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Irene Papas

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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1821 at the Cinema

2021

as (archive footage)

Il falso bugiardo

2008

as Self (archive footage)

A Talking Picture

2003

as Helena

Short Cuts

2002

as Pensioner

...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό

2001

as Elena Michailovna

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

2001

as Drosoula

Yerma

1999

as Vieja pagana

Anxiety

1998

as Mother

The Odyssey

1997

as Anticleia

Party

1996

as Irene

Jacob

1994

as Rebekka

Up, Down and Sideways

1992

as Μαρία

Island

1989

as Marquise

Oceano

1989

as Aurelia Perdomo

Plato's Banquet

1989

as Diotime

La Valise en carton

1988

as Maria Amélia, la mère de Linda

Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus

1987

as Old Maria

High Season

1987

as Penelope

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

1987

as Madre de Angela

Sweet Country

1987

as Mrs. Araya

A Child Called Jesus

1987

as Old Maria

The Assisi Underground

1985

as Mother Giuseppina

Into the Night

1985

as Shaheen Parvici

أفغانستان لماذا؟

1984

Erendira

1983

as Grandmother Amadis

The Deserter

1983

as Mariangela

The Balad of Mamelouk

1982

as Mamluk's Mother

Lion of the Desert

1981

as Mabrouka

L'assistente sociale tutta pepe e tutta sale

1981

as La Signora

Ring of Darkness

1979

as Raffaella

Bloodline

1979

as Simonetta Palazzi

Christ Stopped at Eboli

1979

as Giulia Venere

Iphigenia

1977

as Klytaimnistra

Blood Wedding

1977

as La mère

The Message

1976

as Hind

Moses the Lawgiver

1974

as Zippora

Bambina

1974

as Raimonda Spina

Moses the Lawgiver

1974

as Sefora

The Battle of Sutjeska

1973

as Borina majka

1931: Once Upon a Time in New York

1973

as Donna Mimma

Don't Torture a Duckling

1972

as Dona Aurelia Avallone

N.P.

1972

as Casalinga

Roma bene

1971

as Elena Teopoulos

Oasis of Fear

1971

as Barbara Slater

The Trojan Women

1971

as Helen

Anne of the Thousand Days

1969

as Queen Catherine

A Dream of Kings

1969

as Caliope

Z

1969

as Hélène, wife of the Deputy

Behold Man - The Survivors

1969

as Anna

The Brotherhood

1968

as Ida Ginetta

Odissea

1968

as Penelope

The Odyssey

1968

as Penelope

Witness Out of Hell

1967

as Lea Weiss

We Still Kill the Old Way

1967

as Luisa Roscio

The Desperate Ones

1967

as Ajmi

Trap for the Assassin

1966

as Julia de Noirville

The Steps

1966

as Joana

Zorba the Greek

1964

as Widow

The Moon-Spinners

1964

as Sophia

Electra

1962

as Elektra

Antigone

1961

as Antigone

The Guns of Navarone

1961

as Maria Pappadimos

Bouboulina

1959

as Laskarina Bouboulina

Pssst ... girls!

1959

as Eleni

The Lake of Sighs

1959

as Frosyni

Tribute to a Bad Man

1956

as Jocasta Constantine

The Missing Scientists

1954

as Gina

Attila

1954

as Grune

Climax!

1954

as Maxanne York

Theodora, Slave Empress

1954

as Faidia

Reflets de Cannes

1954

as Self

Vortice

1953

as Clara

The Man From Cairo

1953

as Yvonne Lebeau

The Unfaithfuls

1953

as Luisa Azzali

Dead City

1951

as Lena

Fallen Angels

1948

as Liana