On This Day
1913: The first massacre at Doxato took place during the Second Balkan War, as Bulgarian troops killed 650 inhabitants before burning it to the ground.
1930: The Law School of the University of Thessaloniki was established.
1972: The Military Government of Greece passed a “quickie divorce” law.
Deaths: Lakis Petropoulos (1996), football player and coach.
Thymios Karakatsanis
(Piraeus, 8 December 1940 – Athens, 30 June 2012) was a Greek actor with notable career at theatre. He was born in Piraeus on 8 December 1940.
He had associated himself with the comedies of Aristophanes, with regular performances at the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus. He had also featured in a number of Greek films, while also working as a theatre director.
Thymios Karakatsanis was born on December 8, 1940 in Tampouria region, Pireaus. He studied at the Greek Art Theatre Karolos Koun. Since 1960, he was working as a theater actor.
His first professional role was at the play Thyrida of Tardieu in 1963. He appeared in a few films at cinema but he became well known mainly from his roles at plays of Aristophanes. He played the role of Lysistrata three times. He appeared a lot of times at theatre of Ancient Epidavros. In 1978, he made the group New Greek Stage and he presented famous plays starting from the play Von Dimitrakis of Dimitris Psathas.
In 1987 he won the theatre award for the play Death of a Salesman of Arthur Miller. At the same period he also worked as radio presenter. The play Death of a Salesman was his last role.
His interviews did not cease to contain many surprises. His witty comments about life in modern Greece never failed to provoke strong reactions.
He died on 30 June 2012 at the age of 72 years.
Filmography
Cinema
* To pio lampro asteri (1967)
* I hartorihtra (1967)
* Boum Taratatzoum (1972)
* I Gynaikokratia (1973)
* La faille (1975)
* Oi Ntantades (1979)
* idou i Rodos (1979)
* Karavan Sarai (1986)