Anna Kalouta

Irene - Anna Kalouta (Athens, September 29, 1918 - Athens, April 17, 2010), was a Greek actress, leading lady and troupe leader. Daughter of Stefanos Kalouta, from a family of tanners in Syros (which is why Syros has honored her and built her own dressing room there) and Katina Gerakoulakou from Mani. A graduate of the Ionian School for Girls, she studied piano and devoted herself to theater. At the same time, she was involved in choreography, directing and artistic direction. Together with her sister Marika, the two "Kaloutakia", as they became known, received their baptism of fire at the theater of Marika Kotopouli and her husband Giorgos Helmis, who found roles for both girls in the performances they staged. She appeared in 14 Greek films, while she made her theater debut at the age of 4, in Marika Kotopouli's troupe, in a prose play. Together with her sister Maria, they created the famous "Kaloutakia", child prodigies of that era, in all genres of musical theater. She had participated in reviews by the most famous reviewers in operettas such as: "Glykia Nana", "Diavolopaido", "Baptist", "Modern Girls" etc. by Theophrastos Sakellaridis, "Woman of the Street", "Apachides of At…

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