Irene Papas
Biography
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.
Known For
Simonetta Palazzi
Bloodline
Drosoula
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Widow
Αλέξης Ζορμπάς
Zippora
Moses the Lawgiver
Raffaella
Un ombra nell'ombra
Rebekka
Jacob
Hélène, wife of the Deputy
Z
Maria Pappadimos
The Guns of Navarone
Queen Catherine
Anne of the Thousand Days
Hind
The Message
Mabrouka
Lion of the Desert
Giulia Venere
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli
Sophia
The Moon-Spinners
Penelope
Odissea
Barbara Slater
Un posto ideale per uccidere
Klytaimnistra
Ιφιγένεια
Helen
The Trojan Women
Elektra
Ηλέκτρα
Dona Aurelia Avallone
Non si sevizia un paperino
Raimonda Spina
Le farò da padre
Luisa Roscio
A ciascuno il suo
Ida Ginetta
The Brotherhood
Jocasta Constantine
Tribute to a Bad Man
Grune
Attila
Penelope
High Season
Elena Teopoulos
Roma bene
Mamluk's Mother
سراب
Borina majka
Sutjeska
Diotime
Il banchetto di Platone
Madre de Angela
Cronaca di una morte annunciata
Marquise
Island
Yvonne Lebeau
The Man From Cairo
Mother Giuseppina
The Assisi Underground
Anna
Ecce Homo - I Sopravvissuti
Antigone
Αντιγόνη
Grandmother Amadis
Eréndira
Lea Weiss
Die Zeugin aus der Hölle
Old Maria
Un bambino di nome Gesú
Lena
Νεκρή πολιτεία
(archive footage)
Το 1821 στον Κινηματογράφο
Casalinga
N.P. - Il segreto
Shaheen Parvici
Into the Night
Clara
Vortice
Faidia
Teodora, imperatrice di Bisanzio
Donna Mimma
Piazza pulita
La mère
عرس الدم
Μαρία
Πάνω Κάτω και Πλαγίως
Helena
Um Filme Falado
Luisa Azzali
Le infedeli
Caliope
A Dream of Kings
Julia de Noirville
Roger la Honte
La Signora
L'assistente sociale tutta pepe e tutta sale
Gina
The Missing Scientists
Irene
Party
Mother
Inquietude
Ajmi
The Desperate Ones
Laskarina Bouboulina
Μπουμπουλίνα
Mrs. Araya
Sweet Country
Liana
Χαμένοι άγγελοι
Vieja pagana
Yerma
Joana
Τα σκαλοπάτια
Eleni
Ψιτ... κορίτσια!
Frosyni
Η Λίμνη των Στεναγμών
Self (archive footage)
Il falso bugiardo
Elena Michailovna
...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό
Mariangela
Il disertore
أفغانستان لماذا؟
Un Amore Rubato
Gina
Lettera da Parigi
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
69
Gender
Female
Birthday
1926-09-03
Place of Birth
Chiliomodi, Corinth, Greece
Also Known As
Ирен Папас