![]() ![]() She had two daughters, Martha Koutoumanou and Maria-Eleni Lykourezou. Laskari died on 18 August 2017 at Porto Rafti, from heart failure. Laskari's first television appearance was her leading role in the TV series Romaios kai Ioulieta in 1976. Her theatrical hits include the play Oi erastes tou Oneirou which was also her first play in Athens. Her stage work included famous plays like Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, the ancient Greek tragedy The Trojan Women by Euripides and Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park. Other Laskari film hits were Nomos 4000, Merikoi to protimoun kryo, Koritsia gia filima, Dakrya gia tin Ilektra, Mia kyria sta bouzoukia and Marihouana stop. Some of her later movies were Stefania (1966) and Oi Thalassies oi Hadres (1967). The films in which she appeared ranged from dramas to comedies and musicals. CareerÄue to her success at the beauty pageant, director Giannis Dalianidis, offered her the starring role in O katiforos, a 1961 film, whose success gave her a rapid popularity and she shortly signed an exclusive contract with the biggest Greek film production company at the time, Finos Film. In June 1976, she married criminologist Alexandros Lykourezos, by whom she had a second daughter, Maria-Eleni Lykourezou. In 1967, she married industrialist Petros Koutoumanos, by whom she had her first daughter, Martha Koutoumanou. She refused to return to Greece and stayed in New York City for about 18 months. However, while being in the United States, it was revealed that she was still legally a minor, having obscured her true age. ![]() In 1959, she won the title of Star Hellas (Miss Greece) - in order to participate in the pageant she added two years to her age to be of age and went on to represent Greece at the Miss Universe pageant in Long Beach, California where she made it to the semifinals. I stood by you once, you stood by me ten fold, said her partner of over forty years, prominent attorney Alexandros Lykourezos, in his eulogy. She was raised by her maternal grandparents. Hundreds of people bid the last farewell to emblematic Greek actress Zoe Laskari on Tuesday afternoon, with the former King of Greece Constantine, prominent actors and politicians among them. ![]()
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