Cybele (Greek: Κυβέλη) was the stage name of the famous Greek actress Cybele Andrianou (Greek: Κυβέλη Ανδριανού).

She was born in 1887 to an unmarried couple in Smyrna and spend the first two years of her life in an Athens orphanage. At the age of two-and-a-half, she was adopted by Anastasis and Maria Andrianou. The family of a famous Athenian lawyer of the time, who had recently lost their only child, helped Cybele's adoptive parents financially. In 1901, at the age of 14, she received her first award for her stage performance.

Biography

Cybele's first husband was Mitsos Myrat, with whom she continued to work on stage after their divorce. She later married a prominent businessman, Kostas Theodoridis. Her third husband was George Papandreou, later Prime Minister. When Cybele died, in 1978, at the age of 91, she had 4 children, 3 grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren and 5 great-great grandchildren.