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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
1821 at the Cinema
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:14/10/2021
Il falso bugiardo
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:03/07/2008
A Talking Picture
Character:Helena
Release Date:31/08/2003
...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό
Character:Elena Michailovna
Release Date:16/11/2001
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Character:Drosoula
Release Date:18/04/2001
Yerma
Character:Vieja pagana
Release Date:26/02/1999
Inquietude
Character:Mother
Release Date:19/05/1998
The Odyssey
Character:Anticleia
Release Date:19/05/1997
Party
Character:Irene
Release Date:27/06/1996
Jacob
Character:Rebekka
Release Date:04/12/1994
Un Amore Rubato
Character:
Release Date:02/01/1993
Lettera da Parigi
Character:Gina
Release Date:01/01/1993
Up, Down and Sideways
Character:Μαρία
Release Date:01/12/1992
Island
Character:Marquise
Release Date:09/09/1989
Plato's Banquet
Character:Diotime
Release Date:27/07/1989
High Season
Character:Penelope
Release Date:01/09/1987
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Character:Madre de Angela
Release Date:08/05/1987
Sweet Country
Character:Mrs. Araya
Release Date:23/01/1987
A Child Called Jesus
Character:Old Maria
Release Date:08/01/1987
The Assisi Underground
Character:Mother Giuseppina
Release Date:03/05/1985
Into the Night
Character:Shaheen Parvici
Release Date:22/02/1985
Afghanistan For What?
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1984
Erendira
Character:Grandmother Amadis
Release Date:01/06/1983
The Deserter
Character:Mariangela
Release Date:02/02/1983
The Balad of Mamelouk
Character:Mamluk's Mother
Release Date:26/11/1982
Lion of the Desert
Character:Mabrouka
Release Date:17/04/1981
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
Character:La Signora
Release Date:18/03/1981
Ring of Darkness
Character:Raffaella
Release Date:29/10/1979
Bloodline
Character:Simonetta Palazzi
Release Date:29/06/1979
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Character:Giulia Venere
Release Date:23/02/1979
Iphigenia
Character:Klytaimnistra
Release Date:10/09/1977
Blood Wedding
Character:La mère
Release Date:01/01/1977
Moses the Lawgiver
Character:Zippora
Release Date:26/03/1976
The Message
Character:Hind
Release Date:09/03/1976
Bambina
Character:Raimonda Spina
Release Date:17/09/1974
The Battle of Sutjeska
Character:Borina majka
Release Date:03/07/1973
1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
Character:Donna Mimma
Release Date:03/03/1973
Don't Torture a Duckling
Character:Dona Aurelia Avallone
Release Date:29/09/1972
N.P. - The Secret
Character:Casalinga
Release Date:26/07/1972
The Murder of Julius Caesar
Character:Calpurnia
Release Date:01/01/1972
Roma bene
Character:Elena Teopoulos
Release Date:08/10/1971
Oasis of Fear
Character:Barbara Slater
Release Date:18/08/1971
The Trojan Women
Character:Helen
Release Date:01/05/1971
Anne of the Thousand Days
Character:Queen Catherine
Release Date:18/12/1969
A Dream of Kings
Character:Caliope
Release Date:15/12/1969
Z
Character:Hélène
Release Date:26/02/1969
Behold Man - The Survivors
Character:Anna
Release Date:01/01/1969
The Brotherhood
Character:Ida Ginetta
Release Date:01/12/1968
Odissea
Character:Penelope
Release Date:24/03/1968
The Desperate Ones
Character:Ajmi
Release Date:26/07/1967
Witness Out of Hell
Character:Lea Weiss
Release Date:28/06/1967
We Still Kill the Old Way
Character:Luisa Roscio
Release Date:24/02/1967
Trap for the Assassin
Character:Julia de Noirville
Release Date:15/06/1966
The Steps
Character:Joana
Release Date:01/01/1966
Zorba the Greek
Character:Widow
Release Date:14/12/1964
The Moon-Spinners
Character:Sophia
Release Date:08/07/1964
Electra
Character:Elektra
Release Date:25/05/1962
Antigone
Character:Antigone
Release Date:31/05/1961
The Guns of Navarone
Character:Maria Pappadimos
Release Date:27/04/1961
Bouboulina
Character:Laskarina Bouboulina
Release Date:01/01/1959
Pssst ... girls!
Character:Eleni
Release Date:01/01/1959
The Lake of Sighs
Character:Frosyni
Release Date:01/01/1959
Tribute to a Bad Man
Character:Jocasta Constantine
Release Date:30/03/1956
The Missing Scientists
Character:Gina
Release Date:31/12/1954
Attila
Character:Grune
Release Date:27/12/1954
Theodora, Slave Empress
Character:Faidia
Release Date:02/07/1954
Vortice
Character:Clara
Release Date:13/11/1953
The Man From Cairo
Character:Yvonne Lebeau
Release Date:03/09/1953
The Unfaithfuls
Character:Luisa Azzali
Release Date:04/02/1953
Dead City
Character:Lena
Release Date:03/12/1951
Fallen Angels
Character:Liana
Release Date:22/12/1948
Television Appearances
Short Cuts
Character:Pensioner
The Odyssey
Character:Anticleia
Oceano
Character:Aurelia Perdomo
La Valise en carton
Character:Maria Amélia, la mère de Linda
Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus
Character:Old Maria
Sacrée Soirée
Character:Self
Champs-Elysées
Character:Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character:Self
Moses the Lawgiver
Character:Zippora
The Odyssey
Character:Penelope
Climax!
Character:Maxanne York
Reflets de Cannes
Character:Self
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