Nathanail Elena

Elena Nathanail (Greek Έλενα Ναθαναήλ) was born in Athens οn January 31, 1947, the daughter of a well-off textile designer and manufacturer.
Her impressive good looks got her noticed by producers and directors of the, then-blooming, Greek commercial cinema of the mid-sixties. After studying drama at the Pelos Katselis Drama School, Elena got her first screen part in the 1963 movie Kati na kaiei (Something hot), directed by Yiannis Dalianides. Her second screen role came in 1965 in the German movie Walsungenblunt, directed by Rolf Thiele and based on a Thomas Mann novel.
A few more parts followed in Greek movies of the late sixties, usually in the Athenian spoilt rich girl mould. In 1968 she got a best actress award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival for her part in the movie Randevou me mia agnosti (Rendez-vous with a Stranger).
In the early seventies she established her screen persona (that of a free-spirited, beautiful young woman) and became something of a fashion icon but with the abrupt decline of the Greek commercial cinema in 1973 her career came to a halt.