Cast
Irene Papas
Acting
Cast
Irene Papas
Known for
Acting
Born
1929-09-03
From
Chiliomodi, Corinth, Greece
Died
2022-09-14
Also known as Ирен Папас, Ειρήνη Παπά, Ειρήνη Παππά
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.
★7.3
MOVIE1961
The Guns of Navarone
as Maria Pappadimos
★6.1
MOVIE1983
Erendira
as Grandmother Amadis
★5.0
MOVIE1974
Bambina
as Raimonda Spina
★6.0
MOVIE2001
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
as Drosoula
★7.3
MOVIE1981
Lion of the Desert
as Mabrouka
★6.5
MOVIE1996
Party
as Irene
★7.5
MOVIE1964
Zorba the Greek
as Widow
★4.9
MOVIE1989
Plato's Banquet
as Diotime
★7.8
MOVIE1969
Z
as Hélène
★6.5
MOVIE1985
Into the Night
as Shaheen Parvici
★7.1
MOVIE1976
The Message
as Hind
★5.9
MOVIE1966
Trap for the Assassin
as Julia de Noirville
★7.0
MOVIE1977
Iphigenia
as Klytaimnistra
★6.8
MOVIE1959
Bouboulina
as Laskarina Bouboulina
★6.3
MOVIE1971
The Trojan Women
as Helen
★7.0
MOVIE1956
Tribute to a Bad Man
as Jocasta Constantine
★5.1
MOVIE1981
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
as La Signora
★5.6
MOVIE1989
Island
as Marquise
★7.1
MOVIE1969
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Queen Catherine
★6.7
MOVIE2003
A Talking Picture
as Helena
★6.5
MOVIE1973
The Battle of Sutjeska
as Borina majka
★7.3
MOVIE1972
Don't Torture a Duckling
as Dona Aurelia Avallone
★2.0
MOVIE2021
Morceaux de Cannes
★6.8
MOVIE1994
Jacob
as Rebekka
★6.0
MOVIE1971
Roma bene
as Elena Teopoulos
★4.9
MOVIE1979
Bloodline
as Simonetta Palazzi
★8.0
MOVIE1983
The Deserter
as Mariangela
★5.8
MOVIE1964
The Moon-Spinners
as Sophia
★7.3
MOVIE1987
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
as Madre de Angela
★6.1
MOVIE1968
The Brotherhood
as Ida Ginetta
★6.7
MOVIE1967
We Still Kill the Old Way
as Luisa Roscio
★5.2
MOVIE1987
High Season
as Penelope
★3.5
MOVIE1969
Behold Man - The Survivors
as Anna
★6.0
MOVIE1969
A Dream of Kings
as Caliope
★5.6
MOVIE1971
Oasis of Fear
as Barbara Slater
★6.1
MOVIE1976
Moses the Lawgiver
as Zippora
★7.6
MOVIE1969
The Odyssey
as Penelope
MOVIE2008
Il falso bugiardo
as Self (archive footage)
★4.9
MOVIE1987
Sweet Country
as Mrs. Araya
★5.4
MOVIE1954
Attila
as Grune
★4.8
MOVIE1979
Ring of Darkness
as Raffaella
★7.0
MOVIE1962
Electra
as Elektra
★7.6
MOVIE1961
Antigone
as Antigone
★3.3
MOVIE1954
The Missing Scientists
as Gina
★5.7
MOVIE1953
The Unfaithfuls
as Luisa Azzali
★7.2
MOVIE1979
Christ Stopped at Eboli
as Giulia Venere
★8.0
MOVIE1967
The Desperate Ones
as Ajmi
★9.0
MOVIE1972
The Murder of Julius Caesar
as Calpurnia
★5.1
MOVIE1985
The Assisi Underground
as Mother Giuseppina
★8.0
MOVIE1966
The Steps
as Joana
★8.5
MOVIE1953
Vortice
as Clara
★5.6
MOVIE1953
The Man From Cairo
as Yvonne Lebeau
★6.8
MOVIE1998
Inquietude
as Mother
★6.3
MOVIE1954
Theodora, Slave Empress
as Faidia
★7.0
MOVIE1967
Witness Out of Hell
as Lea Weiss
★7.2
MOVIE1972
N.P. - The Secret
as Casalinga
MOVIE2021
1821 at the Cinema
as (archive footage)
★5.6
MOVIE1959
The Lake of Sighs
as Frosyni
★6.8
MOVIE1987
A Child Called Jesus
as Old Maria
★8.0
MOVIE1973
1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
as Donna Mimma
★6.8
MOVIE1951
Dead City
as Lena
★3.9
MOVIE1992
Up, Down and Sideways
as Μαρία
★8.0
MOVIE1959
Pssst ... girls!
as Eleni
★9.0
MOVIE1993
Lettera da Parigi
as Gina
MOVIE1984
Afghanistan For What?
★4.2
MOVIE1999
Yerma
as Vieja pagana
★7.0
MOVIE1982
The Balad of Mamelouk
as Mamluk's Mother
★6.3
MOVIE1977
Blood Wedding
as La mère
MOVIE1993
Un Amore Rubato
★7.0
MOVIE1948
Fallen Angels
as Liana
★6.0
MOVIE2001
...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό
as Elena Michailovna