She was daughter of Colonel Petros Manos, aide-de-camp of King Constantine I of Greece and his second wife Sofia Tombazis (daughter of Alexandros Tombazis and Princess Maria Mavrocordato).
Through her other half-sister Roxanne, she was sister in law of an athlete and industrialist Christos Zalokostas.
In 1951, she founded the Hellenic Choreodrama, a group that presented dance-dramas based on Ancient Greek literature.
She collaborated with the Greek composers Manos Hadjidakis, Mikis Theodorakis, George Sicilianos and Giorgos Tsangaris.
She was married to the prominent Greek architect Pavlos Mylonas.