Irene Papas
Known for Acting · 84 credits
- Born
- 1929-09-03
- Died
- 2022-09-14
- Place of birth
- Chiliomodi, Corinth, Greece
- Also known as
- Ирен Папас · Ειρήνη Παπά · Ειρήνη Παππά · Eirini Leleku · إيرين باباس · Eiríni Pappá
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (13)
Climax!
1954
as Maxanne York
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
The Odyssey
1997
as Anticleia
MGM Parade
1955
as self
Reflets de Cannes
1954
as Self
The Odyssey
1968
as Penelope
Moses the Lawgiver
1974
as Zipporah
Oceano
1989
as Aurelia Perdomo
Short Cuts
2002
as Pensioner
La Valise en carton
1988
as Maria Amélia, la mère de Linda
Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus
1987
as Old Maria
Movies (71)
Into the Night
1985
as Shaheen Parvici
The Guns of Navarone
1961
as Maria Pappadimos
The Message
1976
as Hind
Zorba the Greek
1964
as Widow
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2001
as Drosoula
Bambina
1974
as Raimonda Spina
Lion of the Desert
1981
as Mabrouka
Z
1969
as Hélène
Jacob
1994
as Rebekka
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
as Queen Catherine
The Unfaithfuls
1953
as Luisa Azzali
Attila
1954
as Grune
The Brotherhood
1968
as Ida Ginetta
Bloodline
1979
as Simonetta Palazzi
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1987
as Madre de Angela
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Don't Torture a Duckling
1972
as Dona Aurelia Avallone
Iphigenia
1977
as Klytaimnistra
The Desperate Ones
1967
as Ajmi
The Moon-Spinners
1964
as Sophia
The Trojan Women
1971
as Helen
The Battle of Sutjeska
1973
as Borina majka
We Still Kill the Old Way
1967
as Luisa Roscio
Tribute to a Bad Man
1956
as Jocasta Constantine
Ring of Darkness
1979
as Raffaella
Oasis of Fear
1971
as Barbara Slater
A Dream of Kings
1969
as Caliope
Yerma
1999
as Vieja pagana
Il falso bugiardo
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Sweet Country
1987
as Mrs. Araya
Odissea
1968
as Penelope
The Assisi Underground
1985
as Mother Giuseppina
Moses the Lawgiver
1976
as Zippora
Electra
1962
as Elektra
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979
as Giulia Venere
High Season
1987
as Penelope
The Man From Cairo
1953
as Yvonne Lebeau
Inquietude
1998
as Mother
A Talking Picture
2003
as Helena
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
1981
as La Signora
Roma bene
1971
as Elena Teopoulos
The Deserter
1983
as Mariangela
Bouboulina
1959
as Laskarina Bouboulina
N.P. - The Secret
1972
as Casalinga
Erendira
1983
as Grandmother Amadis
Antigone
1961
as Antigone
Vortice
1953
as Clara
Witness Out of Hell
1967
as Lea Weiss
Behold Man - The Survivors
1969
as Anna
Theodora, Slave Empress
1954
as Faidia
Trap for the Assassin
1966
as Julia de Noirville
The Murder of Julius Caesar
1972
as Calpurnia
Island
1989
as Marquise
A Child Called Jesus
1987
as Old Maria
Dead City
1951
as Lena
Party
1996
as Irene
Pssst ... girls!
1959
as Eleni
1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
1973
as Donna Mimma
1821 at the Cinema
2021
as (archive footage)
Plato's Banquet
1989
as Diotime
The Lake of Sighs
1959
as Frosyni
Blood Wedding
1977
as La mère
The Missing Scientists
1954
as Gina
The Steps
1966
as Joana
Lettera da Parigi
1993
as Gina
Un Amore Rubato
1993
Afghanistan For What?
1984
Up, Down and Sideways
1992
as Μαρία
...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό
2001
as Elena Michailovna
The Balad of Mamelouk
1982
as Mamluk's Mother
Fallen Angels
1948
as Liana
About Irene Papas
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… With 84 credits spanning from 1948 to 2021, Irene Papas has appeared in 71 films and 13 TV shows.
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- Into the Night (1985) — as Shaheen Parvici
- The Guns of Navarone (1961) — as Maria Pappadimos
- The Message (1976) — as Hind
- Zorba the Greek (1964) — as Widow
- Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001) — as Drosoula
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