Eleni Zafeiriou
Known for Acting · 93 credits
- Born
- 1916-01-01
- Died
- 2004-09-02
- Place of birth
- Larissa, Greece
- Also known as
- Ελένη Ζαφειρίου · Ελενη Ζαφειριου · Νίτσα Ζαφειρίου
Biography
Eleni Zafeiriou (Greek: Ελένη Ζαφειρίου, 1916 – 2 September 2004) was a Greek film actress. She appeared in 108 films between 1951 and 1996. She was born in Larissa, Greece, and died in Athens.
She was a graduate of the Drama School of the National Theatre. She made his stage debut in 1936 in the play Before Sunset by Gerhard Hauptmann, which was staged at the National Theatre.
She played dozens of roles, mainly in the classical repertoire. The most important of these were the roles of Queen Margaret in Richard III, the goddess Athena in Iphigenia, Atossa in The Persians, Queen Gertrude in Hamlet, Goneril in King Lear, the nurse in Medea, Antigone in Oedipus at Colonus, Tecmissa in Ajax, Sarah in The Sacrifice of Abraham, Roncalina in The King, etc.
She had excelled in cinema in exceptional roles, with wonderful acting skills, embodying the simplicity of women of the popular classes, such as Bitter Bread, Little City, The Lake of Desire, etc.
In most of the films she participated in, she played the mother of the protagonists. On television, the role of Kambouritsa remained characteristic, which she performed in the series Christ is Crucified Again in the 1970s.
Known For
TV Shows (2)
Movies (91)
Jenny Jenny
1966
as Matina Skoutari
The Auntie from Chicago
1957
as Efterpi Barda
Miss Manager
1964
as Loukia Samiotaki
The Lady and the Tramp
1968
as Lefteris' mother
The Coffee Reader (Kafetzou)
1956
as Anna Giavasi (as Nitsa Zafeiriou)
A Girl in Black
1956
as Froso
The Decline
1961
as Ελισάβετ Νικολάου
Lieutenant Natassa
1970
as Natassa's Mother
Mrs. Midwife
1961
as Mrs. Bekou (Lykourgos' wife)
Wake up Vassili
1969
as Antigoni Vasilaki
The Seal of God
1969
as Andreas' mother
Unfair curse
1967
A Matter of Dignity
1958
as Katerina
Soldiers Without Uniform
1960
Groom from London
1967
as Mary's Mother
Face to Face with Death
1970
as Mrs. Athanasiou
The Odyssey of an Uprooted Man
1969
as Fani Karatzoglou
Zalongo, the Fort of Freedom
1959
as Tzavelaina
Love and Blood
1968
as Aliki Argouzi
Bitter Bread
1951
as Mrs. Lyberi
Dead City
1951
as Gianna
I want to live in the sun.
1966
Humbled And Dejected
1968
A Man with a Conscience
1969
Men Know How to Love
1971
Wrecks Of Life
1959
The Antijealous
1968
Lily of the Harbor
1952
as Martha
The Unknown
1954
as Ρόζα
Erotic Stories
1959
as Smaragdi
Astrapogiannos
1970
as Giannos' Mother
The Avenue of Hate
1968
as Stamos' mother
The Eagle of the Enslaved
1970
The Trip
1962
as mitera tis Marinas
A woman's sacrifice
1969
A Woman's Past
1968
as Despina Moutousi
The Lake of Sighs
1959
as Ayah
Hours of love, hours of war
1970
as Maria
Slum, my love
1969
Cyprus in flames
1964
The Lagoon of Desire
1957
as Altana Razi
Nomos 4000
1962
as Anna Oikonomou
The Immigrant
1965
I loved a bum
1971
as Maria
I lived a monk without love
1971
For Honor and for Love
1969
The Heart of a Tramp
1968
Sky
1962
Venus the girl who hurt
1968
The Enemy of the People
1972
as Leni
Hearts in the storm
1963
The steps of life
1962
as Mrs. Zarlati
Ζήσε για την αγάπη μας
1968
The Refugee
1969
as Despoina Skoutari
The Acacia Road
1954
as Eleni Douvi
The Devastated
1966
Damned love
1968
Annio the cursed tseligopoula
1971
I'm not selling my heart
1966
as Stefanos' mother
The Poor Child
1965
as Maria
Sometimes even the strong cry
1967
as Angeliki
Restless youth
1963
The last goodbye
1969
as Athina
I Love Only You
1970
We despised My Sweetness
1965
as Fonda's mother
Open Sea
1954
Αργυρώ η προδομένη τσελιγκοπούλα
1968
Η απολύτρωση
1961
The cry of truth
1971
Love that time does not fade
1966
My Bitter Love
1964
Egoism
1964
as Giorgos' Mother
The sun-born
1971
The one that didn't bend
1968
The Mistress of the Plain
1971
In the shadow of the other woman
1964
Aspasia's dollars
1967
as Aspasia
From Jerusalem with love
1967
Ξεριζωμένη Γενηά
1968
Η Λυγερή
1968
Sunday's dream
1970
The hour of justice
1967
Παντρεύουν την αγάπη μου
1965
Μαριώ, η κατατρεγμένη βοσκοπούλα
1969
Test
1966
as Lena
Τύψεις συνειδήσεως
1972
A girl different from the others
1968
Ο Γυρισμός της Μάνας
as Μητέρα
The big secret
1963
as μητέρα Χριστίνας
Ερασταί του μεσαίου τοίχου
1967
Γύρω μας γκρεμίστηκαν όλα
1970
About Eleni Zafeiriou
Eleni Zafeiriou (Greek: Ελένη Ζαφειρίου, 1916 – 2 September 2004) was a Greek film actress. She appeared in 108 films between 1951 and 1996. She was born in Larissa, Greece, and died in Athens. She was a graduate of the Drama School of the National Theatre. She made his stage debut in 1936 in the play Before Sunset by Gerhard Hauptmann, which was staged at the National Theatre. She played dozens of roles, mainly in the classical repertoire. The most important of these were the roles of Queen Margaret in Richard III, the goddess Athena in Iphig… With 93 credits spanning from 1951 to 1996, Eleni Zafeiriou has appeared in 91 films and 2 TV shows.
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- Jenny Jenny (1966) — as Matina Skoutari
- The Auntie from Chicago (1957) — as Efterpi Barda
- Miss Manager (1964) — as Loukia Samiotaki
- The Lady and the Tramp (1968) — as Lefteris' mother
- The Coffee Reader (Kafetzou) (1956) — as Anna Giavasi (as Nitsa Zafeiriou)
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