Sofia Vempo

Sofia Vempo was a well known singer and actress of Greece before the second world war. During the war against the Italians and the Germans, she became very popular because she sang some wonderful songs that inspired the Greek people and humiliated the dictators of Germany and Italy. During the Greek military dictatorship 1967-1974, and especially during 1973 she helped and had hidden students in her apartment that were being sought by the police of that period. Her spouse was 'Mimis Traiforos', a well known composer of classic Greek songs. Sofia was also the star of another movie besides the classic Stella (1955). She was the star of Stournara 288 (1959), where she played a famous singer who was forgotten by her fans and lived as a piano teacher. She is known as the 'National Singer of Greeece, her songs are performed by many singers like Haris Alexiou. Her most popular song of the World War 2 period was named Paidia Ths Ellados Paidia, which means, Children of Greece, and it was about the military boys of Greece.