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  • BIRTH 03/09/1926
  • DEATH 14/09/2022
  • Country Greece
  • SHOWS 2
  • MOVIES 24

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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Irene Papas

Shows (2)

The Odyssey (1997)
The Odyssey (1997)
Anticleia
The Odyssey (1968)
The Odyssey (1968)
Penelope

Movies (24)

Z
Z
Hélène, wife of the Deputy
The Guns of Navarone
The Guns of Navarone
Maria Pappadimos
Non si sevizia un paperino
Non si sevizia un paperino
Dona Aurelia Avallone
The Message
The Message
Hind
Into the Night
Into the Night
Shaheen Parvici
The Moon-Spinners
The Moon-Spinners
Sophia
Αλέξης Ζορμπάς
Αλέξης Ζορμπάς
Widow
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Drosoula
Lion of the Desert
Lion of the Desert
Mabrouka
Tribute to a Bad Man
Tribute to a Bad Man
Jocasta Constantine
Sweet Country
Sweet Country
Mrs. Araya
The Brotherhood
The Brotherhood
Ida Ginetta
Jacob
Jacob
Rebekka
Eréndira
Eréndira
Grandmother Amadis
Αντιγόνη
Αντιγόνη
Antigone
Bloodline
Bloodline
Simonetta Palazzi
Le farò da padre
Le farò da padre
Raimonda Spina
Attila
Attila
Grune
Teodora, imperatrice di Bisanzio
Teodora, imperatrice di Bisanzio
Faidia
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli
Giulia Venere
Anne of the Thousand Days
Anne of the Thousand Days
Queen Catherine
A ciascuno il suo
A ciascuno il suo
Luisa Roscio
Ηλέκτρα
Ηλέκτρα
Elektra
N.P. - Il segreto
N.P. - Il segreto
Casalinga