Elda Panopoulou () is a

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comedian, best known for her role as "Haroula Peponaki" in the Greek sitcom '' To Retire'' (The Penthouse).

Early life

Panopoulou was born in

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in the early 1960s. Her two parents were teachers; they owned their own school.

Career

Her first appearance was in a Greek romance series, titled "Alithines Istories", alongside Giorgos Kimoulis and Martha Karagianni in 1984. The ratings were low and after 6 episodes it was cancelled. In 1991 she did her break through as the nervous but caring operator in the Greek sitcom To Retire. After a couple more comedy sitcoms, ''Panopoulou'' started to present her own show in the public television. Panopoulou starred in two more series; "An Thimitheis to Oneiro Mou" and "Jenny kai Evanthia". Both of them were failures and since 2004 she has not acted on television. She dedicated herself to comedy theatre and a few years ago, in 2005 she created her very own theatre school, ''Melissa Theatre School''. In 2007, she did a guest appearance on the popular Greek sitcom ''To Kokkino Domatio'', aired on Mega.

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