Vera Krouska

Varvara (Vera) Krouska (Athens, 1947) is a Greek actress. She began her career as a dancer in Fotis Metaxopoulos' ballet, and began appearing in films in small supporting roles in the early 1960s. Some of her most important roles are in the films: I Blame My Body (1969), Saint Nektarios (1969), The Last of the Comitatzes (1970), The Last of Roupel (1971) and Give Me Your Hands (1971). Vera Krouska, originally from Sparta, was born in Athens and raised in Agios Loukas in Patisia. At the age of 15, she received permission from the then "Exceptional Talents" committee to study at the Drama School of the Athens Conservatory of Music, while at the same time she began taking classical and modern dance lessons with teachers Sonia Morianova, Miriam Swazi and Kay Holden. She began her professional career initially as a dancer while also making her film debut with a small role in the film Taxi Driver (1962). She got her first leading role in 1967 with the film Love in Lesbos by producer James Parris, with whom Kruska signed a four-year collaboration contract. Her first appearance in the theater was in 1968 with the play "Forty Carats" alongside Elli Lampeti. She also took part as the leading actress in the plays: "The Cactus Flower" with the Elli Lampetis troupe and "Tavarits", "Picnic", "Oscar", with the Kostas Mousouris troupe. This was followed by her collaboration with the National Theatre and the plays "The Imaginary Patient" (1991), "The Criminals" (1992), "The Merchant of Venice" (1995), "Weighing in Anchors" (1997) and "Hamlet" (2003).

Η Βέρα Κρούσκα γεννήθηκε στην Αθήνα το 1949. Πήρε άδεια από την επιτροπή Εξαιρετικών ταλέντων για να φοιτήσει στη σχολή του Ωδείου Αθηνών σε ηλικία 15 χρονών. Πήρε μαθήματα κλασικού και μοντέρνου χορού με δασκάλες τη Σόνια Μοριάνοβα, την Μύριαμ Σουαζι και την Καιη Χολντεν. Πήρε μαθήματα φωνητικής με δασκάλες την Έλλη Νικολαΐδη και την Γιολάντα Ντι Τάσο. Η πρώτη της εμφάνιση στη σκηνή στο έργο Σαράντα καράτια (1968) πλάι στην Έλλη Λαμπέτη. Έχει λάβει μέρος σε 13 ταινίες με σημαντικότερες τις: Όχι (1969), Χρυσομαλλούσα (1978), Ο ασυμβίβαστος (1979), Και ξανά προς τη δόξα τραβά (1980), Το αίμα των αγαλμάτων (1982) κ.α. Επίσης έχει παίξει σε αρκετές τηλεοπτικές σειρές. (Πηγή: ishow)