Kitty Arseni
Also credited as Κίτυ Αρσένη, Κίττυ (Αικατερίνη) Αρσένη, Αικατερίνη Αρσένη
Kitty (Aikaterini) Arseni (Greek: Κίττυ Αρσένη, Argostoli, 8 February 1935 - Athens, 14 September 2013) was a director and actress of theatre, cinema and television, writer and activist with significant action against the Dictatorship and in favour of human rights. She graduated from the Drama School of the Karolos Koun Art Theatre in 1958. She participated in several troupes ("Free Theatre", troupe Elsas Vergi, Vilmas Kyrou etc.). She also worked as a director. She took part in the anti-dictatorial struggle against the April 21 regime by joining the Patriotic Front, was arrested in the summer of 1967 and tortured at the Athens General Security Sub-Directorate, at 18 Bouboulinas Street. She recounted her adventure in a book titled Bouboulinas 18.
