Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 3, 1926
Place of Birth:
Chiliomodi, Corinth, Greece
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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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1821 at the Cinema | (archive footage) |
| 2008 | Il falso bugiardo | Self (archive footage) |
| 2003 | A Talking Picture | Helena |
| 2001 | Captain Corelli's Mandolin | Drosoula |
| 2001 | ...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό | Elena Michailovna |
| 1999 | Yerma | Vieja pagana |
| 1998 | Inquietude | Mother |
| 1996 | Party | Irene |
| 1994 | Jacob | Rebekka |
| 1993 | Un Amore Rubato | |
| 1993 | Lettera da Parigi | Gina |
| 1992 | Up, Down and Sideways | Μαρία |
| 1989 | Plato's Banquet | Diotime |
| 1989 | Island | Marquise |
| 1987 | High Season | Penelope |
| 1987 | Chronicle of a Death Foretold | Madre de Angela |
| 1987 | A Child Called Jesus | Old Maria |
| 1987 | Sweet Country | Mrs. Araya |
| 1985 | The Assisi Underground | Mother Giuseppina |
| 1985 | Into the Night | Shaheen Parvici |
| 1984 | أفغانستان لماذا؟ | |
| 1983 | Erendira | Grandmother Amadis |
| 1983 | The Deserter | Mariangela |
| 1982 | The Balad of Mamelouk | Mamluk's Mother |
| 1981 | Lion of the Desert | Mabrouka |
| 1981 | L'assistente sociale tutto pepe... | La Signora |
| 1979 | Bloodline | Simonetta Palazzi |
| 1979 | Ring of Darkness | Raffaella |
| 1979 | Christ Stopped at Eboli | Giulia Venere |
| 1977 | Iphigenia | Klytaimnistra |
| 1977 | Blood Wedding | La mère |
| 1976 | The Message | Hind |
| 1974 | Moses the Lawgiver | Zippora |
| 1974 | Bambina | Raimonda Spina |
| 1973 | The Battle of Sutjeska | Borina majka |
| 1973 | 1931: Once Upon a Time in New York | Donna Mimma |
| 1972 | Don't Torture a Duckling | Dona Aurelia Avallone |
| 1972 | N.P. - The Secret | Casalinga |
| 1972 | The Murder of Julius Caesar | Calpurnia |
| 1971 | Oasis of Fear | Barbara Slater |
| 1971 | The Trojan Women | Helen |
| 1971 | Roma bene | Elena Teopoulos |
| 1969 | Z | Hélène, wife of the Deputy |
| 1969 | Anne of the Thousand Days | Queen Catherine |
| 1969 | Behold Man - The Survivors | Anna |
| 1969 | A Dream of Kings | Caliope |
| 1968 | Odissea | Penelope |
| 1968 | The Brotherhood | Ida Ginetta |
| 1967 | We Still Kill the Old Way | Luisa Roscio |
| 1967 | Witness Out of Hell | Lea Weiss |
| 1967 | The Desperate Ones | Ajmi |
| 1966 | Trap for the Assassin | Julia de Noirville |
| 1966 | The Steps | Joana |
| 1964 | Zorba the Greek | Widow |
| 1964 | The Moon-Spinners | Sophia |
| 1962 | Electra | Elektra |
| 1961 | The Guns of Navarone | Maria Pappadimos |
| 1961 | Antigone | Antigone |
| 1959 | Bouboulina | Laskarina Bouboulina |
| 1959 | Pssst ... girls! | Eleni |
| 1959 | The Lake of Sighs | Frosyni |
| 1956 | Tribute to a Bad Man | Jocasta Constantine |
| 1954 | Attila | Grune |
| 1954 | Theodora, Slave Empress | Faidia |
| 1954 | The Missing Scientists | Gina |
| 1953 | The Man From Cairo | Yvonne Lebeau |
| 1953 | Vortice | Clara |
| 1953 | The Unfaithfuls | Luisa Azzali |
| 1951 | Dead City | Lena |
| 1948 | Fallen Angels | Liana |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Short Cuts | Pensioner |
| 1997 | The Odyssey | Anticleia |
| 1989 | Oceano | Aurelia Perdomo |
| 1988 | La Valise en carton | Maria Amélia, la mère de Linda |
| 1987 | Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus | Old Maria |
| 1987 | Sacrée soirée | Self |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self |
| 1974 | Moses the Lawgiver | Zippora |
| 1968 | The Odyssey | Penelope |
| 1954 | Climax! | Maxanne York |
| 1954 | Reflets de Cannes | Self |