Irene Papas
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: September 3, 1926
Place of Birth: Chiliomodi, Corinth, Greece
Known For
Filmography
as (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Helena
as Elena Michailovna
as Drosoula
as Vieja pagana
as Mother
as Anticleia
as Irene
as Rebekka
as Gina
as Μαρία
as Marquise
as Aurelia Perdomo
as Diotime
as Maria Amélia, la mère de Linda
as Old Maria
as Self
as Penelope
as Madre de Angela
as Mrs. Araya
as Old Maria
as Mother Giuseppina
as Shaheen Parvici
as Grandmother Amadis
as Mariangela
as Mamluk's Mother
as Self
as Mabrouka
as La Signora
as Raffaella
as Simonetta Palazzi
as Giulia Venere
as Klytaimnistra
as La mère
as Zippora
as Hind
as Self
as Zippora
as Raimonda Spina
as Borina majka
as Donna Mimma
as Dona Aurelia Avallone
as Casalinga
as Calpurnia
as Elena Teopoulos
as Barbara Slater
as Helen
as Queen Catherine
as Caliope
as Hélène, wife of the Deputy
as Anna
as Ida Ginetta
as Penelope
as Penelope
as Ajmi
as Lea Weiss
as Luisa Roscio
as Julia de Noirville
as Joana
as Widow
as Sophia
as Elektra
as Antigone
as Maria Pappadimos
as Laskarina Bouboulina
as Eleni
as Frosyni
as Jocasta Constantine
as Gina
as Grune
as Maxanne York
as Faidia
as Self
as Clara
as Yvonne Lebeau
as Luisa Azzali
as Lena
as Liana