Stathis Psaltis


Stathis Psaltis was a Greek cinema, TV and theatre comic actor. He was best known for starring in many 1980s films, as many as four a year. He has been called "iconic" and a "household name".

Life

He was born in Velo, Corinthia in 1951, where he lived his childhood until the age of 11, when his family moved to Aegaleo. His brother is the actor Yiannis Rotas. He studied at the Drama school of Konstantinos Michaelidis. He married Taria Boura and in 2006 he married actress Christina Fitsaki. He already had one daughter, Maria, from his previous marriage to Katia Kyvelou.

Career

He starred in a lot of Greek films and also in theater. He became popular in the 1980s with commercial movies that included "Kamikazi agapi mou", "Troxonomos Varvara", "Ta kamakia", "Vasika Kalispera sas", "Kai o protos matakias", "Trellos eimai oti thelo kano", "Ela na agapithoume darling", and "Mantepse ti kano ta vradia".

Death

On 12 April 2014, the actor suffered a stroke. He was admitted to the Athens Oncology Hospital "Agios Savvas" on 14 March 2017, dealing with multiple cancer metastases. Since 16 April, he was intubated in the Hospital's Intensive Care Unit, where he died on 21 April 2017. He was buried at the Zografou cemetery, in the presence of many of his friends and colleagues, on April 24, 2017. His remains were transferred to the First Cemetery of Athens on 27 July 2022.

Personal life

He was married to Christina, and had a daughter, Maria.

Filmography