Irene Papas
Acting
Born: September 3, 1929 · Chiliomodi, Corinth, Greece
Died: September 14, 2022 (aged 93)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
The Guns of Navarone
1961
The Odyssey
1997
Z
1969
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2001
Don't Torture a Duckling
1972
The Message
1976
Zorba the Greek
1964
Into the Night
1985
Lion of the Desert
1981
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
We Still Kill the Old Way
1967
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979
Photos (8)
Movies (69)
The Guns of Navarone
Maria Pappadimos
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Drosoula
Into the Night
Shaheen Parvici
The Trojan Women
Helen
The Message
Hind
Bambina
Raimonda Spina
Zorba the Greek
Widow
Lion of the Desert
Mabrouka
Erendira
Grandmother Amadis
Anne of the Thousand Days
Queen Catherine
The Odyssey
Penelope
Bloodline
Simonetta Palazzi
The Brotherhood
Ida Ginetta
Z
Hélène
Jacob
Rebekka
Bouboulina
Laskarina Bouboulina
Iphigenia
Klytaimnistra
The Moon-Spinners
Sophia
Don't Torture a Duckling
Dona Aurelia Avallone
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Madre de Angela
The Battle of Sutjeska
Borina majka
We Still Kill the Old Way
Luisa Roscio
Tribute to a Bad Man
Jocasta Constantine
Attila
Grune
Electra
Elektra
Party
Irene
High Season
Penelope
A Talking Picture
Helena
The Assisi Underground
Mother Giuseppina
Sweet Country
Mrs. Araya
Trap for the Assassin
Julia de Noirville
Roma bene
Elena Teopoulos
A Dream of Kings
Caliope
The Unfaithfuls
Luisa Azzali
Island
Marquise
Ring of Darkness
Raffaella
Oasis of Fear
Barbara Slater
Up, Down and Sideways
Μαρία
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Giulia Venere
Theodora, Slave Empress
Faidia
Moses the Lawgiver
Zippora
The Deserter
Mariangela
The Desperate Ones
Ajmi
Plato's Banquet
Diotime
The Man From Cairo
Yvonne Lebeau
Behold Man - The Survivors
Anna
N.P. - The Secret
Casalinga
Antigone
Antigone
1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
Donna Mimma
The Murder of Julius Caesar
Calpurnia
A Child Called Jesus
Old Maria
The Lake of Sighs
Frosyni
Blood Wedding
La mère
Afghanistan For What?
1984
Dead City
Lena
The Missing Scientists
Gina
Fallen Angels
Liana
Lettera da Parigi
Gina
Witness Out of Hell
Lea Weiss
Inquietude
Mother
1821 at the Cinema
(archive footage)
Pssst ... girls!
Eleni
The Balad of Mamelouk
Mamluk's Mother
The Steps
Joana
Vortice
Clara
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
La Signora
Yerma
Vieja pagana
...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό
Elena Michailovna
TV Shows (7)
Climax!
Maxanne York · 1 eps
The Odyssey
Anticlea · 2 eps
The Odyssey
Penelope · 8 eps
Moses the Lawgiver
Zipporah · 7 eps
Oceano
Aurelia Perdomo · 6 eps
La Valise en carton
Maria Amélia, la mère de Linda · 6 eps
Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus
Old Maria · 4 eps
