1906-07-02 ( 118 years old ) in Braila, Romania
Christos Tsaganeas was born in Braila, Romania on July 2, 1906. He came from a wealthy Greek and aristocratic family and from a young age he showed great love for the theater. His parents, however, had demanded that he finish some university school, and that's why when he graduated from the Greek high school in Romania, they sent him to Athens for academic studies. He initially enrolled in Medicine but soon dropped out and went to Law from which he never got a degree. The reason for this event was his acquaintance and love for the actress Nitsa Vitsori, seven years older than him, for whose sake he abandoned his studies and began to appear in the theater.
When Nitsa divorced her first husband, Giorgis Vitsoris, Tsaganeas not only married her but also enrolled in the Drama School of the National Theater to get a proper foundation and an acting degree.
For this career choice, he had several fights with his parents, with whom he finally broke up and cut off his funding. Another version cites his participation in the political movement of the Archio-Marxists, in which his wife Nitsa also participated, as the reason for the elimination. This development led him, for some time, to live on a boat in the port of Piraeus while he was forced to take part in performances of itinerant troupes, which at that time were underestimated. "There are few theaters, few theater squares, many practitioners", as he used to say.
During the German-Italian occupation he actively participated in the National Resistance through the ranks of the EAM together with his wife Nitsa. During the December 1944, his name was involved in the execution of the actress Eleni Papadakis by OPLA. As a member of the board of the National Militia of the EAM Theater, he had put his signature - together with his colleagues, Emilio Veakis, Theodoros Moridis, Spyros Patrikios and Panos Karavousiano - for the death sentence of Eleni Papadakis, who had been accused of dowry.
A year later, Christos Tsaganeas was in danger of losing his life in the armed attack against the then president of SEH, Spyros Patrikios.
Movies
Η Κρεβατομουρμούρα
1971-02-18
Σέργιος και Άννα
1971-01-01
Ena agori... alloiotiko ap' t' alla
1971-01-01
Ο Μανωλιός ξαναχτυπά
1971-01-01
Ο ακτύπητος κτυπήθηκε
1970-05-06
Ένας Μάγκας στα Σαλόνια
1969-10-20
Ο Παλιάτσος
1968-10-05
Apollo Goes on Holiday
1968-02-28
Greek Pride
1968-01-01
Doctor Z-Vengos
1968-01-01
Satrapis
1968-01-01
My Dimitri... My Dimitri
1967-10-16
Κοκοβιός και Σπάρος στα Δίχτυα της Αράχνης
1967-01-01
Aspasia's dollars
1967-01-01
To ploio tis haras
1967-01-01
Five Thousand Lies
1966-10-17
Το συρτάκι της αμαρτίας
1966-01-01
Love that time does not fade
1966-01-01
Ένα Καράβι Παπαδόπουλοι
1966-01-01
Artesta
1966-01-01
The pain of separation
1965-01-01
Affection
1965-01-01
Η πικραγαπημένη
1965-01-01
Φτωχός, αλλά τίμιος
1965-01-01
If Luck Favors You
1964-01-30
Something Hot
1964-01-13
With Many Children
1964-01-01
Αλύγιστη Στη Ζωή
1964-01-01
My friend, Lefterakis
1963-02-25
What the Night Hides
1963-01-01
Theodore and the gun
1962-10-15
Ο διάβολος και η ουρά του
1962-07-11
Betrayed love
1962-06-06
The Miss Of The Mister
1962-03-12
Don't Fall in Love on a Saturday
1962-01-01
Sidewalk
1962-01-01
Φτωχαδάκια και Λεφτάδες
1961-06-21
Death Will Return
1961-06-12
Murder Backstage
1960-09-01
Rich Without Money
1960-01-01
The hamini
1960-01-01
Maiden's Cheek
1959-11-16
Vacation in Kolopetinitsa
1959-09-09
Crime in Kolonaki
1959-06-12
Long live the poor children
1959-01-01
We Have Only One Life
1958-05-08
Ο Μισογύνης
1958-02-15
The Hurdy-Gurdy
1955-12-12
To Fintanaki
1955-11-19
Joe, the Amazing
1955-03-21
The Happy Beginning
1954-12-06
Ο άνεμος του μίσους
1954-04-26
That's How My Life Ended
1952-01-01
Fallen Angels
1948-12-22
The Germans Strike Again
1948-01-05
Μαντάμ Σουσού
1948-01-01
Αγνούλα
1939-01-23
Wrong Path
1933-01-01
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