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Irene Papas

Irene Papas is known for acting, with popular credits including Bloodline, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Zorba the Greek, Moses the Lawgiver.

Born 03 Sep 1929 Chiliomodi, Corinth, Greece

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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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2021 1821 at the Cinema as (archive footage) movie 2021 Morceaux de Cannes movie 2008 Il falso bugiardo as Self (archive footage) movie 2003 A Talking Picture as Helena movie 2002 Short Cuts as Pensioner tv 2001 ...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό as Elena Michailovna movie 2001 Captain Corelli's Mandolin as Drosoula movie 1999 Yerma as Vieja pagana movie 1998 Inquietude as Mother movie 1997 The Odyssey as Anticleia tv 1996 Party as Irene movie 1994 Jacob as Rebekka movie 1993 Un Amore Rubato movie 1993 Lettera da Parigi as Gina movie 1992 Up, Down and Sideways as Μαρία movie 1989 Island as Marquise movie 1989 Oceano as Aurelia Perdomo tv 1989 Plato's Banquet as Diotime movie 1988 La Valise en carton as Maria Amélia, la mère de Linda tv 1987 Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus as Old Maria tv 1987 Sacrée soirée as Self tv 1987 High Season as Penelope movie 1987 Chronicle of a Death Foretold as Madre de Angela movie 1987 Sweet Country as Mrs. Araya movie 1987 A Child Called Jesus as Old Maria movie 1985 The Assisi Underground as Mother Giuseppina movie 1985 Into the Night as Shaheen Parvici movie 1984 Afghanistan For What? movie 1983 Erendira as Grandmother Amadis movie 1983 The Deserter as Mariangela movie 1982 The Balad of Mamelouk as Mamluk's Mother movie 1982 Champs-Elysées as Self tv 1981 Lion of the Desert as Mabrouka movie 1981 L'assistente sociale tutto pepe... as La Signora movie 1979 Ring of Darkness as Raffaella movie 1979 Bloodline as Simonetta Palazzi movie 1979 Christ Stopped at Eboli as Giulia Venere movie 1977 Iphigenia as Klytaimnistra movie 1977 Blood Wedding as La mère movie 1976 Moses the Lawgiver as Zippora movie 1976 The Message as Hind movie 1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self tv 1974 Moses the Lawgiver as Zipporah tv 1974 Bambina as Raimonda Spina movie 1973 The Battle of Sutjeska as Borina majka movie 1973 1931: Once Upon a Time in New York as Donna Mimma movie 1972 Don't Torture a Duckling as Dona Aurelia Avallone movie 1972 N.P. - The Secret as Casalinga movie 1972 The Murder of Julius Caesar as Calpurnia movie 1971 Roma bene as Elena Teopoulos movie 1971 Oasis of Fear as Barbara Slater movie 1971 The Trojan Women as Helen movie 1969 Anne of the Thousand Days as Queen Catherine movie 1969 A Dream of Kings as Caliope movie 1969 Z as Hélène movie 1969 Behold Man - The Survivors as Anna movie 1968 The Brotherhood as Ida Ginetta movie 1968 Odissea as Penelope movie 1968 The Odyssey as Penelope tv 1967 The Desperate Ones as Ajmi movie 1967 Witness Out of Hell as Lea Weiss movie 1967 We Still Kill the Old Way as Luisa Roscio movie 1966 Trap for the Assassin as Julia de Noirville movie 1966 The Steps as Joana movie 1964 Zorba the Greek as Widow movie 1964 The Moon-Spinners as Sophia movie 1962 Electra as Elektra movie 1961 Antigone as Antigone movie 1961 The Guns of Navarone as Maria Pappadimos movie 1959 Bouboulina as Laskarina Bouboulina movie 1959 Pssst ... girls! as Eleni movie 1959 The Lake of Sighs as Frosyni movie 1956 Tribute to a Bad Man as Jocasta Constantine movie 1955 MGM Parade as self tv 1954 The Missing Scientists as Gina movie 1954 Attila as Grune movie 1954 Climax! as Maxanne York tv 1954 Theodora, Slave Empress as Faidia movie 1954 Reflets de Cannes as Self tv 1953 Vortice as Clara movie

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Irene Papas is known for acting, with popular credits including Bloodline, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Zorba the Greek, Moses the Lawgiver.

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Irene Papas is known for credits including Bloodline, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Zorba the Greek, Moses the Lawgiver, Ring of Darkness.

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