Woman's Day

MARY COUSTAS ‘THE LAUGHS DON’T STOP!’

Gathered around a table at the family-owned cafe Rowena Corner Store in Melbourne’s Richmond sit three generations of Greek Australian women – Mary Coustas, award-winning comedian, actress and writer, her mother Fani and her adorable daughter Jamie.

It’s evident through just one round of cards that comedy runs in their blood. “In a musical family people know how to play instruments, but in our family we’re very big on the jokes,” Mary, 57, tells.

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