Eleni Zafeiriou
Acting
Eleni Zafeiriou (Greek: Ελένη Ζαφειρίου, 1916 – 2 September 2004) was a Greek film actress. She appeared in 108 films between 1951 and 1996. She was born in Larissa, Greece, and died in Athens. She was a graduate of the Drama School of the National Theatre. She made his stage debut in 1936 in the play Before Sunset by Gerhard Hauptmann, which was staged at the National Theatre. She played dozens of roles, mainly in the classical repertoire. The most important of these were the roles of Queen Margaret in Richard III, the goddess Athena in Iphigenia, Atossa in The Persians, Queen Gertrude in Hamlet, Goneril in King Lear, the nurse in Medea, Antigone in Oedipus at Colonus, Tecmissa in Ajax, Sarah in The Sacrifice of Abraham, Roncalina in The King, etc. She had excelled in cinema in exceptional roles, with wonderful acting skills, embodying the simplicity of women of the popular classes, such as Bitter Bread, Little City, The Lake of Desire, etc. In most of the films she participated in, she played the mother of the protagonists. On television, the role of Kambouritsa remained characteristic, which she performed in the series Christ is Crucified Again in the 1970s. In addition, she participated in the dubbing of some cartoons. Specifically, she gave her voice to the witch from the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Lady Klossa from the film Robin Hood. In 1991, Eleni Zafeiriou's book entitled What Should I Remember First, Mother, was published by Odos Panos Publications. She died at the People's Hospital of Athens after a battle with successive strokes and was buried at the Chalandri Cemetery in a close family circle. (Source: Wikipedia)
Known for
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tvΤο χρώμα του φεγγαριού
1996
Δέσποινα
movieLieutenant Natassa
1970
Natassa's Mother
movieAstrapogiannos
1970
Giannos' Mother
movieFace to Face with Death
1970
Mrs. Athanasiou
movieThe Seal of God
1969
Andreas' mother
movieWake up Vassili
1969
Antigoni Vasilaki
movieThe Odyssey of an Uprooted Man
1969
Fani Karatzoglou
movieThe Refugee
1969
Despoina Skoutari
movieThe Lady and the Tramp
1968
Lefteris' mother
movieThe Avenue of Hate
1968
Stamos' mother
movieA Woman's Past
1968
Despina Moutousi
movieLove and Blood
1968
Aliki Argouzi
movieGroom from London
1967
Mary's Mother
movieAspasia's dollars
1967
Aspasia
movieJenny Jenny
1966
Matina Skoutari
movieTest
1966
Lena
movieI'm not selling my heart
1966
Stefanos' mother
movieWe despised My Sweetness
1965
Fonda's mother
movieEgoism
1964
Giorgos' Mother
movieMiss Manager
1964
Loukia Samiotaki
movieThe big secret
1963
μητέρα Χριστίνας
movieThe Trip
1962
mitera tis Marinas
movieThe steps of life
1962
Mrs. Zarlati
movieNomos 4000
1962
Anna Oikonomou
movieThe Decline
1961
Ελισάβετ Νικολάου
movieMrs. Midwife
1961
Mrs. Bekou (Lykourgos' wife)
movieErotic Stories
1959
Smaragdi
movieZalongo, the Fort of Freedom
1959
Tzavelaina
movieA Matter of Dignity
1958
Katerina
movieThe Auntie from Chicago
1957
Efterpi Barda
movieThe Lagoon of Desire
1957
Altana Razi
movieThe Coffee Reader
1956
Anna Giavasi (as Nitsa Zafeiriou)
movieThe Acacia Road
1954
Eleni Douvi
movieDead City
1951
Gianna
movieBitter Bread
1951
Mrs. Lyberi
