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Olga Karlatos
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.
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.
As actor
Inganni
Murder-Rock: Dancing Death
Purple Rain
Once Upon a Time in America
The Scarlet and the Black
The Sins of Dorian Gray
Scruples
Der Schatz des Priamos
A Wife, Two Friends, Four Lovers
Emergency exit
Eleftherios Venizelos: 1910-1927
Zombie Flesh Eaters
Velvet Hands
Skin Deep
Agenzia Riccardo Finzi... praticamente detective
Belli e brutti ridono tutti
Dedicated to the Aegean Sea
Le rose di Danzica
Riavanti… Marsch!
A Dangerous Toy
Convoy Busters
Blood and Diamonds
The Idlers of the Fertile Valley
Damned in Venice
Ridendo e scherzando
Cyclone
Special Effects
Wifemistress
This Is the Night
Keoma