Jenny Roussea
- Actress
Jenny Roussea was born in 1933, in Zakynthos, Greece, and studied at
the Drama School of the National Theater of Greece. She made her
professional stage debut in a 1956 Athens production of "The Diary of
Anne Frank". She collaborated with many groups, before making a real
sensation in 1964, when she appeared as Mascha in Checkhov's "Three
Sisters". For many years she was the leading lady of Kostas Moussouris'
stage group, appearing in Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit" (as Elvira),
Tennessee Williams' "Summer and Smoke" (as Alma), Jacques Deval's
"Tovarich" etc. She made her movie debut in 1949, but approached screen
stardom in the mid-sixties in a series of melodramas and comedies.
