Irene Papas
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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
Credits
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
as Maria Pappadimos
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
as Drosoula
Erendira (1983)
as Grandmother Amadis
Into the Night (1985)
as Shaheen Parvici
Zorba the Greek (1964)
as Widow
Iphigenia (1977)
as Klytaimnistra
Lion of the Desert (1981)
as Mabrouka
The Trojan Women (1971)
as Helen
The Odyssey (1969)
as Penelope
Bambina (1974)
as Raimonda Spina
Bouboulina (1959)
as Laskarina Bouboulina
Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
as Dona Aurelia Avallone
Z (1969)
as Hélène
The Message (1976)
as Hind
Plato's Banquet (1989)
as Diotime
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
as Queen Catherine
The Brotherhood (1968)
as Ida Ginetta
Trap for the Assassin (1966)
as Julia de Noirville
Party (1996)
as Irene
Attila (1954)
as Grune
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe... (1981)
as La Signora
Jacob (1994)
as Rebekka
Bloodline (1979)
as Simonetta Palazzi
Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
Actor
The Moon-Spinners (1964)
as Sophia
The Assisi Underground (1985)
as Mother Giuseppina
Tribute to a Bad Man (1956)
as Jocasta Constantine
Island (1989)
as Marquise
A Talking Picture (2003)
as Helena
The Battle of Sutjeska (1973)
as Borina majka
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987)
as Madre de Angela
Oasis of Fear (1971)
as Barbara Slater
Roma bene (1971)
as Elena Teopoulos
Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
as Giulia Venere
We Still Kill the Old Way (1967)
as Luisa Roscio
Ring of Darkness (1979)
as Raffaella
The Deserter (1983)
as Mariangela
Electra (1962)
as Elektra
High Season (1987)
as Penelope
A Dream of Kings (1969)
as Caliope
Moses the Lawgiver (1976)
as Zippora
Sweet Country (1987)
as Mrs. Araya
Antigone (1961)
as Antigone
Inquietude (1998)
as Mother
Behold Man - The Survivors (1969)
as Anna
The Unfaithfuls (1953)
as Luisa Azzali
The Murder of Julius Caesar (1972)
as Calpurnia
Blood Wedding (1977)
as La mère
Theodora, Slave Empress (1954)
as Faidia
The Desperate Ones (1967)
as Ajmi
A Child Called Jesus (1987)
as Old Maria
The Man From Cairo (1953)
as Yvonne Lebeau
N.P. - The Secret (1972)
as Casalinga
Il falso bugiardo (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Vortice (1953)
as Clara
Fallen Angels (1948)
as Liana
Afghanistan For What? (1984)
Actor
Witness Out of Hell (1967)
as Lea Weiss
The Missing Scientists (1954)
as Gina
Up, Down and Sideways (1992)
as Μαρία
The Steps (1966)
as Joana
Dead City (1951)
as Lena
The Balad of Mamelouk (1982)
as Mamluk's Mother
The Lake of Sighs (1959)
as Frosyni
Yerma (1999)
as Vieja pagana
Pssst ... girls! (1959)
as Eleni
1931: Once Upon a Time in New York (1973)
as Donna Mimma
1821 at the Cinema (2021)
as (archive footage)
Lettera da Parigi (1993)
as Gina
...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό (2001)
as Elena Michailovna
Un Amore Rubato (1993)
Actor