Olga Karlatos

{{Infobox person

| name = Olga Karlatos

| image = Olga Karlatos - Amici miei (1975).png

| caption = Karlatos in My Friends (1975)

| birth_name = Olga Vlassopulos

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1947|04|20}}

| birth_place = Athens, Greece

| alma_mater = University of Kent

| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|lawyer}}

| years_active = 1966–1986

| spouse = {{plainlist|

{{marriage|Nikos Papatakis|1967|1982|end=divorced}}
{{marriage|Arthur Rankin|1983|2014|reason=died}}

}}

| children = 1

}}

Olga Karlatos ({{langx|el|Όλγα Καρλάτου}}; born Olga Vlassopulos, 20 April 1947) is a retired Greek actress and Bermudian lawyer, known primarily for performing in Italian horror cinema.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/section/movies|title=Movies|website=Nytimes.com|access-date=4 August 2017}}

Career

File:Olga Karlatos in Amici miei (cropped).jpg (1975)]]

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.{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9404E6DB153FE334BC4152DFB166838D669EDE|title=Movie Review - Screen: 'My Friends,' Italian Comedy:4 Middle-Aged Men in the Provinces Outrageous Practical Jokes in a Parable|website=Movies.nytimes.com|access-date=4 August 2017}}

File:Karlatos Peck 1983.jpg in the TV movie The Scarlet and the Black (1983)]]

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),[https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/23011/murder-rock/ Profile], DVDTalk.com; accessed 3 August 2017.[https://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/murderrock.php Profile], DVDVerdict.com; accessed 3 August 2017. 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.{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=950CE4D9143AF934A15754C0A962948260|title=Movie Review - 'PURPLE RAIN,' WITH PRINCE|website=Movies.nytimes.com|access-date=4 August 2017}}

She also appeared in such television productions as Peter and Paul (1981), The Scarlet and the Black (1983), Quo Vadis? (1985), and Miami Vice (1986).

=Post-acting career=

In 2007, Karlatos graduated from the University of Kent with a law degree and was admitted to the Bermuda Bar Association in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://bernews.com/2010/10/65-year-old-called-to-bermuda-bar|title=65-Year-Old Called To Bermuda Bar|date=15 October 2010|website=Bernews.com|access-date=4 August 2017}}

Personal life

Karlatos married Greek-Ethiopian filmmaker Nikos Papatakis in 1967. The couple had one child together, son Serge (b. 1967) before their divorce in 1982. The next year, she wed American director, producer, and writer Arthur Rankin after he cast her in a television adaption of The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Sins of Dorian Gray. They later settled in Bermuda.

Selected filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1975

| My Friends

| Donatella Sassaroli

rowspan="2"| 1976

| Keoma

| Liza Farrow

Gloria Mundi

| Galai

1977

| Wifemistress

| Dr. Paola Pagano

rowspan="5"| 1978

| Blood and Diamonds

| Maria

Damned in Venice

| Madeleine Winters

Cyclone

| Monica

Convoy Busters

| Anna

The Idlers of the Fertile Valley

| Sofia

rowspan="4"| 1979

| A Dangerous Toy

| Laura Griffo

Zombi 2

| Paola Menard

Velvet Hands

| Petula Quiller

The Finzi Detective Agency

| Clara Moser

rowspan="2"|1980

| Eleftherios Venizelos 1910-1927

| Queen Sophia

Exodos Kindynou - Emergency Exit

| Daisy Alexiou

rowspan="3"| 1984

| Once Upon A Time In America

| Wayang Patron

Murder Rock

| Candice Norman

Purple Rain

| Mother

=Television=

class="wikitable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
1978 \|Der Schatz des Priamos \|Sophia Schliemann \|TV movie
1981 \| Peter and Paul \| Berenice \| Miniseries
1983 \| The Scarlet and the Black \| Francesca Lombardo \| TV movie
1985 \| Quo Vadis? \| Epicaris \| Miniseries
1986 \| Miami Vice \| Felicia Diaz \| Episode: "Forgive Us Our Debts"

class="wikitable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1978

|Der Schatz des Priamos

|Sophia Schliemann

|TV movie

1981

| Peter and Paul

| Berenice