Biography: Malvina Karali (Terpsithea, Piraeus, February 3, 1952 - Athens, June 7, 2002), born Maria Sakka, was a Greek writer, screenwriter, journalist and presenter. She came from Psara on her father's side and from Pylos on her mother's side. The Psariani family from her grandmother had roots from the Leontis family (from which Ioannis Leontis also came, better known as Ioannis Varvakis).