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Ioanna "Nana" Mouskouri OQ (Greek: Ιωάννα "Νάνα" Μούσχουρη [i.oˈana ˈnana ˈmusxuri]; born 13 October 1934) is a Greek singer and politician. Over the span of her career, she has released an estimated 450 albums in at least thirteen languages, including Greek, French, English, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Hebrew, Welsh, Mandarin Chinese and Corsican. Mouskouri became well known throughout Europe for the song "The White Rose of Athens", recorded first in German as "Weiße Rosen aus Athen" as an adaptation of her Greek song "Σαν σφυρίξεις τρείς φορές" (San sfyríxeis tris forés, "When you whistle three times"). It became her first record to sell over one million copies. Later, in 1963, she represented Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "À force de prier", finishing eighth. Her friendship with the composer Michel Legrand led to the recording by Mouskouri of the theme song of the Oscar-nominated film The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. From 1968 to 1976, she hosted her own TV show produced by BBC, Presenting Nana Mouskouri. Her popularity as a multilingual television personality and distinctive image, owing to the then unusual signature black-rimmed glasses, turned Mouskouri into an international star. "Je chante avec toi Liberté", recorded in 1981, is perhaps her biggest hit to date, performed in at least five languages – French, English as "Song for Liberty", German as "Lied der Freiheit", Spanish as "Libertad" and Portuguese as "Liberdade". "Only Love", a song recorded in 1984 as the theme song of TV series Mistral's Daughter, gained worldwide popularity along with its other versions in French (as "L'Amour en Héritage"), Italian (as "Come un'eredità"), Spanish (as "La dicha del amor"), and German (as "Aber die Liebe bleibt"). It became her only UK hit single when it reached number two in February 1986. Mouskouri became a spokesperson for UNICEF in 1993 and was elected to the European Parliament as a Greek deputy from 1994 to 1999. In 2006, she was a special guest on Eurovision Song Contest 2006's final, presented as the best selling artist of all time. In 2015, she was awarded the Echo Music Prize for Outstanding achievements by the German music association Deutsche Phono-Akademie. Nana Mouskouri was born on 13 October 1934 in Chania, Crete, where her father, Constantinos, worked as a film projectionist in a local cinema; her mother, Aliki, worked in the same cinema as an usher. When Mouskouri was three, her family moved to Athens. Mouskouri's family sent her and her older sister Eugenía (Jenny) to the Athens Conservatoire. Although Mouskouri had displayed exceptional musical talent from age six, Jenny initially appeared to be the more gifted sibling. Financially unable to support both girls' studies, the parents asked their tutor which one should continue. The tutor conceded that Jenny had the better voice, but Nana was the one with the true inner need to sing. Mouskouri has said that a medical examination revealed she has only one functioning vocal cord and this could well account for her remarkable singing voice (in her younger years ranging from a husky, dark alto, which she later dropped, to a ringing coloratura mezzo), as opposed to her breathy, raspy speaking voice. ... Source: Article "Nana Mouskouri" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1934-10-13
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 0.5
- info Birth Place Chania, Crete, Greece
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Nana Mouskouri
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Nana Mouskouri - The Farewell World Tour: Live At The Odeon Herodes Atticus
2009-11-30
6.2
Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux
2008-07-14
6
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
2020-04-03
4.8
I Love Greece
2022-07-06
0
Nana Mouskouri - Live at the Royal Albert Hall
2012-12-18
0
...Sings the Beatles
2009-09-12
6.5
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023-06-02
5
O Samba
2015-07-23
7.2
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022-01-07
3.8
Mousitsa
1959-10-09
5
Love and storm
1961-01-01
4.7
Lisa, Tosca of Athens
1959-01-01
0
Sunday's Date
1960-07-09
6
Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés
1997-02-08
0
Dreamland of Desire
1961-10-01
0
Nana Swings
2002-01-01
7.8
Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
2005-11-25
8
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
2021-05-07
4.6
Date in Corfu
1960-02-08
7.7
Merci Dorothée !
