Timos Perlegas (October 22, 1938 in

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– April 19, 1993 in

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) was a

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. He died from a

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Early life

Timos was born on October 22, 1938 in Patras. He was the seventh and last child of a family of merchants. Due to financial difficulties, in 1955 he settled in Athens in search of more opportunity. At 18 he had a serious health problem and after his recovery he started working as an industrial worker. In 1961, he began acting school at Theater Department of the Stavrakos School. Among his teachers were

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and Giorgos Theodosiadis.

Career

He first appeared on stage as a member of the

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theater company in ''

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'' by

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. Later on, he toured

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with '' The Birds'' by

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. He also worked with the National Theatre of Modern Greece for two years as well as the Karezi- Kazakos company. He also appeared in the cinema and on TV. Perlegas was a member of the

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since 1975.

Theater

Some of the plays he appeared in include: * ''

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'' by

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* ''

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'' by

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* '' The Visit'' by

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* ''The Girl from Maxim's'' by

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* ''The day after the fair'' by

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Filmography

* ''Ego rezilepsa ton Hitler'' (1970) * ''Mia gynaika stin Antistasi'' (1970) * ''Manto Mavrogenous'' (1971) * ''Lysistrati'' (1972) * ''Thema syneidiseos'' (1973) * ''Kai xana pros ti doxa trava'' (1980) * ''O Thanasis kai to katarameno fidi'' (1982) * ''Tha se klepso, m' akous?'' (1982) .... as Mr. Karyadis * ''O Fonias'' (1983) .... as Yanis * ''To Kolie'' (1985) * ''Ena senario einai i zoi mas'' (1985) .... as Mitsos Giavroglou * ''Paraxeni sinantissi'' (1986) .... as Mimis * ''O Kloios'' (1987) * ''BIOS kai politeia'' (1987) * ''...kai dyo avga Tourkias'' (1987) .... as Uncle * ''Dexiotera tis dexias'' (1989) * ''Ypoptos politis'' (1994)

References

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* 1938 births 1993 deaths Greek male film actors Greek male stage actors 20th-century Greek male actors Actors from Patras {{Greece-actor-stub