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Irene Papas

Born
September 3, 1926
Died
September 14, 2022
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
Bambina
(1974)
Raimonda Spina
The Guns of Navarone
(1961)
Maria Pappadimos
The Message
(1976)
Hind
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
(2001)
Drosoula
Bloodline
(1979)
Simonetta Palazzi
Z
(1969)
Hélène, wife of the Deputy
Zorba the Greek
(1964)
Widow
Lion of the Desert
(1981)
Mabrouka
Into the Night
(1985)
Shaheen Parvici
The Brotherhood
(1968)
Ida Ginetta
Don't Torture a Duckling
(1972)
Dona Aurelia Avallone
Anne of the Thousand Days
(1969)
Queen Catherine
Attila
(1954)
Grune
Christ Stopped at Eboli
(1979)
Giulia Venere
We Still Kill the Old Way
(1967)
Luisa Roscio
Jacob
(1994)
Rebekka
Full Filmography
Acting
Fallen Angels
(1948)
Liana
Dead City
(1951)
Lena
The Man From Cairo
(1953)
Yvonne Lebeau
The Unfaithfuls
(1953)
Luisa Azzali
Vortice
(1953)
Clara
Theodora, Slave Empress
(1954)
Faidia
Attila
(1954)
Grune
The Missing Scientists
(1954)
Gina
Tribute to a Bad Man
(1956)
Jocasta Constantine
Bouboulina
(1959)
Laskarina Bouboulina
Pssst ... girls!
(1959)
Eleni
The Lake of Sighs
(1959)
Frosyni
The Guns of Navarone
(1961)
Maria Pappadimos
Antigone
(1961)
Antigone
Electra
(1962)
Elektra
The Moon-Spinners
(1964)
Sophia
Zorba the Greek
(1964)
Widow
The Steps
(1966)
Joana
Trap for the Assassin
(1966)
Julia de Noirville
We Still Kill the Old Way
(1967)
Luisa Roscio
Witness Out of Hell
(1967)
Lea Weiss
The Desperate Ones
(1967)
Ajmi
Odissea
(1968)
Penelope
The Brotherhood
(1968)
Ida Ginetta
A Dream of Kings
(1969)
Caliope
Anne of the Thousand Days
(1969)
Queen Catherine
Z
(1969)
Hélène, wife of the Deputy
Behold Man - The Survivors
(1969)
Anna
The Trojan Women
(1971)
Helen
Oasis of Fear
(1971)
Barbara Slater
Roma bene
(1971)
Elena Teopoulos
Don't Torture a Duckling
(1972)
Dona Aurelia Avallone
N.P.
(1972)
Casalinga
The Battle of Sutjeska
(1973)
Borina majka
1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
(1973)
Donna Mimma
Bambina
(1974)
Raimonda Spina
Moses the Lawgiver
(1974)
Zippora
The Message
(1976)
Hind
Iphigenia
(1977)
Klytaimnistra
Blood Wedding
(1977)
La mère
Christ Stopped at Eboli
(1979)
Giulia Venere
Ring of Darkness
(1979)
Raffaella
Bloodline
(1979)
Simonetta Palazzi
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe
(1981)
La Signora
Lion of the Desert
(1981)
Mabrouka
The Balad of Mamelouk
(1982)
Mamluk's Mother
Erendira
(1983)
Grandmother Amadis
The Deserter
(1983)
Mariangela
The Assisi Underground
(1985)
Mother Giuseppina
Into the Night
(1985)
Shaheen Parvici
A Child Called Jesus
(1987)
Old Maria
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
(1987)
Madre de Angela
High Season
(1987)
Penelope
Sweet Country
(1987)
Mrs. Araya
Island
(1989)
Marquise
Plato's Banquet
(1989)
Diotime
Up, Down and Sideways
(1992)
Μαρία
Jacob
(1994)
Rebekka
Party
(1996)
Irene
The Odyssey
(1997)
Anticlea
Anxiety
(1998)
Mother
Yerma
(1999)
Vieja pagana
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
(2001)
Drosoula
...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό
(2001)
Elena Michailovna
A Talking Picture
(2003)
Helena
Il falso bugiardo
(2008)
Self (archive footage)
1821 at the Cinema
(2021)
(archive footage)
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