Anastasia Christodoulou (; 16 February 1932 – 2 May 2023), known professionally as Souli Sabah (), was a Greek actress and singer.

Biography

Sabah was born on 16 February 1932 in

Alexandria Alexandria ( ; ) is the List of cities and towns in Egypt#Largest cities, second largest city in Egypt and the List of coastal settlements of the Mediterranean Sea, largest city on the Mediterranean coast. It lies at the western edge of the Nile ...

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. Her father came from

Polemi Polemi () is a village in the Paphos District of Cyprus. The village is located within the rolling landscape of the Paphos hills at an altitude of above sea level. Polemi lies 4 km north of Letymvou and 3 km east of Stroumbi, off the ...

and her mother from

Chios Chios (; , traditionally known as Scio in English) is the fifth largest Greece, Greek list of islands of Greece, island, situated in the northern Aegean Sea, and the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, tenth largest island in the Medi ...

. In the 1950s, the family came to

Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ...

and Sabah started singing at the secular center "Gaki". She made her first film appearance in the film ''Laterna, poverty and honor'', together with

Tzeni Karezi Tzeni Karezi (; 12 January 1932 – 26 July 1992) also known as Jenny Karezi, was a Greek film and stage actress. Biography Early life Evgenia Karpouzi was born in Athens, Greece, to a mathematician father from Mesolonghi and high school teac ...

, Vasilis Avlonitis and

Mimis Fotopoulos Dimitris "Mimis" Fotopoulos (; 8 April 1913 – 29 October 1986) was a Greek actor, writer, poet, and artist. He was born in Zatouna, Gortynia, Arcadia. He studied at the Dramatic School of National Theatre (Δραματική Σχολή του ...

. She also performed on television and in the theater in major productions and reviews. Sabah was also the wife of actor

Dimitris Nikolaidis Dimitris Nikolaidis (; 1922 – 21 January 1993) was a Greek actor. Career Nikolaidis was born in 1922 in Asia Minor and died in January 1993. His journey of life began on a ship that headed from Constantinople (now Istanbul) to Piraeus, bet ...

, while living in Athens. She died on 2 May 2023, at the age of 91.

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