
Nana Mouskouri
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.
113 acting credits
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The Mike Douglas Show
1961

DAS!
1991

NDR Talk Show
1979

Champs-Elysées
1982

Kölner Treff
1976

Sacrée soirée
1987

Vivement dimanche
1998

Riverboat
1992

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975

Beckmann
1999

Q&A
2008

Nachtcafé
1987

Midi Première
1975
3 nach 9
1974

Le Grand Échiquier
1972

Le monde est à vous
1987

Numéro un
1975

V Graham Norton
2002

Tout le monde en parle
2004

Dalli Dalli
1971
Menschen der Woche
2000
Die Drehscheibe
1964
Aeschbacher
2001

C à vous
2009
Zum blauen Bock
1957

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
1994
Midi trente
1972

Die Montagsmaler
1974

Discorama
1959

Star Academy
2001

Fan School
1977

Cinépanorama
1956
Samedi soir
1971
Die ZDF-Hitparade
1969

Rove
1999

Die Feste mit Florian Silbereisen
1994

The Danny Kaye Show
1963
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel
2004
Was bin ich?
1955
Système 2
1975

Verstehen Sie Spaß?
1980

En direct de l'univers
2009
Einer wird gewinnen
1964

Stars 90
1990
ECHO-Verleihung
1992

Stars in the Ring
1959
Ein Kessel Buntes
1972
Der große Preis
1974

Téléthon
1987

Aktuelle Schaubude
1957

On n'est pas couché
2006

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
Wedden, dat..?
1986

Dim Dam Dom
1965

Cadet Rousselle
1971

Auf los geht's los
1977

De pé a pá
1996
Musik aus Studio B
1961
Tag des deutschen Schlagers
1981
Musik liegt in der Luft
1991
Flitterabend
1988
Musik ist Trumpf
1975
Musik für Sie
1995
Bio’s Bahnhof
1978
Melodien für Millionen
1985

Starparade
1968
Musikalische Reise
2010

The Dame Edna Experience
1987
Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten
1969
Hör hin, schau zu!
1965

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
2021
Bei Bio
1983

Serge Lama, le dernier rappel
2025

The Story of Light Entertainment
2006
Show-Express
1980
Drei mal neun
1970
Tonight in Person
1963

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022
Treffpunkt Telebar
1961
Die verflixte 7
1984
Die Caterina-Valente-Show
1966
Denk ich an Weihnacht
2011
Hit auf Hit
2000
Werner Müllers Schlagermagazin
1961
Eurolaul
1993
Telezirkus
1981

L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
Soeben eingetroffen
1965

Date in Corfu
1960

Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
2005

Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés
1997
Ein Star und seine Stadt
2001

Mousitsa
1959

Le Cadeau de Noël
1991

Merci Dorothée !
2025

Quincy Jones : 75th Birthday Celebration Live at Montreux
2008

I Love Greece
2022

50 ans de Numéro Un - Les Carpentier
2025

Le Concert de la Paix
2025

Lisa, Tosca of Athens
1959

Nos Voix Pour Toutes 2025
2025

Sunday's Date
1960

Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
2020

Nana Mouskouri - Live at the Royal Albert Hall
2012

...Sings the Beatles
2009

Le cadeau des cadeaux
1992

70 Jahre ESC - More than Music
2026

Nana Swings
2002

Love and storm
1961

O Samba
2015

Nana Mouskouri - The Farewell World Tour: Live At The Odeon Herodes Atticus
2009
Dreamland of Desire
1961
Schlager nonstop Die 60er – Merci, Cherie
2018