Irene Papas
Born
September 3, 1926
Died
September 14, 2022 (96 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Chiliomodi, Corinth, Greece
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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Known For
1821 at the Cinema
(archive footage)
2021
Il falso bugiardo
Self (archive footage)
2008
A Talking Picture
Helena
2003
Short Cuts
Pensioner · (1 episode)
2002
...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό
Elena Michailovna
2001
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Drosoula
2001
Yerma
Vieja pagana
1999
Inquietude
Mother
1998
The Odyssey
Anticleia
1997
The Odyssey
Anticleia · (2 episodes)
1997
Party
Irene
1996
Jacob
Rebekka
1994
Un Amore Rubato
1993
Lettera da Parigi
Gina
1993
Up, Down and Sideways
Μαρία
1992
Island
Marquise
1989
Oceano
Aurelia Perdomo · (6 episodes)
1989
Plato's Banquet
Diotime
1989
La Valise en carton
Maria Amélia, la mère de Linda · (6 episodes)
1988
Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus
Old Maria · (4 episodes)
1987
Sacrée soirée
Self · (1 episode)
1987
High Season
Penelope
1987
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Madre de Angela
1987
Sweet Country
Mrs. Araya
1987
A Child Called Jesus
Old Maria
1987
The Assisi Underground
Mother Giuseppina
1985
Into the Night
Shaheen Parvici
1985
Afghanistan For What?
1984
Erendira
Grandmother Amadis
1983
The Deserter
Mariangela
1983
The Balad of Mamelouk
Mamluk's Mother
1982
Champs-Elysées
Self · (1 episode)
1982
Lion of the Desert
Mabrouka
1981
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
La Signora
1981
Ring of Darkness
Raffaella
1979
Bloodline
Simonetta Palazzi
1979
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Giulia Venere
1979
Iphigenia
Klytaimnistra
1977
Blood Wedding
La mère
1977
The Message
Hind
1976
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · (1 episode)
1975
Moses the Lawgiver
Zippora
1974
Moses the Lawgiver
Zippora · (7 episodes)
1974
Bambina
Raimonda Spina
1974
The Battle of Sutjeska
Borina majka
1973
1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
Donna Mimma
1973
Don't Torture a Duckling
Dona Aurelia Avallone
1972
N.P. - The Secret
Casalinga
1972
The Murder of Julius Caesar
Calpurnia
1972
Roma bene
Elena Teopoulos
1971
Oasis of Fear
Barbara Slater
1971
The Trojan Women
Helen
1971
Anne of the Thousand Days
Queen Catherine
1969
A Dream of Kings
Caliope
1969
Z
Hélène, wife of the Deputy
1969
Behold Man - The Survivors
Anna
1969
The Brotherhood
Ida Ginetta
1968
Odissea
Penelope
1968
The Odyssey
Penelope · (8 episodes)
1968
Witness Out of Hell
Lea Weiss
1967
We Still Kill the Old Way
Luisa Roscio
1967
The Desperate Ones
Ajmi
1967
Trap for the Assassin
Julia de Noirville
1966
The Steps
Joana
1966
Zorba the Greek
Widow
1964
The Moon-Spinners
Sophia
1964
Electra
Elektra
1962
Antigone
Antigone
1961
The Guns of Navarone
Maria Pappadimos
1961
Bouboulina
Laskarina Bouboulina
1959
Pssst ... girls!
Eleni
1959
The Lake of Sighs
Frosyni
1959
Tribute to a Bad Man
Jocasta Constantine
1956
The Missing Scientists
Gina
1954
Attila
Grune
1954
Climax!
Maxanne York · (1 episode)
1954
Theodora, Slave Empress
Faidia
1954
Reflets de Cannes
Self · (1 episode)
1954
Vortice
Clara
1953
The Man From Cairo
Yvonne Lebeau
1953
The Unfaithfuls
Luisa Azzali
1953
Dead City
Lena
1951
Fallen Angels
Liana
1948