Thanos Leivaditis (also Thanos Livaditis) (, 30 May 1934 – 1 September 2005) was a Greek actor and screenwriter. He studied drawing at the

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(, ), at the workshop class of the professor

Yiannis Moralis Yiannis Moralis (; also transliterated Yannis Moralis or Giannis Moralis; 23 April 1916 – 20 December 2009) was an important Greek visual artist and part of the so-called "Generation of the '30s". He is a person who carried weight in many ...

. In 1959, he finished dramatic school at the National Theatre and worked as a playwright until 1972. He played in many roles of the classical repertoire with other actors, including

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, Christoforos Nezer, Stelios Vokovits, Thanos Kotsopoulos, and

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. He entered the state theatre in 1959 with a play of

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for

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. He played roles as Aemonas in ''

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, Neoptolemus of

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, Malcolm in ''

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, Menoikea in ''

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, etc. Thanos Leivaditis also participated in international film festivals at Théâtre des Nations (

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) in 1962 and at the

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(

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) in 1966. He wrote 30 screenplays and played in 24 Greek film productions or movies. In these movies, he played with the unforgettable actress Mema Stathopoulou. The next phase of his career involved television, beginning in 1974 when he starred in ''Oi Dikaoi'' (which lasted three seasons). He also starred in ''Oi Axiopistoi'' in 1981, ''Oi Ierosili'' in 1983, ''I Vendeta'' in 1987, ''I Ekti Entoli'' in 1990 and ''I Diki'' in 1991. He was a screenwriter and a playwright for his roles as the judge Angelos Karnezis and the journalist Aris Martelis. He was awarded with the Corfiot Scenario Awards in 1984 for the serial ''Oi Ierosili''. He died on 1 September 2005 in Athens at the age of 71.

Filmography

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