Irene Papas

Known for ActingBorn 1929-09-03Died 2022-09-14Chiliomodi, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Lettera da Parigi

The Murder of Julius Caesar

Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus

The Odyssey

Vortice

The Deserter

1931: Once Upon a Time in New York

The Desperate Ones

The Steps

Pssst ... girls!

Z

The Odyssey

The Odyssey

Antigone

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Lion of the Desert

Zorba the Greek

MGM Parade

Don't Torture a Duckling

Short Cuts

Christ Stopped at Eboli

The Guns of Navarone

The Message

Oceano

Anne of the Thousand Days

The Balad of Mamelouk

Inquietude

Iphigenia

A Talking Picture

A Child Called Jesus

Jacob

Witness Out of Hell

Electra

Champs-Elysées

Tribute to a Bad Man

Fallen Angels

Party

Bouboulina

We Still Kill the Old Way

Into the Night

The Battle of Sutjeska

Dead City

N.P. - The Secret

Blood Wedding

...and the train leaves for the sky

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Erendira

The Trojan Women