Irene Papas

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Irene Papas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Climax!

Sacrée soirée

Champs-Elysées

MGM Parade

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

The Odyssey

Reflets de Cannes

The Odyssey

All Movies (71)

• 1821 at the Cinema2021 · as (archive footage)
• Morceaux de Cannes2021
• Il falso bugiardo2008 · as Self (archive footage)
• A Talking Picture2003 · as Helena
• ...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό2001 · as Elena Michailovna
• Captain Corelli's Mandolin2001 · as Drosoula
• Yerma1999 · as Vieja pagana
• Inquietude1998 · as Mother
• Party1996 · as Irene
• Jacob1994 · as Rebekka
• Un Amore Rubato1993
• Lettera da Parigi1993 · as Gina
• Up, Down and Sideways1992 · as Μαρία
• Island1989 · as Marquise
• Plato's Banquet1989 · as Diotime
• High Season1987 · as Penelope
• Chronicle of a Death Foretold1987 · as Madre de Angela
• Sweet Country1987 · as Mrs. Araya
• A Child Called Jesus1987 · as Old Maria
• The Assisi Underground1985 · as Mother Giuseppina
• Into the Night1985 · as Shaheen Parvici
• Afghanistan For What?1984
• Erendira1983 · as Grandmother Amadis
• The Deserter1983 · as Mariangela
• The Balad of Mamelouk1982 · as Mamluk's Mother
• Lion of the Desert1981 · as Mabrouka
• L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...1981 · as La Signora
• Ring of Darkness1979 · as Raffaella
• Bloodline1979 · as Simonetta Palazzi
• Christ Stopped at Eboli1979 · as Giulia Venere
• Iphigenia1977 · as Klytaimnistra
• Blood Wedding1977 · as La mère
• Moses the Lawgiver1976 · as Zippora
• The Message1976 · as Hind
• Bambina1974 · as Raimonda Spina
• The Battle of Sutjeska1973 · as Borina majka
• 1931: Once Upon a Time in New York1973 · as Donna Mimma
• Don't Torture a Duckling1972 · as Dona Aurelia Avallone
• N.P. - The Secret1972 · as Casalinga
• The Murder of Julius Caesar1972 · as Calpurnia
• Roma bene1971 · as Elena Teopoulos
• Oasis of Fear1971 · as Barbara Slater
• The Trojan Women1971 · as Helen
• Anne of the Thousand Days1969 · as Queen Catherine
• A Dream of Kings1969 · as Caliope
• Z1969 · as Hélène
• Behold Man - The Survivors1969 · as Anna
• The Brotherhood1968 · as Ida Ginetta
• Odissea1968 · as Penelope
• The Desperate Ones1967 · as Ajmi
• Witness Out of Hell1967 · as Lea Weiss
• We Still Kill the Old Way1967 · as Luisa Roscio
• Trap for the Assassin1966 · as Julia de Noirville
• The Steps1966 · as Joana
• Zorba the Greek1964 · as Widow
• The Moon-Spinners1964 · as Sophia
• Electra1962 · as Elektra
• Antigone1961 · as Antigone
• The Guns of Navarone1961 · as Maria Pappadimos
• Bouboulina1959 · as Laskarina Bouboulina
• Pssst ... girls!1959 · as Eleni
• The Lake of Sighs1959 · as Frosyni
• Tribute to a Bad Man1956 · as Jocasta Constantine
• The Missing Scientists1954 · as Gina
• Attila1954 · as Grune
• Theodora, Slave Empress1954 · as Faidia
• Vortice1953 · as Clara
• The Man From Cairo1953 · as Yvonne Lebeau
• The Unfaithfuls1953 · as Luisa Azzali
• Dead City1951 · as Lena
• Fallen Angels1948 · as Liana

All TV Shows (13)

• Short Cuts2002 · as Pensioner
• The Odyssey1997 · as Anticleia
• Oceano1989 · as Aurelia Perdomo
• La Valise en carton1988 · as Maria Amélia, la mère de Linda
• Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus1987 · as Old Maria
• Sacrée soirée1987 · as Self
• Champs-Elysées1982 · as Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975 · as Self
• Moses the Lawgiver1974 · as Zipporah
• The Odyssey1968 · as Penelope
• MGM Parade1955 · as self
• Climax!1954 · as Maxanne York
• Reflets de Cannes1954 · as Self