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