Place of Birth: Chiliomodi, Corinth, Greece
Irene Papas
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.
Movie | Cast | Year |
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Bloodline | Simonetta Palazzi | 1979 |
Captain Corelli's Mandolin | Drosoula | 2001 |
Zorba the Greek | Widow | 1964 |
Moses the Lawgiver | Zippora | 1974 |
Ring of Darkness | Raffaella | 1979 |
Jacob | Rebekka | 1994 |
Z | Hélène, wife of the Deputy | 1969 |
The Guns of Navarone | Maria Pappadimos | 1961 |
Anne of the Thousand Days | Queen Catherine | 1969 |
The Message | Hind | 1976 |
Lion of the Desert | Mabrouka | 1981 |
Christ Stopped at Eboli | Giulia Venere | 1979 |
The Moon-Spinners | Sophia | 1964 |
Odissea | Penelope | 1968 |
Oasis of Fear | Barbara Slater | 1971 |
Iphigenia | Klytaimnistra | 1977 |
The Trojan Women | Helen | 1971 |
Electra | Elektra | 1962 |
Don't Torture a Duckling | Dona Aurelia Avallone | 1972 |
Bambina | Raimonda Spina | 1974 |
We Still Kill the Old Way | Luisa Roscio | 1967 |
The Brotherhood | Ida Ginetta | 1968 |
Tribute to a Bad Man | Jocasta Constantine | 1956 |
Attila | Grune | 1954 |
High Season | Penelope | 1987 |
Roma bene | Elena Teopoulos | 1971 |
The Balad of Mamelouk | Mamluk's Mother | 1982 |
The Battle of Sutjeska | Borina majka | 1973 |
Plato's Banquet | Diotime | 1989 |
Chronicle of a Death Foretold | Madre de Angela | 1987 |
Island | Marquise | 1989 |
The Man From Cairo | Yvonne Lebeau | 1953 |
The Assisi Underground | Mother Giuseppina | 1985 |
Behold Man - The Survivors | Anna | 1969 |
Antigone | Antigone | 1961 |
Erendira | Grandmother Amadis | 1983 |
Witness Out of Hell | Lea Weiss | 1967 |
A Child Called Jesus | Old Maria | 1987 |
Dead City | Lena | 1951 |
1821 at the Cinema | (archive footage) | 2021 |
N.P. | Casalinga | 1972 |
Into the Night | Shaheen Parvici | 1985 |
Vortice | Clara | 1953 |
Theodora, Slave Empress | Faidia | 1954 |
1931: Once Upon a Time in New York | Donna Mimma | 1973 |
Blood Wedding | La mère | 1977 |
Up, Down and Sideways | Μαρία | 1992 |
A Talking Picture | Helena | 2003 |
The Unfaithfuls | Luisa Azzali | 1953 |
A Dream of Kings | Caliope | 1969 |
Trap for the Assassin | Julia de Noirville | 1966 |
L'assistente sociale tutta pepe e tutta sale | La Signora | 1981 |
The Missing Scientists | Gina | 1954 |
Party | Irene | 1996 |
Anxiety | Mother | 1998 |
The Desperate Ones | Ajmi | 1967 |
Bouboulina | Laskarina Bouboulina | 1959 |
Sweet Country | Mrs. Araya | 1987 |
Fallen Angels | Liana | 1948 |
Yerma | Vieja pagana | 1999 |
The Steps | Joana | 1966 |
Pssst ... girls! | Eleni | 1959 |
The Lake of Sighs | Frosyni | 1959 |
Il falso bugiardo | Self (archive footage) | 2008 |
...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό | Elena Michailovna | 2001 |
The Deserter | Mariangela | 1983 |
أفغانستان لماذا؟ | 1984 | Series | Cast | Year |
Short Cuts | Pensioner | 2002 |
Climax! | Maxanne York | 1954 |
The Odyssey | Penelope | 1968 |
Oceano | Aurelia Perdomo | 1989 |
The Odyssey | Anticleia | 1997 |
Moses the Lawgiver | Sefora | 1974 |
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self | 1975 |
Champs-Elysées | Self | 1982 |
Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus | Old Maria | 1987 |
La Valise en carton | Maria Amélia, la mère de Linda | 1988 |
Reflets de Cannes | Self | 1954 |