Irene Papas
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
81
Gender
Female
Birthday
1926-09-03 (98 years old)
Place of Birth
Chiliomodi, Corinth, Greece
Acting

2021

1821 at the Cinema as (archive footage)

2008

Il falso bugiardo as Self (archive footage)

2003

A Talking Picture as Helena

2002

Short Cuts as Pensioner

1999

Yerma as Vieja pagana

1998

Anxiety as Mother

1997

The Odyssey as Anticleia

1996

Party as Irene

1994

Jacob as Rebekka

1993

Un Amore Rubato as Not available

1993

Lettera da Parigi as Gina

1992

Up, Down and Sideways as Μαρία

1989

Oceano as Aurelia Perdomo

1989

Plato's Banquet as Diotime

1989

Island as Marquise

1988

La Valise en carton as Maria Amélia, la mère de Linda

1987

Sacrée soirée as Self

1987

Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus as Old Maria

1987

High Season as Penelope

1987

Chronicle of a Death Foretold as Madre de Angela

1987

A Child Called Jesus as Old Maria

1987

Sweet Country as Mrs. Araya

1985

Into the Night as Shaheen Parvici

1985

The Assisi Underground as Mother Giuseppina

1984

أفغانستان لماذا؟ as Not available

1983

The Deserter as Mariangela

1983

Erendira as Grandmother Amadis

1982

Champs-Elysées as Self

1982

The Balad of Mamelouk as Mamluk's Mother

1981

Lion of the Desert as Mabrouka

1979

Bloodline as Simonetta Palazzi

1979

Christ Stopped at Eboli as Giulia Venere

1979

Ring of Darkness as Raffaella

1977

Iphigenia as Klytaimnistra

1977

Blood Wedding as La mère

1976

The Message as Hind

1974

Bambina as Raimonda Spina

1974

Moses the Lawgiver as Zippora

1974

Moses the Lawgiver as Zippora

1973

The Battle of Sutjeska as Borina majka

1972

Don't Torture a Duckling as Dona Aurelia Avallone

1972

N.P. - The Secret as Casalinga

1971

The Trojan Women as Helen

1971

Roma bene as Elena Teopoulos

1971

Oasis of Fear as Barbara Slater

1969

Z as Hélène, wife of the Deputy

1969

Anne of the Thousand Days as Queen Catherine

1969

A Dream of Kings as Caliope

1968

The Odyssey as Penelope

1968

The Brotherhood as Ida Ginetta

1968

Odissea as Penelope

1967

We Still Kill the Old Way as Luisa Roscio

1967

Witness Out of Hell as Lea Weiss

1967

The Desperate Ones as Ajmi

1966

Trap for the Assassin as Julia de Noirville

1966

The Steps as Joana

1964

Zorba the Greek as Widow

1964

The Moon-Spinners as Sophia

1962

Electra as Elektra

1961

The Guns of Navarone as Maria Pappadimos

1961

Antigone as Antigone

1959

Pssst ... girls! as Eleni

1959

Bouboulina as Laskarina Bouboulina

1959

The Lake of Sighs as Frosyni

1956

Tribute to a Bad Man as Jocasta Constantine

1954

Climax! as Maxanne York

1954

Reflets de Cannes as Self

1954

Attila as Grune

1953

The Unfaithfuls as Luisa Azzali

1953

Vortice as Clara

1953

The Man From Cairo as Yvonne Lebeau

1951

Dead City as Lena

1948

Fallen Angels as Liana