Lefteris Vogiatzes
Lefteris Vogiatzes (1945–1/5/2013) was a Greek theater actor and director.
His Life
Lefteris Vogiatzis was born in Athens in 1945. He studied English literature at the University of Athens, he attended the Reinhurt Seminar in Vienna for two years and finished K. Michailidis' Drama School in Athens. On stage he first appeared in 1973. Then he collaborated with Spyros Evangelatos, and the famous actress Elli Lampeti. Over the years, he played many roles of classical repertoire. In 1981 he founded the theater company the Stage and in 1988 the new Stage. He directed and starred in many performances, while in 1989, he founded the laboratory of ancient drama, directing the "Antigone" by Sophocles. Successful shows of his followed, such as "With power from kifissia" "Misanthrope", "Helen", "Night of the owl", "Persians", "Ash and shadow", "Clean anymore" and other major plays. At the cinema starred almost exclusively on movies of Nikos Panagiotopoulos, who was connected with a great friendship.
Death
On 30 April 2013, there was a rumor Lefteris Vogiatzis lost his battle with cancer and died. A little later the news was denied. Two days later, however, on Maundy Thursday afternoon, the news came back, and this time it was true. His funeral was planned for Wednesday, May 8, while his body was exposed to secular pilgrimage on the same day 12:00 until 16:00 in his theater of Cycladon Street, in request of Lefteris.