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Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 3, 1926
Died
September 14, 2022
Place of Birth
Chiliomodi, Corinth, Greece
Also Known As
- Ирен Папас
- Ειρήνη Παπά
- Ειρήνη Παππά
- Eirini Leleku
- إيرين باباس
Irene Papas
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Irene Papas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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(archive footage)
1821 at the Cinema
2021
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Il falso bugiardo
2008
6.6
Helena
A Talking Picture
2003
🎬
0.0
Pensioner
Short Cuts
2002
5.0
Elena Michailovna
...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό
2001
6.0
Drosoula
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2001
3.0
Vieja pagana
Yerma
1999
6.4
Mother
Inquietude
1998
7.2
Anticleia
The Odyssey
1997
6.3
Irene
Party
1996
Credits
1821 at the Cinema
as (archive footage)
2021
0.0
Il falso bugiardo
as Self (archive footage)
2008
0.0
A Talking Picture
as Helena
2003
6.6
🎬
Short Cuts
as Pensioner
2002
0.0
...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό
as Elena Michailovna
2001
5.0
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
as Drosoula
2001
6.0
Yerma
as Vieja pagana
1999
3.0
Inquietude
as Mother
1998
6.4
The Odyssey
as Anticleia
1997
7.2
Party
as Irene
1996
6.3
Jacob
as Rebekka
1994
6.5
🎬
Un Amore Rubato
1993
0.0
Lettera da Parigi
as Gina
1993
0.0
Up, Down and Sideways
as Μαρία
1992
3.9
Island
as Marquise
1989
5.2
Oceano
as Aurelia Perdomo
1989
5.0
Plato's Banquet
as Diotime
1989
4.7
La Valise en carton
as Maria Amélia, la mère de Linda
1988
1.0
Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus
as Old Maria
1987
10.0
Sacrée Soirée
as Self
1987
5.1
High Season
as Penelope
1987
5.0
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
as Madre de Angela
1987
7.3
Sweet Country
as Mrs. Araya
1987
4.4
A Child Called Jesus
as Old Maria
1987
6.6
The Assisi Underground
as Mother Giuseppina
1985
5.2
Into the Night
as Shaheen Parvici
1985
6.5
Afghanistan For What?
1984
0.0
Erendira
as Grandmother Amadis
1983
5.9
The Deserter
as Mariangela
1983
0.0
The Balad of Mamelouk
as Mamluk's Mother
1982
4.0
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
6.3
Lion of the Desert
as Mabrouka
1981
7.3
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
as La Signora
1981
4.4
Ring of Darkness
as Raffaella
1979
4.6
Bloodline
as Simonetta Palazzi
1979
4.9
Christ Stopped at Eboli
as Giulia Venere
1979
7.1
Iphigenia
as Klytaimnistra
1977
6.9
Blood Wedding
as La mère
1977
5.0
Moses the Lawgiver
as Zippora
1976
5.8
The Message
as Hind
1976
7.2
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
6.0
Moses the Lawgiver
as Zippora
1974
0.0
Bambina
as Raimonda Spina
1974
4.9
The Battle of Sutjeska
as Borina majka
1973
6.3
1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
as Donna Mimma
1973
0.0
Don't Torture a Duckling
as Dona Aurelia Avallone
1972
7.3
N.P. - The Secret
as Casalinga
1972
6.8
The Murder of Julius Caesar
as Calpurnia
1972
0.0
Roma bene
as Elena Teopoulos
1971
5.6
Oasis of Fear
as Barbara Slater
1971
5.5
The Trojan Women
as Helen
1971
6.2
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Queen Catherine
1969
7.1
A Dream of Kings
as Caliope
1969
5.0
Z
as Hélène
1969
7.8
Behold Man - The Survivors
as Anna
1969
2.0
The Brotherhood
as Ida Ginetta
1968
5.9
The Odyssey
as Penelope
1968
8.9
Odissea
as Penelope
1968
7.7
The Desperate Ones
as Ajmi
1967
0.0
Witness Out of Hell
as Lea Weiss
1967
6.7
We Still Kill the Old Way
as Luisa Roscio
1967
6.6
Trap for the Assassin
as Julia de Noirville
1966
5.4
The Steps
as Joana
1966
0.0
Zorba the Greek
as Widow
1964
7.4
The Moon-Spinners
as Sophia
1964
5.8
Electra
as Elektra
1962
7.0
Antigone
as Antigone
1961
7.6
The Guns of Navarone
as Maria Pappadimos
1961
7.3
Bouboulina
as Laskarina Bouboulina
1959
7.0
The Lake of Sighs
as Frosyni
1959
4.8
Pssst ... girls!
as Eleni
1959
7.0
Tribute to a Bad Man
as Jocasta Constantine
1956
7.0
The Missing Scientists
as Gina
1954
3.3
Attila
as Grune
1954
5.3
Climax!
as Maxanne York
1954
3.3
Theodora, Slave Empress
as Faidia
1954
5.9
Reflets de Cannes
as Self
1954
2.0
Vortice
as Clara
1953
7.0
The Man From Cairo
as Yvonne Lebeau
1953
5.0
The Unfaithfuls
as Luisa Azzali
1953
5.3
Dead City
as Lena
1951
6.0
Fallen Angels
as Liana
1948
6.0