Irene Papas
Born September 03, 1929 (Age: 96)
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Chiliomodi, Corinth, Greece
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.
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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Filmography
A Talking Picture
2003
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as Helena
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Age: 73
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2001
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as Drosoula
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Age: 71
Inquietude
1998
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as Mother
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Age: 68
The Odyssey
1997
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as Anticleia
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Age: 67
Party
1996
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as Irene
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Age: 66
No Image
Un Amore Rubato
1993
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as
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Age: 63
Lettera da Parigi
1993
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as Gina
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Age: 63
Up, Down and Sideways
1992
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as Μαρία
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Age: 63
Island
1989
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as Marquise
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Age: 60
Plato's Banquet
1989
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as Diotime
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Age: 59
High Season
1987
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as Penelope
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Age: 57
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1987
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as Madre de Angela
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Age: 57
Sweet Country
1987
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as Mrs. Araya
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Age: 57
A Child Called Jesus
1987
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as Old Maria
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Age: 57
The Assisi Underground
1985
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as Mother Giuseppina
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Age: 55
Into the Night
1985
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as Shaheen Parvici
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Age: 55
Afghanistan For What?
1984
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as
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Age: 54
Lion of the Desert
1981
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as Mabrouka
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Age: 51
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
1981
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as La Signora
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Age: 51
Bloodline
1979
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as Simonetta Palazzi
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Age: 49
The Message
1976
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as Hind
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Age: 46
Bambina
1974
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as Raimonda Spina
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Age: 45
The Battle of Sutjeska
1973
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as Borina majka
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Age: 43
1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
1973
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as Donna Mimma
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Age: 43
Don't Torture a Duckling
1972
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as Dona Aurelia Avallone
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Age: 43
N.P. - The Secret
1972
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as Casalinga
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Age: 42
The Murder of Julius Caesar
1972
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as Calpurnia
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Age: 42
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
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as Queen Catherine
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Age: 40
A Dream of Kings
1969
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as Caliope
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Age: 40
Z
1969
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as Hélène
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Age: 39
Behold Man - The Survivors
1969
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as Anna
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Age: 39
Zorba the Greek
1964
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as Widow
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Age: 35
The Moon-Spinners
1964
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as Sophia
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Age: 34
Electra
1962
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as Elektra
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Age: 32
Antigone
1961
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as Antigone
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Age: 31
The Guns of Navarone
1961
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as Maria Pappadimos
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Age: 31
Bouboulina
1959
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as Laskarina Bouboulina
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Age: 29
Pssst ... girls!
1959
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as Eleni
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Age: 29
The Lake of Sighs
1959
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as Frosyni
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Age: 29
Tribute to a Bad Man
1956
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as Jocasta Constantine
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Age: 26
The Missing Scientists
1954
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as Gina
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Age: 25
Attila
1954
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as Grune
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Age: 25
Theodora, Slave Empress
1954
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as Faidia
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Age: 24
Vortice
1953
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as Clara
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Age: 24
The Man From Cairo
1953
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as Yvonne Lebeau
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Age: 24
The Unfaithfuls
1953
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as Luisa Azzali
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Age: 23