Irene Papas
Acting
Irene Papas (Greek: Ειρήνη Παππά, born Eirini Lelekou (Greek: Ειρήνη Λελέκου), 3 September 1929 – 14 September 2022) was a Greek actress and singer who starred in over 70 films in a career spanning more than 50 years. She gained international recognition through such popular award-winning films as The Guns of Navarone (1961), Zorba the Greek (1964) and Z (1969). She was a powerful protagonist in films including The Trojan Women (1971) and Iphigenia (1977). She played the title roles in Antigone (1961) and Electra (1962). She had a fine singing voice, on display in the 1968 recording Songs of Theodorakis. Papas won Best Actress awards at the Berlin International Film Festival for Antigone and from the National Board of Review for The Trojan Women. Her career awards include the Golden Arrow Award in 1993 at Hamptons International Film Festival, and the Golden Lion Award in 2009 at the Venice Biennale. Description above from the Wikipedia article Irene Papas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
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movie1821 at the Cinema
2021
(archive footage)
movieIl falso bugiardo
2008
Self (archive footage)
Short Cuts
2002
Pensioner
movie...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό
2001
Elena Michailovna
movieYerma
1999
Vieja pagana
movieInquietude
1998
Mother
tvThe Odyssey
1997
Anticleia
movieParty
1996
Irene
movieJacob
1994
Rebekka
movieIsland
1989
Marquise
tvOceano
1989
Aurelia Perdomo
moviePlato's Banquet
1989
Diotime
tvLa Valise en carton
1988
Maria Amélia, la mère de Linda
tvEin Kind mit Namen Jesus
1987
Old Maria
movieHigh Season
1987
Penelope
movieChronicle of a Death Foretold
1987
Madre de Angela
movieSweet Country
1987
Mrs. Araya
movieA Child Called Jesus
1987
Old Maria
movieThe Assisi Underground
1985
Mother Giuseppina
movieInto the Night
1985
Shaheen Parvici
movieErendira
1983
Grandmother Amadis
movieThe Deserter
1983
Mariangela
movieThe Balad of Mamelouk
1982
Mamluk's Mother
movieLion of the Desert
1981
Mabrouka
movieRing of Darkness
1979
Raffaella
movieBloodline
1979
Simonetta Palazzi
movieChrist Stopped at Eboli
1979
Giulia Venere
movieIphigenia
1977
Klytaimnistra
movieBlood Wedding
1977
La mère
movieMoses the Lawgiver
1976
Zippora
tvMoses the Lawgiver
1974
Zipporah
movieBambina
1974
Raimonda Spina
movieThe Battle of Sutjeska
1973
Borina majka
movie1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
1973
Donna Mimma
movieDon't Torture a Duckling
1972
Dona Aurelia Avallone
movieN.P. - The Secret
1972
Casalinga
movieThe Murder of Julius Caesar
1972
Calpurnia
movieRoma bene
1971
Elena Teopoulos
movieOasis of Fear
1971
Barbara Slater
movieAnne of the Thousand Days
1969
Queen Catherine
movieA Dream of Kings
1969
Caliope
movieThe Odyssey
1969
Penelope
movieZ
1969
Hélène
movieThe Brotherhood
1968
Ida Ginetta
tvThe Odyssey
1968
Penelope
movieWitness Out of Hell
1967
Lea Weiss
movieWe Still Kill the Old Way
1967
Luisa Roscio
movieTrap for the Assassin
1966
Julia de Noirville
movieThe Steps
1966
Joana
movieElectra
1962
Elektra
movieAntigone
1961
Antigone
movieThe Guns of Navarone
1961
Maria Pappadimos
movieBouboulina
1959
Laskarina Bouboulina
movieThe Lake of Sighs
1959
Frosyni
movieTribute to a Bad Man
1956
Jocasta Constantine
tvMGM Parade
1955
self
movieAttila
1954
Grune
tvClimax!
1954
Maxanne York
movieVortice
1953
Clara
movieThe Man From Cairo
1953
Yvonne Lebeau
movieThe Unfaithfuls
1953
Luisa Azzali
