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Olga Karlatos

Olga Karlatos

Actor·b. 1945·Athens, Greece

5 horror credits

Olga Karlatos (Greek: Όλγα Καρλάτου; 20 April 1947) is a retired Greek actress and Bermudian lawyer, known primarily for performing in Italian horror cinema.

Between the end of the 1960s and the early 70s, Karlatos had a short career as a singer, recording an EP and some singles in French and Italian, including the theme song of the drama Eneide, in which she starred as Dido, the legendary queen of Carthage. In 1975, she took part in the film My Friends, directed by Mario Monicelli, in which she played Donatella, the unhappy wife of the surgeon Alfeo Sassaroli.

During the '80s, she participated in the film of Mauro Bolognini The Lady of the Camellias (1981), with Isabelle Huppert; she later played the starring role in the Lucio Fulci giallo film Murder Rock (1984), a small part in the Sergio Leone film Once Upon A Time In America (1984), and the film musical Purple Rain (1984) with Prince, in which she played the singer's mother.

Actor5 films

Murder-Rock: Dancing Death

Murder-Rock: Dancing Death

Candice Norman

1984
The Sins of Dorian Gray

The Sins of Dorian Gray

Sofia Lord

1983
Zombie Flesh Eaters

Zombie Flesh Eaters

Paola Menard

1979 3.0
Cyclone

Cyclone

Monica

1978
Damned in Venice

Damned in Venice

Madeleine Winters / Mother / Midwife

1978