character: Reformatory Director
Released: March 20, 1966
Type: Movie
18 year old Stefania is brought to a juvenile reformatory for young prostitutes. The institution is actually a prison, and one of the worst and most squalid of its kind. It's a real hell. Two dozens of ragged girls are crammed into a dormitory, locked by a thick iron door, two in each bed. Meals and work is carried out in other sections of the building, separated by iron bars. A young doctor shall investigate the newcomer. When they meet, they immediately recognize each other. It is Giorgos, the doctor that treated Stefania's mother a couple of years ago, and then had a little flirt with Stefania. He has been thinking of her ever since. He immediately falls in love with her, and wants to help her. Stefania is thinking about any possibility to get out from the prison. She flirts with the ugly yard guard Armandos, and with the truck driver coming with foodstuff, but in vain...
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With you forever
Title: With you forever
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
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Story of a Lifetime
Title: Story of a Lifetime
Character: Mikes' sister
Released: September 3, 1965
Type: Movie
Targeted for her beauty and pilloried by members of her own village, a poor and orphaned young woman flees from her humble but hostile birthplace to seek refuge in the bosom of the hectic city of Athens. Can love put an end to her ordeals?
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The Immigrant
Title: The Immigrant
Released: September 1, 1965
Type: Movie
A young man returns to his home after years abroad, despite not becoming wealthy, he has managed to save money for his last years.
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And the Woman Shall Fear Her Husband
Title: And the Woman Shall Fear Her Husband
Character: Aglaia Papamitrou
Released: June 28, 1965
Type: Movie
When a man decides to marry the woman he's been living with, she stops being the silent patient person she was and claims to be the boss in the house. Her behaviour changes so much after the marriage that the husband gets so irritated as to ask for a divorce even a few hours later..
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Άγγελοι Χωρίς Φτερά
Title: Άγγελοι Χωρίς Φτερά
Released: January 1, 1965
Type: Movie
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Δύσκολοι δρόμοι
Title: Δύσκολοι δρόμοι
Released: January 1, 1965
Type: Movie
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A Great Love
Title: A Great Love
Character: Athina Leonidou
Released: April 20, 1964
Type: Movie
The Maro is in love with Alexis balm, in which the parents did not approve because known play-Boys. The peers aunt Lena undertakes to assist the other to the party that will organize to get to know the parents of Alexis Maro, Lena and Alex will feel a strange attraction. Lena, however, is married with a child and trying to control her emotions.
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Phaedra
Title: Phaedra
Released: May 25, 1962
Type: Movie
A retelling of the Greek myth of Phaedra. In modern Greece, Alexis's father, an extremely wealthy shipping magnate, is married to the younger, fiery Phaedra. When Alexis meets his stepmother, sparks fly and the two begin an affair. What will the Fates bring this family? Alexis's roadster and the music of Bach figure in the conclusion.
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The Daywork of Happiness
Title: The Daywork of Happiness
Character: Sofia
Released: May 2, 1960
Type: Movie
Two young people are trying to make their common life although have to face the obstacle of an authoritarian mother. The young man, trying to overcome his financial difficulties, will be involved with a suspected man in a hypothetical big bay.
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Το Κλωτσοσκούφι
Title: Το Κλωτσοσκούφι
Character: Thodora Vengeli
Released: March 21, 1960
Type: Movie
A young woman asks from a ship magnate to help her immigrate to Australia but he falls in love with her.
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Holidays in Aegina
Title: Holidays in Aegina
Character: Titina
Released: March 10, 1958
Type: Movie
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Stella
Title: Stella
Character: Alekos' sister
Released: April 4, 1955
Type: Movie
The story of a young, wild woman who doesn't want to compromise and settle down. Stella is a restless, rebellious Greek woman who plays with men and enjoys her life as much as she can. But when she meets a young footballer, things get mixed up. She loves him but she loves her freedom too. So it's about time she made an important choice.
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Windfall in Athens
Title: Windfall in Athens
Character: Liza
Released: January 11, 1954
Type: Movie
On a lazy Athenian Sunday, a young and fresh saleswoman loses her soon-to-be winning lottery ticket, only to meet its handsome new owner. Of course, she wants it back; however, what if fortune and ardent Cupid are already on her doorstep?