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Maria Mercedes
Born
Maria Moutsidi

Australia
Occupation(s)Actress, performer, singer[1]
Years activec.1973-present

Maria Moutsidis (Greek: Μαρία Μουτσίδη, romanizedMaría Moutsídi), known professionally as Maria Mercedes, is a Greek-descended Australian television, film and stage actress, performer, singer, she is a mezzo soprano[1][2] Her notable roles include the original Australian productions of the musicals Nine, Sunset Boulevard and Love Never Dies.

Mercedes was born in Melbourne to parent's George and Dionisia Moutsidis[3]

In 2014/15, Mercedes played opera star Maria Callas in the Terrence McNally play Master Class in Melbourne[4] and the Hayes Sydney.

In 2016, she joined the cast of the Greek-Australian migration play Taxithi by Helen Yotis Patterson, allowing her, for the first time in her theatrical career, to sing in Greek.[5][3]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1978 Patrick Nurse Panicale (as Maria Mercedes) Feature film
1998 Head On Tasia Feature film
2004 Dreams for Life Ellen Feature film
2012 Love Never Dies Madame Giry Feature film
2013 Patrick Ed's Doctor Feature film (remake)
2019 The Taverna Helen Feature film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1973 Young Talent Time Contestant (singing "This Is My Life") (as Maria Moutsidis) TV series, 1 episode
1973 New Faces Contestant (as Maria Moutsidis) TV series, 3 episodes
1973; 1975 The Graham Kennedy Show Performer / singer (as Maria Moutsidis / Maria Mercedes) TV series, 2 episodes
1974-1975 The Ernie Sigley Show Regular performer / singer TV series, 11 episodes
1974 Ted Hamilton's Musical World Singer TV series, 1 episode
1974; 1975 Division 4 Factory Girl / Christina Lamorica TV series, 2 episodes
1974 The Bert Newton Show Guest TV series, 1 episode
1975 Australian Popular Song Festival Singer / performer TV special
1975 Homicide Francesca Carlotti / Anna Petrelli TV series, 2 episodes
1975 Young Talent Time Guest performer TV series, 1 episode
1976 Bandstand '76 Singer TV series, 1 episode
1977 Bluey Teresa TV series, episode 18: "Stop the Press"
1977 Six Tonight Guest TV special
1978 Cop Shop Judy TV series, 1 episode
1978 The Don Lane Show Singer / performer TV series, 1 episode
1978 The Peter Couchman Show Guest TV series, 1 episode
1978 Something Special Herself TV special
1979 Patrol Boat TV series, 1 episode: "Which Way's Mecca?"
1979; 1984-1985 Prisoner Irene Zervos TV series, 5 episodes
1979-1984 The Mike Walsh Show Regular singer / performer TV series, 9 episodes
1981 Countdown Herself - Band TV series, 1 episode
1982; 1984 Young Talent Time Guest TV series, 2 episodes
1984 Special Squad TV series, 1 episode
1984-1985 Prisoner Yemmi Bakarta TV series, 10 episodes
1985 Daryl Somers' Blankety Blanks Panelist TV series, 5 episodes
1985-1993 The Midday Show Regular singer / performer TV series
1988 The Early Bird Show Guest TV series, 1 episode
1988-1989 The Bert Newton Show Regular performer TV series, 8 episodes
1988 Hey Hey It's Saturday Herself (singing "My Husband Makes Movies") TV series, 1 episode
1988 Today Guest (with John Diedrich & Tina Arena) TV series, 1 episode
1988 Late Night Oz Guest TV series, 1 episode
1989 In Melbourne Today Guest TV series, 1 episode
1989 Hey Hey It's Saturday Herself (singing "I Know Him So Well" with Jodie Gillies) TV series, 1 episode
1991 Hey Hey It's Saturday Herself (singing "Promises, Promises" with Jackie Rees) TV series, 1 episode
1991 Review Guest TV series, 1 episode
1991 Saturday Tonight Guest TV series, 1 episode
1992 English at Work Herself TV series, 2 episodes
1993 E Street Shirley Maclaine TV series, 4 episodes
1993 New Faces Guest judge TV series, 1 episode
1994-2003 Good Morning Australia Guest / singer / performer TV series
1995 Cody: The Wrong Stuff Raquel TV movie
1996; 1997 Midday with Kerri-Anne Guest / singer TV series, 4 episodes
1996; 1997 Monday to Friday Guest TV series, 2 episodes
1996 Whipping Boy Saphra (as Maria Mercedes) TV movie
1997 Sale of the Century Contestant TV series, 1 episode
1997 What's Cooking Guest TV series, 1 episode
1999 Thunderstone Ivana TV series, 2 episodes
1999; 2000 Denise Guest TV series, 2 episodes
2003 Greeks on the Roof Herself TV series, 11 episodes
2004-2005; 2007 Neighbours Lucia Cammeniti TV series, 16 episodes
2007 Kick Dora Mavros TV miniseries, 13 episodes
2012 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Madame Breda (as Maria Mercedes) TV series, 1 episode: "Cocaine Blues"
2013 House Husbands Mrs. Panas TV series, 1 episode
2014 Fat Tony & Co Agape Makrakanis TV series, 1 episode
2014 The Daily Edition Guest TV series, 1 episode
2015 Footballer Wants a Wife Mama TV series, 2 episodes
2017-2018 Wentworth Detective Ayoub (as Maria Mercedes) TV series, 3 episodes
2018 All Together Now Guest judge TV series
2019 The Artiste Guest Podcast series, 1 episode
2019 Bloom Margot TV series, 3 episodes
2019 Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries Joyce Hirsch TV series, 1 episode: "Just Murdered"
2021 Talking Prisoner Herself Podcast series, 1 episode
2022 The Tourist Freddie Lanagan TV series, 2 episodes
2022 Neighbours Estelle Petrides TV series, 6 episodes

