Orestis Makris
Date of birth: 1898-09-30
Place of birth: Chalkis, Euboea, Greece
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Ορέστης Μακρής, Орестис Макрис
Biography
Orestis Makris (Greek: Ορέστης Μακρής; 30 September 1898 – 29 January 1975) was a Greek actor and tenor. Makris graduated from the Athens Conservatoire and first entered the scene as a tenor in the troupe of Rosalia Nika in 1925. He later joined the Papaioannou troupe, before moving to more comedic roles. Makris excelled in the portrayal of folk characters, especially the stock role of the "drunkard". Makris also participated in about forty movies, mostly as an over-strict father. He is considered one of the most significant modern Greek actors. He was decorated with the Order of the Phoenix. He died on 29 January 1975 in Athens and is buried at the First Cemetery in a family grave.
Movie Credits
The steps of life
1962-10-21
At the top of his class, a diligent architecture student, and son of a poor bouzouki player dreams o
The Drunkard
1950-01-23
After losing his son in WW2, a poor cobbler has become a drunkard and laughing stock of the whole ne
The Counterfeit Coin
1955-12-28
Four stories, humorous, romantic or dramatic, are linked by a counterfeit gold sovereign. It is made
The Papadopoulou Family
1960-01-01
Young Alexis Vranas returns to Athens form studying abroad and starts working for a major company. T
The Daily Wage of Pain
1964-02-03
A melodrama that recounts the extremely difficult conditions under which a couple tries to live and
A girl different from the others
1968-01-01
The Auntie from Chicago
1957-12-16
Charilaos (Orestis Makris), a retired officer with very strict and conservative principles, raises h
Mrs. Midwife
1961-09-24
The rivalry between a professional doctor and a midwife in a small Greek village.
Maiden's Cheek
1959-11-16
Young teacher Floras arrives to teach a class at a girls’ high school in Athens. His students, daugh
Aristides and his Girls
1964-05-31
Aristides, a widowed professor, lives with his housekeeper Eudokia and his three daughters, whom he
The despised
1965-01-01
Grousouzis
1952-11-03
Agatocles, a grumpy and gruesome caffector, finds out a baby's out of his cafe and, to the surprise
Thieves out!
1961-01-03
When the general manager who possesses 70% of the shares of a steelworks learns that he is sick and
One Street Organ, One Life
1958-11-28
An organ grinder (Orestis Makris) loses his wife from complications during birth. Distraught by her
O Thymios takane thalassa
1959-06-14
The Thimios leaves the village, the Vlachokerasia along with wife and children to come to the capita
Snow White and the 7 Old Boys
1960-12-26
Alexia is a young woman who comes from the countryside and is in love with a rich man, Paris, who is
The Wizard of Athens
1931-10-21
A musician-magician of noble heritage wins the hearts of women. When his darling leaves him for a ri
Stournara 288
1959-01-19
Through the narration of a tenant of a block of flats on 288 Stournara street, we watch the everyday
Beggar of Love
1964-06-10
A pop singer with a good heart and a lot of achievements, Manos, tenderly loves an orphan anthopolid
Wronged
1964-11-02
Angelica, a beautiful and talented girl, comes out of the orphanage and finds work in a secular cent
With Pain and Tears
1965-11-17
Alekos serves as captain of LOC in the area of Trikala. He loves Maria, which she keeps her relation
Horse and Carriage
1957-02-04
An old chauffeur, after removing his rambling son, decides to live with his orphaned girl while faci
One Drachma Jasmine
1960-11-17
Alexis and Anna-Maria fall in love each other after a car accident. Alexis is rich and Anna-Maria is
To Fintanaki
1955-11-19
In a small courtyard of an Athenian neighborhood, the tenants become the owner of the cunning landla
Κάθε Καημός Και Δάκρυ
1964-07-27
With her father presumed dead during the German occupation in Athens and with an ailing mother, a po
At Night The Entanglements
1957-01-01
The funny things that happen through the walking by the neighborhood night shift of a kind policeman
Our Good Angel
1961-03-02
After saving the beautiful but frivolous daughter of an austere businessman from an embarrassing sit
The Island of Silence
1958-08-14
"700 meters far from humans, and million meters far from humanity…" The study of the life of the le
The Girl of the Neighbourhood
1954-03-18
Spyros, an honest young man from a poor neighborhood, owns a small coffee shop. His only friends are
The Abduction of Persephone
1956-10-15
Ο Πόνος του Μπεκρή
1966-01-01
Trapped in a downward spiral of self-loathing, a once-successful merchant and now an alcohol-depende
Τι κι αν γεννήθηκα φτωχός
1967-01-01
The poor daughter of a once-famous musician sees her world turn upside down when she gets fired, and
Τα παληόπαιδα
1963-01-01
Καταδικασμένη και από το παιδί της
1955-01-01