2025-01-24
0
Schlager nonstop Die 60er – Merci, Cherie
2018-11-23
0
Serge Lama, le dernier rappel
2025-11-21
9
Nos Voix Pour Toutes 2025
2025-11-19
0
Le Cadeau de Noël
1991-12-24
0
Le cadeau des cadeaux
1992-12-24
0
Bei Bio
1983-03-10
0
Treffpunkt Telebar
1961-08-27
0
Hör hin, schau zu!
1965-01-16
6
Numéro un
1975-04-05
7
Tonight in Person
1963-01-30
6.1
C à vous
2009-09-07
8
Le Grand Échiquier
1972-01-12
6
Dim Dam Dom
1965-03-07
1
En direct de l'univers
2009-09-19
5
V Graham Norton
2002-05-06
5
The Story of Light Entertainment
2006-07-22
6.5
De pé a pá
1996-01-07
0
Le monde est à vous
1987-09-13
5.3
Stars in the Ring
1959-04-11
6
Musik ist Trumpf
1975-01-02
4
The Dame Edna Experience
1987-09-12
8
Rove
1999-09-22
1.8
Ein Kessel Buntes
1972-01-29
0
Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten
1969-03-09
0
Hit auf Hit
2000-09-15
0
Denk ich an Weihnacht
2011-12-22
10
Midi Première
1975-01-06
7
Einer wird gewinnen
1964-01-25
5.1
Sacrée Soirée
1987-09-02
4.2
Tout le monde en parle
2004-09-12
0
Bio’s Bahnhof
1978-02-09
9
Dalli Dalli
1971-05-13
1.8
Ein Kessel Buntes
1972-01-29
0
Flitterabend
1988-12-01
0
Musik liegt in der Luft
1991-02-02
3.8
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
1980-01-31
0
Die Montagsmaler
1974-01-14
0
Musik aus Studio B
1961-10-22
0
Starparade
1968-03-14
0
Musikalische Reise
2010-01-03
0
Cadet Rousselle
1971-11-04
0
ECHO-Verleihung
1992-05-18
0
Die ZDF-Hitparade
1969-01-18
4
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel
2004-01-31
6
Zum blauen Bock
1957-08-03
0
Auf los geht's los
1977-01-22
7
Drei mal neun
1970-09-10
6
Midi trente
1972-03-06
6
Samedi soir
1971-01-09
6
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975-01-12
0
Show-Express
1980-09-25
6
Numéro un
1975-04-05
0
Système 2
1975-01-19
6.3
Champs-Elysées
1982-01-16
5
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
1994-12-27
6
Menschen der Woche
2000-09-30
6
Kölner Treff
1976-01-25
6.6
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022-12-21
0
Ein Star und seine Stadt
2001-04-15
8
Cinépanorama
1956-02-04
4.7
Nachtcafé
1987-02-14
7.2
Fan School
1977-01-30
0
Die verflixte 7
1984-04-07
3.2
Q&A
2008-05-22
4.2
DAS!
1991-01-02
6.5
NDR Talk Show
1979-02-09
6.5
3 nach 9
1974-11-19
5.8
Star Academy
2001-10-20
2
Beckmann
1999-01-25
0
Aeschbacher
2001-01-04
6
Aktuelle Schaubude
1957-12-07
4
Riverboat
1992-01-03
1.5
Die Caterina-Valente-Show
1966-09-01
0
Tag des deutschen Schlagers
1981-01-01
0
Melodien für Millionen
1985-02-02
6
Der große Preis
1974-09-05
8
Wedden, dat..?
1986-01-02
0
Discorama
1959-02-04
6
Die Drehscheibe
1964-04-01
0
Telezirkus
1981-05-15
0
Die Feste mit Florian Silbereisen
1994-06-02
3
Vivement dimanche
1998-09-20
6.2
Stars 90
1990-09-03
6.3
The Danny Kaye Show
1963-09-25
6.5
Was bin ich?
1955-01-02
0
Soeben eingetroffen
1965-01-23
0
Werner Müllers Schlagermagazin
1961-10-28
0
Musik für Sie
1995-07-07
5
Téléthon
1987-12-04
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11
6.1
C à vous
2009-09-07
5.1
On n'est pas couché
2006-09-16