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person_profile-Irene Papas

Irene Papas Died at age: 96

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Irene Papas

Date of Birth:

Sep 03, 1926

Country of birth:

Greece

Died:

Sep 14, 2022

Biography of

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.

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Filmography of

Irene Papas

Found 64 Movies in total

Il falso bugiardo

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2008

A Talking Picture

Helena ( Actor )

... 2003

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Drosoula ( Actor )

... 2001

Yerma

Vieja pagana ( Actor )

... 1999

Anxiety

Mother ( Actor )

... 1998

The Odyssey

Anticlea ( Actor )

... 1997

Party

Irene ( Actor )

... 1996

Jacob

Rebekka ( Actor )

... 1994

Up, Down and Sideways

Μαρία ( Actor )

... 1992

Island

Marquise ( Actor )

... 1989

Plato's Banquet

Diotime ( Actor )

... 1989

High Season

Penelope ( Actor )

... 1987

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Madre de Angela ( Actor )

... 1987

Sweet Country

Mrs. Araya ( Actor )

... 1987

A Child Called Jesus

Old Maria ( Actor )

... 1987

The Assisi Underground

Mother Giuseppina ( Actor )

... 1985

Into the Night

Shaheen Parvici ( Actor )

... 1985

Erendira

Grandmother Amadis ( Actor )

... 1983

The Deserter

Mariangela ( Actor )

... 1983

The Balad of Mamelouk

Mamluk's Mother ( Actor )

... 1982

Lion of the Desert

Mabrouka ( Actor )

... 1981

Ring of Darkness

Raffaella ( Actor )

... 1979

Bloodline

Simonetta Palazzi ( Actor )

... 1979

Christ Stopped at Eboli

Giulia Venere ( Actor )

... 1979

Iphigenia

Klytaimnistra ( Actor )

... 1977

Blood Wedding

La mère ( Actor )

... 1977

The Message

Hind ( Actor )

... 1976

Moses the Lawgiver

Zippora ( Actor )

... 1974

Bambina

Raimonda Spina ( Actor )

... 1974

The Battle of Sutjeska

Borina majka ( Actor )

... 1973

... 1973

Don't Torture a Duckling

Dona Aurelia Avallone ( Actor )

... 1972

N.P.

Casalinga ( Actor )

... 1972

Roma bene

Elena Teopoulos ( Actor )

... 1971

Oasis of Fear

Barbara Slater ( Actor )

... 1971

The Trojan Women

Helen ( Actor )

... 1971

Anne of the Thousand Days

Queen Catherine ( Actor )

... 1969

A Dream of Kings

Caliope ( Actor )

... 1969

Z

Hélène, wife of the Deputy ( Actor )

... 1969

... 1969

The Brotherhood

Ida Ginetta ( Actor )

... 1968

Odissea

Penelope ( Actor )

... 1968

Witness Out of Hell

Lea Weiss ( Actor )

... 1967

We Still Kill the Old Way

Luisa Roscio ( Actor )

... 1967

The Desperate Ones

Ajmi ( Actor )

... 1967

Trap for the Assassin

Julia de Noirville ( Actor )

... 1966

The Steps

Joana ( Actor )

... 1966

Zorba the Greek

Widow ( Actor )

... 1964

The Moon-Spinners

Sophia ( Actor )

... 1964

Electra

Elektra ( Actor )

... 1962

Antigone

Antigone ( Actor )

... 1961

The Guns of Navarone

Maria Pappadimos ( Actor )

... 1961

The Lake of Sighs

Frosyni ( Actor )

... 1959

Bouboulina

Laskarina Bouboulina ( Actor )

... 1959

Tribute to a Bad Man

Jocasta Constantine ( Actor )

... 1956

... 1954

Attila

Grune ( Actor )

... 1954

Theodora, Slave Empress

Faidia ( Actor )

... 1954

Vortice

Clara ( Actor )

... 1953

The Man From Cairo

Yvonne Lebeau ( Actor )

... 1953

The Unfaithfuls

Luisa Azzali ( Actor )

... 1953

Dead City

Lena ( Actor )

... 1951

Fallen Angels

Liana ( Actor )

... 1948