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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Irene Papas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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0.0
2021
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2008
Helena
7.1
2003
Pensioner · (1 episode)
0.0
2002
Elena Michailovna
5.0
2001
Drosoula
6.0
2001
Vieja pagana
3.5
1999
Mother
6.4
1998
Anticleia · (2 episodes)
7.2
1997
Irene
6.8
1996
Rebekka
6.8
1994
0.0
1993
Gina
0.0
1993
Μαρία
4.2
1992
Marquise
5.2
1989
Aurelia Perdomo · (6 episodes)
5.0
1989
Diotime
5.2
1989
Maria Amélia, la mère de Linda · (6 episodes)
1.0
1988
Old Maria · (4 episodes)
10.0
1987
Self · (1 episode)
6.2
1987
Penelope
5.3
1987
Madre de Angela
7.4
1987
Mrs. Araya
4.8
1987
Old Maria
6.6
1987
Mother Giuseppina
5.2
1985
Shaheen Parvici
6.5
1985
0.0
1984
Grandmother Amadis
6.1
1983
Mariangela
0.0
1983
Mamluk's Mother
4.0
1982
Self · (1 episode)
6.2
1982
Mabrouka
7.3
1981
La Signora
4.8
1981
Raffaella
5.1
1979
Simonetta Palazzi
4.9
1979
Giulia Venere
7.1
1979
Klytaimnistra
7.1
1977
La mère
5.0
1977
Hind
7.2
1976
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
1975
Zippora
5.9
1974
Raimonda Spina
5.0
1974
Borina majka
6.3
1973
Donna Mimma
0.0
1973
Dona Aurelia Avallone
7.3
1972
Casalinga
6.5
1972
Elena Teopoulos
6.0
1971
Barbara Slater
5.7
1971
Helen
6.1
1971
Queen Catherine
7.1
1969
Caliope
5.0
1969
Hélène, wife of the Deputy
7.8
1969
Anna
2.5
1969
Ida Ginetta
5.9
1968
Penelope
7.7
1968
Penelope · (8 episodes)
8.8
1968
Lea Weiss
6.7
1967
Luisa Roscio
6.6
1967
Ajmi
0.0
1967
Julia de Noirville
5.3
1966
Joana
0.0
1966
Widow
7.5
1964
Sophia
5.7
1964
Elektra
7.1
1962
Antigone
7.6
1961
Maria Pappadimos
7.3
1961
Laskarina Bouboulina
7.0
1959
Eleni
7.0
1959
Frosyni
5.6
1959
Jocasta Constantine
7.0
1956
Gina
3.3
1954
Grune
5.3
1954
Maxanne York · (1 episode)
3.0
1954
Faidia
5.9
1954
Self · (1 episode)
2.0
1954
Clara
7.0
1953
Yvonne Lebeau
5.0
1953
Luisa Azzali
5.7
1953
Lena
6.0
1951
Liana
6.0
1948