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Despo Diamantidou
Diamantidou in Jules Dassin's 1970 film Promise at Dawn
Born	(1916-07-13)13 July 1916 Piraeus, Greece
Died	18 February 2004(2004-02-18) (aged 87) Athens, Greece
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1949–2003
Spouse	Andreas Filippidis

Despoina "Despo" Diamantidou (Greek: Δέσπω Διαμαντίδου; 13 July 1916 – 18 February 2004) was a Greek actress. She appeared in more than seventy films from 1949 to 2003, frequently in support of Melina Mercouri and directed four times by Jules Dassin.

She had flashy roles as the ringleader of the Piraeus prostitutes in Never on Sunday (1960) and as Woody Allen's Russian mother in Love and Death (1975). Despo also appeared as Tatiana in Alan King's summer replacement sitcom, Ivan the Terrible starring Lou Jacobi, which aired on ABC from 21 August to 18 September 1976.

Filmography

References

1. Short bio of Diamantidou, on the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com)
2. Filmography of the actress, as presented on the British Film Institute's website (www.bfi.org.uk)
3. Alex McNeil. Total Television: The Comprehnsive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present Fourth Edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 419.
4. "Love and Death" movie, presented on The Woody Allen Pages

External links

• Despo Diamantidou at IMDb
• Despo Diamantidou at Find a Grave

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