Labros Konstadaras

Lambros Konstantaras was a Greek film actor He was born in 1913 in Athens He studied acting in Paris and graduated in 1933 making his theatre debut in France in 1937 The following year he returned to Greece and worked in theatre After working in several theatre groups he formed his own with Jenny Karezi Maro Kontou and Nikos Rizos often working together with such actresses as Ellie Lambeti Aliki Vougiouklaki and others However Konstadaras was far better known as a film actor playing leading roles in more than 80 movies In cinema he debuted in 1939 with the film The Parting Song the first Greek sound film In his youth many of his roles were of a serious nature but later on in life he played almost exclusively comic roles usually as an executive or the father of the bride etc He cooperated with Alekos Sakellarios in many hits of decade 1950 and 1960 In 1969 he won the best leading actor award in Thessaloniki Festival of Greek Cinema for the film O Blofatzis directed by Vasilis Georgiadis He died on June 28 1985 and is buried in the First Cemetery of Athens