- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 3, 1929
- Place of Birth
- Chiliomodi, Corinth, Greece
- Died
- September 14, 2022
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 Ven…
Filmography
movie1821 at the Cinema
2021 · (archive footage)
movieMorceaux de Cannes
2021
movieIl falso bugiardo
2008 · Self (archive footage)
movieA Talking Picture
2003 · Helena
Short Cuts
2002 · Pensioner
movie...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό
2001 · Elena Michailovna
movieCaptain Corelli's Mandolin
2001 · Drosoula
movieYerma
1999 · Vieja pagana
movieInquietude
1998 · Mother
tvThe Odyssey
1997 · Anticleia
movieParty
1996 · Irene
movieJacob
1994 · Rebekka
Un Amore Rubato
1993
movieLettera da Parigi
1993 · Gina
movieUp, Down and Sideways
1992 · Μαρία
movieIsland
1989 · Marquise
tvOceano
1989 · Aurelia Perdomo
moviePlato's Banquet
1989 · Diotime
tvLa Valise en carton
1988 · Maria Amélia, la mère de Linda
tvEin Kind mit Namen Jesus
1987 · Old Maria
tvSacrée soirée
1987 · Self
movieHigh Season
1987 · Penelope
movieChronicle of a Death Foretold
1987 · Madre de Angela
movieSweet Country
1987 · Mrs. Araya
movieA Child Called Jesus
1987 · Old Maria
movieThe Assisi Underground
1985 · Mother Giuseppina
movieInto the Night
1985 · Shaheen Parvici
movieAfghanistan For What?
1984
movieErendira
1983 · Grandmother Amadis
movieThe Deserter
1983 · Mariangela
movieThe Balad of Mamelouk
1982 · Mamluk's Mother
tvChamps-Elysées
1982 · Self
movieLion of the Desert
1981 · Mabrouka
movieL'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
1981 · La Signora
movieRing of Darkness
1979 · Raffaella
movieBloodline
1979 · Simonetta Palazzi
movieChrist Stopped at Eboli
1979 · Giulia Venere
movieIphigenia
1977 · Klytaimnistra
movieBlood Wedding
1977 · La mère
movieMoses the Lawgiver
1976 · Zippora
movieThe Message
1976 · Hind
tvLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
tvMoses the Lawgiver
1974 · Zipporah
movieBambina
1974 · Raimonda Spina
movieThe Battle of Sutjeska
1973 · Borina majka
movie1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
1973 · Donna Mimma
movieDon't Torture a Duckling
1972 · Dona Aurelia Avallone
movieN.P. - The Secret
1972 · Casalinga
movieThe Murder of Julius Caesar
1972 · Calpurnia
movieRoma bene
1971 · Elena Teopoulos
movieOasis of Fear
1971 · Barbara Slater
movieThe Trojan Women
1971 · Helen
movieAnne of the Thousand Days
1969 · Queen Catherine
movieA Dream of Kings
1969 · Caliope
movieThe Odyssey
1969 · Penelope
movieZ
1969 · Hélène
movieBehold Man - The Survivors
1969 · Anna
movieThe Brotherhood
1968 · Ida Ginetta
tvThe Odyssey
1968 · Penelope
movieThe Desperate Ones
1967 · Ajmi
movieWitness Out of Hell
1967 · Lea Weiss
movieWe Still Kill the Old Way
1967 · Luisa Roscio
movieTrap for the Assassin
1966 · Julia de Noirville
movieThe Steps
1966 · Joana
movieZorba the Greek
1964 · Widow
movieThe Moon-Spinners
1964 · Sophia
movieElectra
1962 · Elektra
movieAntigone
1961 · Antigone
movieThe Guns of Navarone
1961 · Maria Pappadimos
movieBouboulina
1959 · Laskarina Bouboulina
moviePssst ... girls!
1959 · Eleni
movieThe Lake of Sighs
1959 · Frosyni
movieTribute to a Bad Man
1956 · Jocasta Constantine
tvMGM Parade
1955 · self
movieThe Missing Scientists
1954 · Gina
movieAttila
1954 · Grune
tvClimax!
1954 · Maxanne York
movieTheodora, Slave Empress
1954 · Faidia
tvReflets de Cannes
1954 · Self
movieVortice
1953 · Clara
movieThe Man From Cairo
1953 · Yvonne Lebeau
movieThe Unfaithfuls
1953 · Luisa Azzali
movieDead City
1951 · Lena
movieFallen Angels
1948 · Liana