Sperantza Vrana

Sperantza Vrana
*Σπεράντζα Βρανά*
Sperantza Vrana; Σπεράντζα Βρανά
Born	Elpida Homatianou; 6 February 1928; Messolongi, Greece
Died	29 September 2009 (aged 81); Athens, Greece
Occupation	Actress/Writer
Years active	1950–1999

Sperantza Vrana (Greek: Σπεράντζα Βρανά; 6 February 1928 – 29 September 2009) was a Greek actress and writer.

She was born as Elpida^[a] Homatianou (Ελπίδα Χωματιανού) in Messolongi on 6 February, either in 1926 or 1932. She wrote several books, with the most famous of them being her autobiography Tolmo (Τολμώ, I Dare). Sperantza Vrana died of a heart attack on 29 September 2009, aged 81.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Transliteration and translation	Role
1950	Ela sto theio	Έλα στο θείο Come to the Uncle	Nana
1953	To soferaki	Το σωφεράκι The Chauffeur	-
1954	The Beauty of Athens	Η ωραία των Αθηνών I orea ton Athinon	Clara
1955	Glenti, lefta ki agapi	Γλέντι, λεφτά κι αγάπη	Yiouyiou
1955	I Kalpiki lira	Η κάλπικη λίρα The Counterfeit Lira	Maria
1958	Melpo	Μέλπω	-
1958	Adekaroi erotevomeni	Αδέκαροι ερωτευμένοι	-
1961	O skliros andras	Ο σκληρός άντρας The Hard Man	Loula
1963	O anipsios mou o Manolis	Ο ανιψιός μου ο Μανώλης My Nephew Manolis	-
1965	I Eva den amartisse	Η Εύα δεν αμάρτησε	Persefoni
1965	Den boroun na mas horisoun	Δεν μπορούν να μας χωρίσουν They Can't Separate Us	-
1965	Apokliroi tis koinonias	Απόκληροι της κοινωνίας	-
1979	O palavos kosmos tou Thanasi	Ο παλαβός κόσμος του Θανάση Thanasi's Mad World	-
1984	O glykopseftis (Video only)	Ο γλυκοψεύτης The Sweet Liar	-
1985	Rambo from Trikala (Video only)	Ο Ράμπο από τα Τρίκαλα	Angela
1999	San to spiti mas (TV series)	Σαν το σπίτι σας Feel Like Home	a presenter
1999	Safe Sex		Roberta

Notes

^ "Elpida" (transliterated from the Greek "Ελπίδα") means "Hope" in English,^[1] and in Italian "Speranza".^[2]

References

^ "The word 'Ελπίδα' in Greek-English lexicon". WordReference.com. WordReference. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
^ "The word 'Hope' in English-Italian lexicon". WordReference.com (in Italian). WordReference. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
^ "Πέθανε από ανακοπή καρδιάς η Σπεράντζα Βρανά" [Speranza Vrana died of a heart attack] (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2009-10-02. Retrieved 2009-09-29.

External links

Sperantza Vrana at IMDb

[Note_about_the_name_–_elaboration-3] "Elpida" (transliterated from the Greek "Ελπίδα") means "Hope" in English,^[1] and in Italian "Speranza".^[2]

[Ελπίδα_–_Hope_–_Greek_to_English_–_WordReference-1] "The word 'Ελπίδα' in Greek-English lexicon". WordReference.com. WordReference. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2022.

[Hope_–_Speranza_–_English_to_Italian_–_WordReference-2] "The word 'Hope' in English-Italian lexicon". WordReference.com (in Italian). WordReference. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2022.

[4] "Πέθανε από ανακοπή καρδιάς η Σπεράντζα Βρανά" [Speranza Vrana died of a heart attack] (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2009-10-02. Retrieved 2009-09-29.

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