
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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Most Popular Eleni Zafeiriou Movies
- 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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