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.
The Guns of Navarone
as Maria Pappadimos
Into the Night
as Shaheen Parvici
Bambina
as Raimonda Spina
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
as Drosoula
The Message
as Hind
Zorba the Greek
as Widow
Jacob
as Rebekka
Lion of the Desert
as Mabrouka
The Unfaithfuls
as Luisa Azzali
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Queen Catherine
Z
as Hélène
The Brotherhood
as Ida Ginetta
Erendira
as Grandmother Amadis
Attila
as Grune
Yerma
as Vieja pagana
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
as Madre de Angela
Bloodline
as Simonetta Palazzi
Morceaux de Cannes
The Trojan Women
as Helen
The Battle of Sutjeska
as Borina majka
Ring of Darkness
as Raffaella
A Dream of Kings
as Caliope
The Desperate Ones
as Ajmi
Iphigenia
as Klytaimnistra
Trap for the Assassin
as Julia de Noirville
The Moon-Spinners
as Sophia
Roma bene
as Elena Teopoulos
A Talking Picture
as Helena
Don't Torture a Duckling
as Dona Aurelia Avallone
We Still Kill the Old Way
as Luisa Roscio
Plato's Banquet
as Diotime
Moses the Lawgiver
as Zippora
High Season
as Penelope
Tribute to a Bad Man
as Jocasta Constantine
Oasis of Fear
as Barbara Slater
Island
as Marquise
Christ Stopped at Eboli
as Giulia Venere
The Deserter
as Mariangela
Odissea
as Penelope
Antigone
as Antigone
Bouboulina
as Laskarina Bouboulina
Electra
as Elektra
Sweet Country
as Mrs. Araya
Inquietude
as Mother
The Assisi Underground
as Mother Giuseppina
Party
as Irene
Behold Man - The Survivors
as Anna
The Man From Cairo
as Yvonne Lebeau
Il falso bugiardo
as Self (archive footage)
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
as La Signora
N.P. - The Secret
as Casalinga
Pssst ... girls!
as Eleni
A Child Called Jesus
as Old Maria
Theodora, Slave Empress
as Faidia
Vortice
as Clara
1821 at the Cinema
as (archive footage)
Witness Out of Hell
as Lea Weiss
The Lake of Sighs
as Frosyni
The Murder of Julius Caesar
as Calpurnia
1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
as Donna Mimma
Lettera da Parigi
as Gina
The Missing Scientists
as Gina
Up, Down and Sideways
as Μαρία
Dead City
as Lena
Fallen Angels
as Liana
The Balad of Mamelouk
as Mamluk's Mother
Blood Wedding
as La mère
The Steps
as Joana
...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό
as Elena Michailovna
Afghanistan For What?
