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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Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1926-09-03
Place of birth
Chiliomodi, Corinth, Greece
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Cast
Bloodline
1979
4.90
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2001
6.00
Zorba the Greek
1964
7.40
Moses the Lawgiver
1976
5.80
Ring of Darkness
1979
4.60
Jacob
1994
6.50
Z
1969
7.77
The Guns of Navarone
1961
7.30
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
7.10
The Message
1976
7.23
Lion Of The Desert
1981
7.30
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979
7.10
The Moon-Spinners
1964
5.80
Odissea
1968
7.70
Oasis of Fear
1971
5.50
Iphigenia
1977
6.90
The Trojan Women
1971
6.17
Electra
1962
7.00
Don't Torture a Duckling
1972
7.30
Bambina
1974
4.90
We Still Kill the Old Way
1967
6.63
The Brotherhood
1968
5.90
Tribute to a Bad Man
1956
7.00
Attila
1954
5.30
High Season
1987
5.00
Roma bene
1971
5.64
The Balad of Mamelouk
1982
4.00
The Battle of Sutjeska
1973
6.30
Plato's Banquet
1989
4.69
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1987
7.30
Island
1989
5.20
The Man From Cairo
1953
5.00
The Assisi Underground
1985
5.20
Behold Man - The Survivors
1969
2.00
Antigone
1961
7.60
Erendira
1983
5.88
Witness Out of Hell
1967
6.70
A Child Called Jesus
1987
6.60
Dead City
1951
6.00
1821 at the Cinema
2021
0.00
N.P. - The Secret
1972
6.80
Into the Night
1985
6.51
Vortice
1953
7.00
Theodora, Slave Empress
1954
5.90
Blood Wedding
1977
5.00
Up, Down and Sideways
1992
3.90
A Talking Picture
2003
6.60
The Unfaithfuls
1953
5.25
A Dream of Kings
1969
5.00
Trap for the Assassin
1966
5.40
The Missing Scientists
1954
3.30
Party
1996
6.30
Inquietude
1998
6.40
The Desperate Ones
1967
0.00
Bouboulina
1959
7.00
Sweet Country
1987
4.43
Fallen Angels
1948
6.00
Yerma
1999
3.00
The Steps
1966
0.00
Pssst ... girls!
1959
7.00
The Lake of Sighs
1959
4.83
Il falso bugiardo
2008
0.00
...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό
2001
5.00
The Deserter
1983
0.00
Afghanistan For What?
1984
0.00
Un Amore Rubato
1993
0.00
Lettera da Parigi
1993
0.00
The Murder of Julius Caesar
1972
0.00