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Birthday: Oct 13, 1934
Place of Birth: Chania, Crete, Greece

Nana Mouskouri

Ioanna "Nana" Mouskouri (born October 13, 1934) is a Greek singer. Over the span of her career, she has released over 200 albums in at least twelve languages, including Greek, French, English, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Hebrew, Welsh, Mandarin Chinese and Corsican. Mouskouri became well known throughout Europe for the song "The White Rose of Athens", recorded first in German as "Weiße Rosen aus Athen" as an adaptation of her Greek song "Σαν σφυρίξεις τρείς φορές" (San sfyríxeis tris forés, "When you whistle three times"). It became her first record to sell over one million copies. Later in 1963, she represented Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "À force de prier". Her friendship with the composer Michel Legrand led to the recording by Mouskouri of the theme song of the Oscar-nominated film The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. From 1968 to 1976, she hosted her own TV show produced by BBC, Presenting Nana Mouskouri. Her popularity as a multilingual television personality and distinctive image, owing to the then unusual signature black-rimmed glasses, turned Mouskouri into an international star. "Je chante avec toi Liberté", recorded in 1981, is perhaps her biggest hit to date, performed in at least five languages – French, English as "Song for Liberty", German as "Lied der Freiheit", Spanish as "Libertad" and Portuguese as "Liberdade". "Only Love", a song recorded in 1985 as the theme song of TV series Mistral's Daughter, gained worldwide popularity along with its other versions in French (as "L'Amour en Héritage"), Italian (as "Come un'eredità"), Spanish (as "La dicha del amor"), and German (as "Aber die Liebe bleibt"). It became her only UK hit single when it reached number two in February 1986. Mouskouri became a spokesperson for UNICEF in 1993 and was elected to the European Parliament as a Greek deputy from 1994 to 1999. In 2015 she was awarded the Echo Music Prize for Outstanding achievements by the German music association Deutsche Phono-Akademie. Nana Mouskouri's family lived in Chania, Crete, where her father, Constantine, worked as a film projectionist in a local cinema; her mother, Alice, worked in the same cinema as an usherette. When Mouskouri was three, her family moved to Athens. Mouskouri's family sent her and her older sister Eugenía (Jenny) to the Athens Conservatoire. Although Mouskouri had displayed exceptional musical talent from age six, Jenny initially appeared to be the more gifted sibling. Financially unable to support both girls' studies, the parents asked their tutor which one should continue. The sister conceded that Jenny had the better voice, but Nana was the one with the true inner need to sing. Mouskouri has said that a medical examination revealed she only has one functioning vocal cord and this could well account for her remarkable singing voice (in her younger years ranging from a husky, dark alto, which she later dropped, to a ringing coloratura mezzo), as opposed to her breathy, raspy speaking voice. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Nana Mouskouri - The Farewell World Tour: Live At The Odeon Herodes Atticus Herself 2009
Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux Self 2008
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens Self 2020
I Love Greece Nana Mouskouri 2022
Nana Mouskouri - Live at the Royal Albert Hall herself 2012
...Sings the Beatles Self (archive footage) 2009
L'Âge d'or de la pub Self (archive footage) 2023
O Samba 2015
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président Self (archive footage) 2022
Mousitsa singer 1959
Love and storm Singer 1961
Lisa, Tosca of Athens singer 1959
Sunday's Date Singer 1960
Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés 1997
Dreamland of Desire Singer 1961
Nana Swings Herself 2002
Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés 2005
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age Self - Singer (archive footage) 2021
Date in Corfu Singer 1960
Series Cast Year
Bei Bio Self 1983
Treffpunkt Telebar Self 1961
Hör hin, schau zu! Self 1965
Numéro un Self 1975
Tonight in Person Self 1963
C à vous Self 2009
Le Grand Échiquier Self 1972
Dim Dam Dom Self 1965
En direct de l'univers Self 2009
V Graham Norton Self 2002
The Story of Light Entertainment Self 2006
De pé a pá Self 1996
Le monde est à vous Self 1987
Stars in der Manege Self 1959
Musik ist Trumpf Self 1975
The Dame Edna Experience Self 1987
Rove Self 1999
A Kettle of Colour Self 1972
Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten Self 1969
Hit auf Hit Self 2000
Denk ich an Weihnacht Self 2011
Midi Première Self 1975
Einer wird gewinnen Self 1964
Sacrée soirée Self 1987
Tout le monde en parle Self 2004
Bio’s Bahnhof Self 1978
Dalli Dalli Self - Singer 1971
A Kettle of Colour Self - Musician 1972
Flitterabend Self - Singer 1988
Musik liegt in der Luft Self - Singer 1991
Verstehen Sie Spaß? Self 1980
Die Montagsmaler Self 1974
Musik aus Studio B Self 1961
Starparade Self 1968
Musikalische Reise Self 2010
Cadet Rousselle Self 1971
ECHO-Verleihung Self 1992
Die ZDF-Hitparade Self 1969
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel Self 2004
Zum blauen Bock Self 1957
Auf los geht's los Self 1977
Drei mal neun Self 1970
Midi trente Self 1972
Samedi soir Self 1971
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche Self 1975
Show-Express Self 1980
Numéro un Self - Host 1975
Système 2 Self 1975
Champs-Elysées Self 1982
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio Self 1994
Menschen der Woche Self 2000
Kölner Treff Self 1976
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées Self (archive footage) 2022
Ein Star und seine Stadt Self 2001
Cinépanorama Self 1956
Nachtcafé Self 1987
Fan School Self 1977
Die verflixte 7 Self 1984
Q&A Self - Panellist 2008
DAS! Self 1991
NDR Talk Show Self 1979
3 nach 9 Self 1974
Star Academy Self 2001
Beckmann Self 1999
Aeschbacher Self 2001
Aktuelle Schaubude Self 1957
Riverboat Self 1992
Tag des deutschen Schlagers Self 1981
Die Caterina-Valente-Show Self 1966
Melodien für Millionen Self 1985
Der große Preis Self 1974
Wedden, dat..? Self 1986
Discorama Self 1959
Die Drehscheibe Self 1964
Telezirkus Self 1981
Die Feste mit Florian Silbereisen Self 1994
Vivement dimanche Self 1998
Stars 90 self 1990
The Danny Kaye Show Self 1963
Was bin ich? self 1955
Soeben eingetroffen self 1965
Werner Müllers Schlagermagazin self 1961
Musik für Sie self 1995
Téléthon 1987
The Mike Douglas Show Self 1961
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