Antonis Yannidis

Date of Birth:

Mar 17, 1901

Place of Birth:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire

In 1922 he graduated from the Constantinople Theater School. Then he went to Paris, where he studied for four years at the School of Oriental Languages and took courses in acting and directing. In 1926 he returned to Athens. In 1927 he made his debut on the theater stage of the Theater of the Young (Athens). Soon he moved to the M. Kiveli Theater, where he played the roles: Talbot ("Mary Stuart"), Banquo ("Macbeth"), Hjalmar ("Wild Duck" by Ibsen), Dorn ("The Seagull") and others. In 1940, together with G. Pappas, he created a theater troupe. Communist. Member of the resistance movement during the occupation of Greece. In December 1944 he took part in the uprising against the British intervention. In 1945 he moved to the city of Kozani with the theater troupe of the Resistance. In 1945 he returned to Athens, took part in the creation of the United Artists Theater - one of the largest theater groups in Greece. During the play "Julius Caesar" was wounded by a fascist terrorist. In 1947 he toured with the theater in Romania and Bulgaria. In 1948, his theater worked in areas liberated by the democratic army of Greece, where he staged performances for the army.