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)
Mrs. Midwife
1961
as Mrs. Bekou (Lykourgos' wife)
Love and Blood
1968
as Aliki Argouzi
The Trip
1962
as mitera tis Marinas
Bitter Bread
1951
as Mrs. Lyberi
Sky
1962
Η απολύτρωση
1961
Τύψεις συνειδήσεως
1972
Nomos 4000
1962
as Anna Oikonomou
Unfair curse
1967
Ερασταί του μεσαίου τοίχου
1967
Jenny Jenny
1966
as Matina Skoutari
Astrapogiannos
1970
as Giannos' Mother
The last goodbye
1969
as Athina
The one that didn't bend
1968
A girl different from the others
1968
The Poor Child
1965
as Maria
The big secret
1963
as μητέρα Χριστίνας
I'm not selling my heart
1966
as Stefanos' mother
The Mistress of the Plain
1971
Open Sea
1954
A Matter of Dignity
1958
as Katerina
Miss Manager
1964
as Loukia Samiotaki
The Odyssey of an Uprooted Man
1969
as Fani Karatzoglou
The Lagoon of Desire
1957
as Altana Razi
Venus the girl who hurt
1968
Men Know How to Love
1971
Humbled And Dejected
1968
Hearts in the storm
1963
Test
1966
as Lena
The hour of justice
1967
Sometimes even the strong cry
1967
as Angeliki
The Antijealous
1968
Sunday's dream
1970
The Auntie from Chicago
1957
as Efterpi Barda
The steps of life
1962
as Mrs. Zarlati
Παντρεύουν την αγάπη μου
1965
In the shadow of the other woman
1964
I want to live in the sun.
1966
Γύρω μας γκρεμίστηκαν όλα
1970
Cyprus in Flames
1964
A Girl in Black
1956
as Froso
The Eagle of the Enslaved
1970
The Lady and the Tramp
1968
as Lefteris' mother
Η Λυγερή
1968
Μαριώ, η κατατρεγμένη βοσκοπούλα
1969
Aspasia's dollars
1967
as Aspasia
Lieutenant Natassa
1970
as Natassa's Mother
Ο Γυρισμός της Μάνας
as Μητέρα
Erotic Stories
1959
as Smaragdi
Groom from London
1967
as Mary's Mother
The Unknown
1954
as Ρόζα
Wake up Vassili
1969
as Antigoni Vasilaki
The Heart of a Tramp
1968
The Decline
1961
as Ελισάβετ Νικολάου
Face to Face with Death
1970
as Mrs. Athanasiou
Soldiers Without Uniform
1960
Love that time does not fade
1966
Dead City
1951
as Gianna
The Coffee Reader
1956
as Anna Giavasi (as Nitsa Zafeiriou)
Egoism
1964
as Giorgos' Mother
The Lake of Sighs
1959
as Ayah
I Love Only You
1970
Ξεριζωμένη Γενηά
1968
The Refugee
1969
as Despoina Skoutari
Wrecks Of Life
1959
From Jerusalem with love
1967
The Acacia Road
1954
as Eleni Douvi
My Bitter Love
1964
The Enemy of the People
1972
as Leni
Lily of the Harbor
1952
as Martha
The Devastated
1966
We despised My Sweetness
1965
as Fonda's mother
Restless youth
1963
I loved a bum
1971
as Maria
The Avenue of Hate
1968
as Stamos' mother
The Seal of God
1969
as Andreas' mother
The Immigrant
1965
Damned love
1968
I lived a monk without love
1971
A Man with a Conscience
1969
Ζήσε για την αγάπη μας
1968
A Woman's Past
1968
as Despina Moutousi
Slum, my love
1969
Αργυρώ η προδομένη τσελιγκοπούλα
1968
Hours of love, hours of war
1970
as Maria
The cry of truth
1971
The sun-born
1971
Zalongo, the Fort of Freedom
1959
as Tzavelaina
A woman's sacrifice
1969
Annio the cursed tseligopoula
1971
For Honor and for Love
1969
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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- Mrs. Midwife (1961) — as Mrs. Bekou (Lykourgos' wife)
- Love and Blood (1968) — as Aliki Argouzi
- The Trip (1962) — as mitera tis Marinas
- Bitter Bread (1951) — as Mrs. Lyberi
- Sky (1962)
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