Jenny Karezi
An image from Miss Manager, one of the productions that also features Jenny Karezi.
Jenny Karezi

Jenny Karezi

January 1, 1932 — Athens - Greece

Evgenia Karpouzi was born in Athens, Greece, to a mathematician father and high school teacher mother. She studied under the direction of the Sisters of St. Joseph at a private French school in Thessaloniki, and later by the same Order in Athens. She learned French fluently. When she was a teenager, her father left the family and she continued to live with her mother. Her father died in a car accident in 1971. In 1951 she was accepted at the Greek National Theater,  where she studied in the Drama School. The playwright Angelos Terzakis and the director Dimitris Rontiris were among her teachers. Upon graduation, in 1954, she was immediately thrust into starring roles in the theatre, playing alongside actors such as Alexis Minotis and Katina Paxinou.

The Red Lanterns

The Red Lanterns

1963

The Auntie from Chicago

The Auntie from Chicago

1957

Miss Manager

Miss Manager

1964

The Hurdy-Gurdy

The Hurdy-Gurdy

1955

Laterna, Poverty and Carnation

Laterna, Poverty and Carnation

1957

Lola

Lola

1964

Jenny Jenny

Jenny Jenny

1966

A Crazy Family

A Crazy Family

1965