Kostas Hatzihristos

Kostas Hatzichristos or Costas Hajihristos (Greek: Κώστας Χατζηχρήστος; 1921 – October 3, 2001) was a Greek actor. He was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, to a large family of thirteen members, he was the eleventh child of the family. His parents were from Constantinople (today Istanbul), and they were initially relocated to Kavala, moved to Thessaloniki thereafter, and later moved to the northern Athens suburb of Pagkrati. The young Kostas studied initially at the Sergeants Major Military School of Syros and finished his studies in the Kavala. He worked in the variety theatre Missouri in Piraeus and with the Nitsa Gaitanaki company where he played in The Grouch (Το Στραβόξυλο) by Dimitris Psathas. From 1945 until 1948, he worked in an operetta company owned by Paraskevas Oikonomou and appeared in the Pefka variety with Oikonomidis and Oasia with Mimis Traiforos. In 1949‒50, he participated in Koula Nikolaidou's musical company at the Verdun theatre (Θέατρο Βερντέν) at Alexandras Avenue. ...