Theatre

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Year Title Role Venue / Company
1980 ' Maria Mercedes Herself Palais Royale, Newcastle
1985 The Rocky Horror Show Magenta / Usherette Burnie Theatre, Princess Theatre, Launceston, Glenorchy Entertainment Centre, Canberra Theatre, Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre, Albury Civic Theatre, Wangaratta Town Hall, Shepparton Civic Centre, West Gippsland Arts Centre, Ballarat Memorial Theatre
1988 Cats Grizabella Her Majesty’s Theatre Melbourne with Cameron Macintosh Production[6]
1987-88 Nine Luisa Contini Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Festival Theatre, Adelaide, Lyric Theatre, Brisbane, Her Majesty’s Theatre, Sydney
1990 Chess Svetlana Sergievsky Theatre Royal, Sydney
1991 Forbidden Broadway Kinselas, Sydney
1991 Wherefore Art Thou Cabaret? Hayden Room, Sydney
1992 Shadow and Splendour Sophie Lenz / Mozart singer Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane for

Queensland Theatre Company & STCSA

1993 A Bedfull of Foreigners West End Rialto, Brisbane, Seymour Centre, Playhouse Adelaide
1996 And the World Goes ‘Round Sydney Opera House
1996 Sunset Boulevard Norma Desmond Regent Theatre, Melbourne
1997 A One Night Stand with the Stars of Australian Musical Theatre Singer Melbourne Athenaeum
1999 Zorba the Greek The Leader Capitol Theatre, Sydney
2000 Gypsy Miss Mazeppa State Theatre, Melbourne for The Production Company
2000 Chicago Mama Morton Her Majesty’s Theatre Melbourne, Lyric Theatre, QPAC & Asian tour
2001 The Vagina Monologues
2000/02 Fame Miss Sherman Adelaide Festival Theatre and Asian Tour
2004 The Rocky Horror Show (charity show for "Variety") Dr Frankenfurter with the cast of Neighbours
2006/07 Seriously - Pet Shop Boys Reinterpreted The Wife Chapel Off Chapel for Midsumma Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
2008–10 Menopause The Musical Power Woman / The Soap Star Playhouse, Canberra, The Q, Queanbeyan, Melbourne Athenaeum, Playhouse Darwin, Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide, Playhouse Perth, Chaffey Theatre Renmark, Nautilus Theatre Port Lincoln, Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre, Northern Festival Centre, Middleback Theatre, Hopgood Theatre, Noarlunga Centre
2010 Words and Music from Life's a Circus & More Notes, Newtown
2012 Love Never Dies (sequel to Phantom of the Ooera) Madame Giry Capitol Theatre, Sydney, Regent Theatre, Melbourne
2013 The Songs of James Bond concert Singer Melbourne Athenaeum
2014/15/16 Master Class Maria Callas Fortyfivedownstairs, Hayes Theatre Sydney, Geelong Arts Centre, Whitehorse Centre, Frankston Arts Centre.
2017 Greek Goddess Melina Mercouri Black Box Theatre, Upwey, Gasworks Theatre, Melbourne[7]
2016/19 Taxithi - An Australian Odyssey The Greek Fate Fortyfivedownstairs, Space Theatre, Adelaide
2019–20 Anthem Playhouse, Melbourne, Roslyn Packer Theatre with Performing Lines for Melbourne International Arts Festival & Sydney Festival
2023 Bloom Betty / Chef Playhouse, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company
2023 Into the Woods The Witch West Australian Opera
2024 Candide Old Lady Palais Theatre

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Maria Mercedes theatre credits". AusStage.
  2. ^ "A migrant daughter's struggle to identify". Neos Kosmos - English Edition. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b "A migrant daughter's struggle to identify". 2 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Theatre review: Master Class a masterful tribute to Maria Callas". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 August 2014.
  5. ^ "TAXITHI: An Australian Odyssey". fortyfivedownstairs.
  6. ^ "Cats - 18".
  7. ^ "Maria Mercedes: Greek Goddess". 27 June 2017.
  8. ^ "AusStage".
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