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Irene Papas
Also known as: Ирен Папас, Ειρήνη Παπά, Ειρήνη Παππά, Eirini Leleku
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.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 3, 1929
Day of Death
September 14, 2022
Age at Death
93 years old
Place of Birth
Chiliomodi, Corinth, Greece
Popularity Score
1.3
Filmography
1821 at the Cinema
(archive footage)
2021Movie
Morceaux de Cannes
2021Movie
Il falso bugiardo
Self (archive footage)
2008Movie
A Talking Picture
Helena
2003Movie
Short Cuts
Pensioner
2002TV
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Drosoula
2001Movie
...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό
Elena Michailovna
2001Movie
Yerma
Vieja pagana
1999Movie
Inquietude
Mother
1998Movie
The Odyssey
Anticlea
1997Movie
The Odyssey
Anticlea
1997TV
Party
Irene
1996Movie
Jacob
Rebekka
1994Movie
Un Amore Rubato
1993Movie
Lettera da Parigi
Gina
1993Movie
Up, Down and Sideways
Μαρία
1992Movie
Enopios Enopio
Guest
1991TV
Plato's Banquet
Diotime
1989Movie
Island
Marquise
1989Movie
Oceano
Aurelia Perdomo
1989TV
La Valise en carton
Maria Amélia, la mère de Linda
1988TV
High Season
Penelope
1987Movie
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Madre de Angela
1987Movie
A Child Called Jesus
Old Maria
1987Movie
Sweet Country
Mrs. Araya
1987Movie
Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus
Old Maria
1987TV
Sacrée soirée
Self
1987TV
The Assisi Underground
Mother Giuseppina
1985Movie
Into the Night
Shaheen Parvici
1985Movie
Afghanistan For What?
1984Movie
Erendira
Grandmother Amadis
1983Movie
The Deserter
Mariangela
1983Movie
The Balad of Mamelouk
Mamluk's Mother
1982Movie
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982TV
Lion of the Desert
Mabrouka
1981Movie
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
La Signora
1981Movie
Bloodline
Simonetta Palazzi
1979Movie
Ring of Darkness
Raffaella
1979Movie
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Giulia Venere
1979Movie
Iphigenia
Klytaimnistra
1977Movie
Blood Wedding
La mère
1977Movie
Moses the Lawgiver
Zippora
1976Movie
The Message
Hind
1976Movie
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975TV
Bambina
Raimonda Spina
1974Movie
Moses the Lawgiver
Zipporah
1974TV
The Battle of Sutjeska
Borina majka
1973Movie
1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
Donna Mimma
1973Movie
Don't Torture a Duckling
Dona Aurelia Avallone
1972Movie
N.P. - The Secret
Casalinga
1972Movie
The Murder of Julius Caesar
Calpurnia
1972Movie
Oasis of Fear
Barbara Slater
1971Movie
The Trojan Women
Helen
1971Movie
Roma bene
Elena Teopoulos
1971Movie
Z
Hélène
1969Movie
Anne of the Thousand Days
Queen Catherine
1969Movie
The Odyssey
Penelope
1969Movie
Behold Man - The Survivors
Anna
1969Movie
A Dream of Kings
Caliope
1969Movie
The Brotherhood
Ida Ginetta
1968Movie
The Odyssey
Penelope
1968TV
We Still Kill the Old Way
Luisa Roscio
1967Movie
Witness Out of Hell
Lea Weiss
1967Movie
The Desperate Ones
Ajmi
1967Movie
Trap for the Assassin
Julia de Noirville
1966Movie
The Steps
Joana
1966Movie
Zorba the Greek
Widow
1964Movie
The Moon-Spinners
Sophia
1964Movie
Electra
Elektra
1962Movie
The Guns of Navarone
Maria Pappadimos
1961Movie
Antigone
Antigone
1961Movie
Bouboulina
Laskarina Bouboulina
1959Movie
Pssst ... girls!
Eleni
1959Movie
The Lake of Sighs
Frosyni
1959Movie
Tribute to a Bad Man
Jocasta Constantine
1956Movie
MGM Parade
self
1955TV
Attila
Grune
1954Movie
Theodora, Slave Empress
Faidia
1954Movie
The Missing Scientists
Gina
1954Movie
Climax!
Maxanne York
1954TV
Reflets de Cannes
Self
1954TV
The Man From Cairo
Yvonne Lebeau
1953Movie
Vortice
Clara
1953Movie
The Unfaithfuls
Luisa Azzali
1953Movie
Dead City
Lena
1951Movie
Fallen Angels
Liana
1948Movie