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Irene Papas
Actor, Director
Born September 3, 1926Died September 14, 2022 (96 years)
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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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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Known For
Filmography
| 2004 | Ecuba · as Cast |
| 2003 | A Talking Picture · as Helena |
| 2002 | Short Cuts (TV Series) · as Pensioner |
| 2001 | Captain Corelli's Mandolin · as Drosoula |
| 1998 | Yerma · as Vieja Pagana |
| 1998 | Anxiety · as Mother |
| 1997 | The Odyssey (1997) (TV Series) · as Anticleia |
| 1996 | Party · as Irene |
| 1994 | Jacob · as Rebekka |
| 1992 | Up, Down and Sideways · as Μαρία |
| 1990 | Un bambino di nome Gesù · as Old Maria |
| 1989 | Island · as Marquise |
| 1989 | Ocean (TV Series) · as Aurelia Perdomo |
| 1989 | Le banquet · as Diotime |
| 1988 | La valise en carton (TV Series) · as Maria Amélia, La Mère De Linda |
| 1987 | Sweet Country · as Mrs. Araya |
| 1987 | High Season · as Penelope |
| 1987 | Chronicle of a Death Foretold · as Madre De Angela |
| 1985 | The Assisi Underground · as Mother Giuseppina |
| 1985 | Into the Night · as Shaheen Parvici |
| 1983 | Erendira · as Grandmother Amadis |
| 1981 | L'assistente sociale tutto pepe · as La Signora |
| 1980 | Lion of the Desert · as Mabrouka |
| 1979 | Ring of Darkness · as Raffaella |
| 1979 | Bloodline · as Simonetta Palazzi |
| 1979 | Christ Stopped at Eboli · as Giulia Venere |
| 1977 | Iphigenia · as Klytaimnistra |
| 1976 | The Message · as Hind |
| 1976 | Moses the Lawgiver · as Zippora |
| 1974 | Bambina · as Raimonda Spina |
| 1974 | Moses the Lawgiver (TV Series) · as Zipporah |
| 1973 | The Battle of Sutjeska · as Borina Majka |
| 1973 | Pete, Pearl & the Pole · as Donna Mimma |
| 1972 | Don't Torture a Duckling · as Dona Aurelia Avallone |
| 1971 | Roma bene · as Elena Teopoulos |
| 1971 | The Trojan Women · as Helen |
| 1971 | Oasis of Fear · as Barbara Slater |
| 1971 | N.P. · as Casalinga |
| 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 | Ecce Homo - I sopravvissuti · as Anna |
| 1968 | The Brotherhood · as Ida Ginetta |
| 1968 | Die Odyssee · as Penelope |
| 1968 | The Odyssey (1968) (TV Series) · as Penelope |
| 1967 | We Still Kill the Old Way · as Luisa Roscio |
| 1967 | Beyond the Mountains · as Ajmi |
| 1966 | Witness Out of Hell · as Lea Weiss |
| 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 | Bouboulina · as Laskarina Bouboulina |
| 1959 | The Lake of Sighs · as Frosyni |
| 1956 | Tribute to a Bad Man · as Jocasta Constantine |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1955 | The Missing Scientists · as Gina |
| 1954 | Attila · as Grune |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Maxanne York |
| 1954 | Theodora, Slave Empress · as Faidia |
| 1953 | Vortice · as Clara |
| 1953 | One of Those · as Monica |
| 1953 | The Man from Cairo · as Yvonne Lebeau |
| 1953 | The Unfaithfuls · as Luisa Azzali |
| 1951 | Dead City · as Lena |
| 1948 | Fallen Angels · as Liana |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Girl |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre (TV Series) · as Woman |