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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Acting (69 movies)
Bloodline
1979
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2001
Zorba the Greek
1964
Moses the Lawgiver
1976
Ring of Darkness
1979
Jacob
1994
Z
1969
The Guns of Navarone
1961
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
The Message
1976
Lion Of The Desert
1981
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979
The Moon-Spinners
1964
Odissea
1968
Oasis of Fear
1971
Iphigenia
1977
The Trojan Women
1971
Electra
1962
Don't Torture a Duckling
1972
Bambina
1974
We Still Kill the Old Way
1967
The Brotherhood
1968
Tribute to a Bad Man
1956
Attila
1954
High Season
1987
Roma bene
1971
The Balad of Mamelouk
1982
The Battle of Sutjeska
1973
Plato's Banquet
1989
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1987
Island
1989
The Man From Cairo
1953
The Assisi Underground
1985
Behold Man - The Survivors
1969
Antigone
1961
Erendira
1983
Witness Out of Hell
1967
A Child Called Jesus
1987
Dead City
1951
1821 at the Cinema
2021
N.P. - The Secret
1972
Into the Night
1985
Vortice
1953
Theodora, Slave Empress
1954
1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
1973
Blood Wedding
1977
Up, Down and Sideways
1992
A Talking Picture
2003
The Unfaithfuls
1953
A Dream of Kings
1969
Trap for the Assassin
1966
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
1981
The Missing Scientists
1954
Party
1996
Inquietude
1998
The Desperate Ones
1967
Bouboulina
1959
Sweet Country
1987
Fallen Angels
1948
Yerma
1999
The Steps
1966
Pssst ... girls!
1959
The Lake of Sighs
1959
Il falso bugiardo
2008
...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό
2001
The Deserter
1983
Afghanistan For What?
1984
Lettera da Parigi
1993
The Murder of Julius Caesar
1972
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