Sofia Vembo

Sofia Bembou (; 10 February 1910 – 10 March 1978), known professionally as Sofia Vembo , was a leading Greek singer and actress active from the interwar period to the early postwar years and the 1950s. She became best known for her performance of patriotic songs during the Greco-Italian War, when she was dubbed the "Songstress of Victory".

Biography

Sofia Bembo was born in Gallipoli, Eastern Thrace, Turkey, and spent her childhood in Istanbul. After the 1923 population exchange, her family moved to Tsaritsani in Greece, where her father became a tobacco worker, and later to Volos.

She began her career in Thessaloniki in the early 1930s. In the winter of 1933, she was hired by the theater operator Fotis Samartzis of the Kentrikon theater for the revue "Parrot 1933".

Because of her role in the war and her efforts during the Axis occupation, she was awarded the rank of Major in the Greek Army.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1938 I prosfygopoula Sofia Nakou 1955 Stella Maria 1959 Stournara 288 Mrs. Eugenia - 'Jenny Blanche' (final film role)