Irene Papas
Acting
1929-09-03 · 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.
Filmography
1821 at the Cinema
2021 · Movie
Morceaux de Cannes
2021 · Movie
Il falso bugiardo
2008 · Movie
A Talking Picture
2003 · Movie
Short Cuts
2002 · Series
...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό
2001 · Movie
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2001 · Movie
Yerma
1999 · Movie
Inquietude
1998 · Movie
The Odyssey
1997 · Series
Party
1996 · Movie
Jacob
1994 · Movie
Un Amore Rubato
1993 · Movie
Lettera da Parigi
1993 · Movie
Up, Down and Sideways
1992 · Movie
Enopios Enopio
1991 · Series
Island
1989 · Movie
Oceano
1989 · Series
Plato's Banquet
1989 · Movie
La Valise en carton
1988 · Series
Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus
1987 · Series
Sacrée soirée
1987 · Series
High Season
1987 · Movie
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1987 · Movie
Sweet Country
1987 · Movie
A Child Called Jesus
1987 · Movie
The Assisi Underground
1985 · Movie
Into the Night
1985 · Movie
Afghanistan For What?
1984 · Movie
Erendira
1983 · Movie
The Deserter
1983 · Movie
The Balad of Mamelouk
1982 · Movie
Champs-Elysées
1982 · Series
Lion of the Desert
1981 · Movie
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
1981 · Movie
Ring of Darkness
1979 · Movie
Bloodline
1979 · Movie
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979 · Movie
Iphigenia
1977 · Movie
Blood Wedding
1977 · Movie
Moses the Lawgiver
1976 · Movie
The Message
1976 · Movie
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Series
Moses the Lawgiver
1974 · Series
Bambina
1974 · Movie
The Battle of Sutjeska
1973 · Movie
1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
1973 · Movie
Don't Torture a Duckling
1972 · Movie
N.P. - The Secret
1972 · Movie
The Murder of Julius Caesar
1972 · Movie
Roma bene
1971 · Movie
Oasis of Fear
1971 · Movie
The Trojan Women
1971 · Movie
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969 · Movie
A Dream of Kings
1969 · Movie
The Odyssey
1969 · Movie
Z
1969 · Movie
Behold Man - The Survivors
1969 · Movie
The Brotherhood
1968 · Movie
The Odyssey
1968 · Series
The Desperate Ones
1967 · Movie
Witness Out of Hell
1967 · Movie
We Still Kill the Old Way
1967 · Movie
Trap for the Assassin
1966 · Movie
The Steps
1966 · Movie
Zorba the Greek
1964 · Movie
The Moon-Spinners
1964 · Movie
Electra
1962 · Movie
Antigone
1961 · Movie
The Guns of Navarone
1961 · Movie
Bouboulina
1959 · Movie
The Lake of Sighs
1959 · Movie
Pssst ... girls!
1959 · Movie
Tribute to a Bad Man
1956 · Movie
MGM Parade
1955 · Series
The Missing Scientists
1954 · Movie
Attila
1954 · Movie
Climax!
1954 · Series
Theodora, Slave Empress
1954 · Movie
Reflets de Cannes
1954 · Series
Vortice
1953 · Movie
The Man From Cairo
1953 · Movie
The Unfaithfuls
1953 · Movie
Dead City
1951 · Movie
Fallen Angels
1948 · Movie