Irene Papas
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.
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Movies (41)
1821 at the Cinema
as (archive footage)
2021
Il falso bugiardo
as Self (archive footage)
2008
A Talking Picture
as Helena
2003
...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό
as Elena Michailovna
2001
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
as Drosoula
2001
Yerma
as Vieja pagana
1999
Inquietude
as Mother
1998
Party
as Irene
1996
Jacob
as Rebekka
1994
Un Amore Rubato
1993
Lettera da Parigi
as Gina
1993
Up, Down and Sideways
as Μαρία
1992
Island
as Marquise
1989
Plato's Banquet
as Diotime
1989
High Season
as Penelope
1987
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
as Madre de Angela
1987
Sweet Country
as Mrs. Araya
1987
A Child Called Jesus
as Old Maria
1987
The Assisi Underground
as Mother Giuseppina
1985
Into the Night
as Shaheen Parvici
1985
Afghanistan For What?
1984
Erendira
as Grandmother Amadis
1983
The Deserter
as Mariangela
1983
The Balad of Mamelouk
as Mamluk's Mother
1982
Lion of the Desert
as Mabrouka
1981
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
as La Signora
1981
Ring of Darkness
as Raffaella
1979
Bloodline
as Simonetta Palazzi
1979
Christ Stopped at Eboli
as Giulia Venere
1979
Iphigenia
as Klytaimnistra
1977
Blood Wedding
as La mère
1977
Moses the Lawgiver
as Zippora
1976
The Message
as Hind
1976
Bambina
as Raimonda Spina
1974
The Battle of Sutjeska
as Borina majka
1973
1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
as Donna Mimma
1973
Don't Torture a Duckling
as Dona Aurelia Avallone
1972
N.P. - The Secret
as Casalinga
1972
The Murder of Julius Caesar
as Calpurnia
1972
Roma bene
as Elena Teopoulos
1971
Oasis of Fear
as Barbara Slater
1971
TV Shows (9)
Short Cuts
as Pensioner
2002
The Odyssey
as Anticleia
1997
Oceano
as Aurelia Perdomo
1989
La Valise en carton
as Maria Amélia, la mère de Linda
1988
Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus
as Old Maria
1987
Sacrée Soirée
as Self
1987
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
Moses the Lawgiver
as Zippora
1974