Vlahopoulou was born on 28 July 1923 on the island of
Corfu, the fifth of nine children. She first began playing the piano, taught by her father, Giannis Vlahopoulos. When she turned ten, she began singing at a local bakery; she was a talented dancer and actress and a qualified
mezzo-soprano. Over the course of her fifty-five-year career she appeared in 105 theatrical plays between 1939 and 1994, and twenty-six films between 1951 and 1985. In 1939, Vlahopoulou and
AEK Athens footballer,
Kostas Vasiliou eloped to Athens and were married. She began singing at the
Oasis varieté show in the
Zappeion gardens, where
Mimis Traiforos presented his new work. In the winter of 1939–40, she sang at the World Theatre of Kostas Makedos on Panepistimiou Street. The marriage with Vasiliou ended. ==Filmography==