Melina Mercouri

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  • Birth

    Birth
    She was born in Athens Greece in 1920.

  • Actress

    Actress
    in 1938 she started attending the National Theatre Drama School and became an actress.

  • Dictatorship

    Dictatorship
    From 1967 until 1974 she lived exiled in Paris and started protesting all over the world against military dictatorship in Greece.

  • Minister of Culture

    Minister of Culture
    From 1981 till 1989 and from 1993 till 1994 she is appointed Minister of Culture and stars her campaign for the return of the Parthenon Marbles back to Greece