Iconic Greek cinematic couples
Aliki Vouyouklaki - Dimitris Papamichail. Vouyouklaki and Papamichail first met in drama school and they mutually disliked each other. They developed a love-hate relationship until Papamichail proposed to her on stage. Their marriage was extremely turbulent, competitive and often violent. They had a son and they broke up badly after ten years. They both went on with their lives but Vouyouklaki died aged only 62 from cancer. In the last years of her life, Vouyouklaki and Papamichail had grown closer again as platonic friends, regretful and trying to work out the evil that had been done during their marriage. A devastated Papamichail visited her at her deathbed, imploring her to rise and get away together. He would visit her grave regularly.
Jenny Karezi - Alekos Alexandrakis. The most elegant couple of Greek cinema. While they played many times together, they were never a couple in real life. Alexandrakis was a smooth womanizer, Karezi preferred longterm relationships.
Kostas Voutsas - Martha Karayanni. While Voutsas' looks might at times appear unassuming due to his comedic roles, he and the sex-on-legs actress / dancer Karayanni were both legendary players. They were good friends for life but never had a relationship, which was baffling to everybody in Greece. They have both stated that the only reason they were never together was that they never managed to be both single at the same time!
Maro Kontou - Lambros Konstantaras. They played in 12 movies together! While all of Greece was convinced they were a couple, they were never a thing. Kontou revealed that even though they worked well together, their personalities were incompatible in real life. Kontou claimed she didn’t know whether Konstantaras had ever been interested in her, but she reasoned that even if he was, he was a very intelligent man who would not make a move since Kontou clearly wasn’t interested. EDIT: I have seen the photo a hundred times as I am preparing the post and it’s only in the hundredth time that I realised Konstantaras is holding a banana.
Zoe Laskari - Phaedon Georgitsis. Georgitsis has revealed he was always dazed by Laskari's beauty. His heart would beat very fast in all their romantic scenes. However, Laskari was unattainable and unavailable, as she was always very devoted to her real-life romantic partners. In the photo, the aforementioned Voutsas and Karayanni as guest stars.
Dimitris Horn - Ellie Lambeti. Both dramatic and mostly theatrical actors, renowned for their talent. They initially disliked each other but eventually developed a passionate love affair. They lived together for six years until they broke up. Neither revealed the reason of their break-up to anybody as they were both very serious and private people. However, they didn't speak to each other for years and they never played together again.
@Actors!Anon: As we say here in Greece, you are going to live many years because I had queued this post for today long before your ask! I will get to your question in specific soon.
