Rika Dialina

Actress

August 8, 1931 (94 years)

Iraklio, Crete, Greece

Biography

Rika Dialina (Greek: Ρίκα Διαλυνά; born Eirini Dialinna; 8 August 1931) is a Greek actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Star Hellas 1954 and then represented her country at Miss Universe 1954 in Long Beach, California. Diallina, along with Miss Korea, Pu Rak Hi, were denied entry into the U.S. because of their alleged Communist affiliations. Dialina was disqualified from obtaining a U.S. visa for allegedly illustrating a book on Communism. In her place went first runner up, Ef…

Filmography

7.2

Black Sabbath

Maria (segment "The Wurdalak")

Three tales of supernatural horror include a woman plagued by threatening phone calls, a family targeted by vampiric monsters, and a deceased medium who wreaks havoc upon the living.

5.3

Summer Lovers

Monica

Michael Pappas and his girlfriend, Cathy, are enjoying the white sand beaches of a Greek island as well as the freewheeling nature of the locals. When Michael meets Lina, who is in Greece from Paris doing archaeological work, he is enamored with the beautiful foreigner. Cathy, unhappy about Lina getting close to Michael, confronts the woman -- only to be unexpectedly wooed by her charms as well.

6.1

Το Κόκκινο Δωμάτιο

Έλενα Μαραγκού

The red room, or rather the red suite of the Conte de Mare hotel. The place that "hosts" unexpected and strange situations between the guests and the staff of the main hotel.

4.4

I ora i kali

Ναταλί Επιτροπούλου

The life and relationships of a widowed frigate captain still living with his mother and two children.

6.5

The Death of Timotheos Konstas

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6.2

Me, Me, Me... and the Others

Model

Sandro is a well-known journalist and he is conducting a survey on human selfishness. Every man and every woman he meets turns into a theme for his inquiry. Even his own wife, Titta.

6.1

Ti 30... ti 40... ti 50...

Natalia Margariti

Zahos Fokianos is a businessman who flirts with various women. Teta, the daughter of one of the women that Zahos chases, has fallen in love with him but is hesitant to confess her feelings. But when Zahos realizes what is going on, he will feel twenty years younger, travel with her in Europe, and on return he will find that he and the girl are not the only couple who enjoys happiness.

6.3

The Crazy Fifty

Domna Jefferson

Andreas Tependris, the director of a mannequin school, meets again with an old friend who has returned from America. He proposes to get him a partner in his business, provided that he has grown up and changed his way of life. So, a new life begins for him by pretending the big businessman. But when he meet a wealthy American woman, he loses his mind and even renounces his fiancé. She, with the help of her daughter and his friends, sets him up for a trap to convince him...

7.4

The Monsters

Giuliana (segment "Il Sacrificato")

The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.

6.4

Hatchet for the Honeymoon

Maria (archive footage) (uncredited)

A madman haunted by the ghost of his ex-wife carves a corpse-laden trail.

7.0

Τανγκό για τρεις

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6.2

The Taxi Driver

as Rika Dialina

A taxi driver, Despina, falls in love with her colleague Anastasis, but he does not reciprocate her feelings. Anastasis wants to become a movie star, but it is Despina who accidentally becomes a star when her talent is revealed.

7.2

Bouzouki Strumming

Rita

One day, while Grigoris is working and singing at a construction site, a conductor, Vangelis, and two bouzouki musicians happen to pass by. They listen, enchanted by his limpid voice, and suggest that he becomes a member of their orchestra. Thus, the newly-wed day laborer gets a second job at Mr. Lefteris’ night club. His wife, Marina, soon joins him at the club, and, before long, she too goes on stage, cuts capers and charms everyone. Her success, however, has a negative impact on the couple’s relationship, since Marina’s admirers as well as those of Grigoris’, turn one away from the other.

6.1

Our Good Angel

Nelly Narli

After saving the beautiful but frivolous daughter of an austere businessman from an embarrassing situation, a silver-tongued gentleman becomes indispensable to both the firm and her family. Is he, indeed, their good angel?

10.0

Οικογένεια παντρευόμαστε

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4.8

To Win the Lottery

Lola

A poor and oppressed employee wins the football bet lottery and decides to live the life he dreamed so many years, wastefully scattering his money.

8.0

The Harbor Bum

old girlfriend

Accused of stabbing his nightclub singer mistress to death, unscrupulous dockhand Christos is on the run. But he swears he's innocent. Could the harbour bum be telling the truth?

6.9

Love Italian Style

principessa Beba

Anthology comedy structured in 10 episodes (The Exam, Blue Bloods, Too Easy, Love Italian Style, Sunday Story, Wedding Present, Gold Fischer, The Tuxedo, Railway Courtesy, Play Boy). Whimsical exploration of the mores, customs and vices of Italy at that time.

N/A

The Headstrong

Σόφη

To get their hands on the inheritance of a Greek-American multimillionaire, a pair of swindlers convince a well-meaning petrol station attendant to pose as the missing heir.

7.0

Ο δρόμος των ηρώων

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