Eleni Zafeiriou

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. In addition, she participated in the dubbing of some cartoons. Specifically, she gave her voice to the witch from the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Lady Klossa from the film Robin Hood. In 1991, Eleni Zafeiriou's book entitled What Should I Remember First, Mother, was published by Odos Panos Publications. She died at the People's Hospital of Athens after a battle with successive strokes and was buried at the Chalandri Cemetery in a close family circle. (Source: Wikipedia)

Known For

The Coffee Reader

Jenny Jenny

The Auntie from Chicago

Miss Manager

O Hristos xanastavronetai

Dead City

The Lady and the Tramp

Nomos 4000

All Movies (91)

• The Enemy of the People1972 · as Leni
• Τύψεις συνειδήσεως1972
• The sun-born1971
• Men Know How to Love1971
• The cry of truth1971
• The Mistress of the Plain1971
• I lived a monk without love1971
• I loved a bum1971 · as Maria
• Annio the cursed tseligopoula1971
• Lieutenant Natassa1970 · as Natassa's Mother
• I Love Only You1970
• Astrapogiannos1970 · as Giannos' Mother
• Face to Face with Death1970 · as Mrs. Athanasiou
• The Eagle of the Enslaved1970
• Hours of love, hours of war1970 · as Maria
• Sunday's dream1970
• Γύρω μας γκρεμίστηκαν όλα1970
• The Seal of God1969 · as Andreas' mother
• A Man with a Conscience1969
• A woman's sacrifice1969
• For Honor and for Love1969
• Wake up Vassili1969 · as Antigoni Vasilaki
• Slum, my love1969
• The Odyssey of an Uprooted Man1969 · as Fani Karatzoglou
• The Refugee1969 · as Despoina Skoutari
• The last goodbye1969 · as Athina
• Μαριώ, η κατατρεγμένη βοσκοπούλα1969
• The Lady and the Tramp1968 · as Lefteris' mother
• Ξεριζωμένη Γενηά1968
• The Avenue of Hate1968 · as Stamos' mother
• Η Λυγερή1968
• A Woman's Past1968 · as Despina Moutousi
• Damned love1968
• A girl different from the others1968
• The Antijealous1968
• Humbled And Dejected1968
• Love and Blood1968 · as Aliki Argouzi
• The Heart of a Tramp1968
• The one that didn't bend1968
• Venus the girl who hurt1968
• Αργυρώ η προδομένη τσελιγκοπούλα1968
• Ζήσε για την αγάπη μας1968
• The hour of justice1967
• Groom from London1967 · as Mary's Mother
• Unfair curse1967
• From Jerusalem with love1967
• Ερασταί του μεσαίου τοίχου1967
• Aspasia's dollars1967 · as Aspasia
• Sometimes even the strong cry1967 · as Angeliki
• Jenny Jenny1966 · as Matina Skoutari
• Test1966 · as Lena
• Love that time does not fade1966
• I'm not selling my heart1966 · as Stefanos' mother
• The Devastated1966
• I want to live in the sun.1966
• The Immigrant1965
• We despised My Sweetness1965 · as Fonda's mother
• The Poor Child1965 · as Maria
• Παντρεύουν την αγάπη μου1965
• Egoism1964 · as Giorgos' Mother
• Miss Manager1964 · as Loukia Samiotaki
• My Bitter Love1964
• In the shadow of the other woman1964
• Cyprus in Flames1964
• Restless youth1963
• The big secret1963 · as μητέρα Χριστίνας
• Hearts in the storm1963
• The Trip1962 · as mitera tis Marinas
• The steps of life1962 · as Mrs. Zarlati
• Sky1962
• Nomos 40001962 · as Anna Oikonomou
• The Decline1961 · as Ελισάβετ Νικολάου
• Mrs. Midwife1961 · as Mrs. Bekou (Lykourgos' wife)
• Η απολύτρωση1961
• Soldiers Without Uniform1960
• Erotic Stories1959 · as Smaragdi
• Zalongo, the Fort of Freedom1959 · as Tzavelaina
• The Lake of Sighs1959 · as Ayah
• Wrecks Of Life1959
• A Matter of Dignity1958 · as Katerina
• The Auntie from Chicago1957 · as Efterpi Barda
• The Lagoon of Desire1957 · as Altana Razi
• The Coffee Reader1956 · as Anna Giavasi (as Nitsa Zafeiriou)
• A Girl in Black1956 · as Froso
• The Acacia Road1954 · as Eleni Douvi
• The Unknown1954 · as Ρόζα
• Open Sea1954
• Lily of the Harbor1952 · as Martha
• Dead City1951 · as Gianna
• Bitter Bread1951 · as Mrs. Lyberi
• Ο Γυρισμός της Μάνας— · as Μητέρα

All TV Shows (2)

• Το χρώμα του φεγγαριού1996 · as Δέσποινα
• O Hristos xanastavronetai1975 · as Μάρθα