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Saturday, October 18 marks the 105th anniversary of the birth of Melina Mercouri (1920\u20131994)<\/strong> \u2013 the woman who left her mark on 20th-century Greece with her passion, talent and voice. An actress of international renown, a fighter against the junta, and a politician with vision<\/strong>, Merkouri was a symbol of freedom, art, and Greekness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The daughter of a political family<\/strong> (her father was Stamatis Merkouris<\/strong>, a member of parliament and minister of public order and public works), she stood out early on for her acting skills, participating in theater and film productions in Greece and France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With \u201cNever on Sunday\u201d<\/strong> by American director Jules Dassin (1960), she won the Best Actress Award<\/strong> at the Cannes Film Festival<\/strong> and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress<\/strong>. Her collaboration and marriage to Dassin made her a global figure in Greek cinema.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the dictatorship (1967\u20131974)<\/strong>, her voice became an international symbol of resistance<\/strong>. From exile, she denounced the junta, participating in events and concerts in support of freedom. Her phrase \u201cI was born Greek and I will die Greek\u201d<\/strong> went down in history as a response to Stylianos Pattakos’ decision to strip her of her Greek citizenship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Minister of Culture<\/strong> (1981\u20131989, 1993\u20131994), she was the longest-serving minister of the post-dictatorship era. She believed that culture \u201cis the soul of society\u201d and worked to promote a culture that was open to all. Two of the most important moments of her ministerial career were when she raised the issue of the return of the Parthenon Marbles (1982)<\/strong> and when she inspired the institution of the \u201cEuropean Capitals of Culture\u201d (1985)<\/strong>, establishing Greece’s position on the European cultural map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the occasion of the 105th anniversary of her birth, the OTE Telecommunications Museum<\/strong> presents two telephotos<\/strong> from its collection (Floros Brothers Archive \u2013 Nikos L. Floros), which probably date back to the early 1960s<\/strong>. In the first<\/strong>, the camera captures Melina<\/strong>, probably during the preparation of a project, with script pages at her feet (the title \u201cFive Pieces of Maria\u201d) at her feet, but it was never made into a film. In the second<\/strong>, she is pictured with Jules Dassin<\/strong> against the backdrop of the Acropolis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More faces and moments from the political, social, athletic, and cultural life of the country during the period 1949-1988 are captured in the collection of 13,320 telephotographs<\/a> <\/strong>of the Telecommunications Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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