Irene Papas
Known for: Acting
Born: September 3, 1929
Died: September 14, 2022
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
71 movies · 14 TV shows, newest first
NR
1821 at the Cinema
2021
2.0
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
NR
Il falso bugiardo
2008
6.7
A Talking Picture
20037.0
Short Cuts
2002
6.0
...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό
2001
5.9
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2001
4.2
Yerma
1999
6.8
Inquietude
1998
7.3
The Odyssey
1997
6.5
Party
1996
6.7
Jacob
1994NR
Un Amore Rubato
1993
9.0
Lettera da Parigi
1993
3.9
Up, Down and Sideways
1992NR
Enopios Enopio
1991
5.6
Island
1989
7.0
Oceano
1989
4.9
Plato's Banquet
1989
3.7
La Valise en carton
1988
8.5
Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus
1987
5.7
Sacrée soirée
1987
5.1
High Season
1987
7.3
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1987
4.9
Sweet Country
1987
6.8
A Child Called Jesus
1987
4.8
The Assisi Underground
1985
6.5
Into the Night
1985
NR
Afghanistan For What?
1984
6.1
Erendira
1983
8.0
The Deserter
1983
7.0
The Balad of Mamelouk
1982
6.8
Champs-Elysées
1982
7.3
Lion of the Desert
1981
5.1
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
1981
4.8
Ring of Darkness
1979
4.9
Bloodline
1979
7.2
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979
7.0
Iphigenia
1977
6.3
Blood Wedding
1977
5.7
Moses the Lawgiver
1976
7.1
The Message
1976
6.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
NR
Moses the Lawgiver
1974
4.9
Bambina
1974
6.6
The Battle of Sutjeska
1973
8.0
1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
1973
7.3
Don't Torture a Duckling
1972
6.4
N.P. - The Secret
1972
9.0
The Murder of Julius Caesar
1972
6.0
Roma bene
1971
5.6
Oasis of Fear
1971
6.2
The Trojan Women
1971
7.1
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
6.0
A Dream of Kings
1969
7.6
The Odyssey
1969
7.8
Z
1969
3.5
Behold Man - The Survivors
1969
6.1
The Brotherhood
1968
8.5
The Odyssey
1968
8.0
The Desperate Ones
1967
7.0
Witness Out of Hell
1967
6.7
We Still Kill the Old Way
1967
5.9
Trap for the Assassin
1966
8.0
The Steps
1966
7.5
Zorba the Greek
1964
5.8
The Moon-Spinners
1964
7.0
Electra
1962
7.6
Antigone
1961
7.3
The Guns of Navarone
1961
6.8
Bouboulina
1959
8.0
Pssst ... girls!
1959
5.6
The Lake of Sighs
1959
7.0
Tribute to a Bad Man
1956
7.5
MGM Parade
1955
3.3
The Missing Scientists
1954
5.4
Attila
1954
3.8
Climax!
1954
6.3
Theodora, Slave Empress
1954
5.0
Reflets de Cannes
1954
8.5
Vortice
1953
5.6
The Man From Cairo
1953
5.7
The Unfaithfuls
1953
6.8
Dead City
1951
7.0
Fallen Angels
1948