Irene Papas
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1926-09-03
Day of Death
2022-09-14 (96 years old)
Place of Birth
Chiliomodi, Corinth, Greece
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.
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Known For
Acting
(2021)
1821 at the Cinema
as (archive footage)
(2008)
Il falso bugiardo
as Self (archive footage)
(2003)
A Talking Picture
as Helena
(2001)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
as Drosoula
(2001)
...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό
as Elena Michailovna
(1999)
Yerma
as Vieja pagana
(1998)
Inquietude
as Mother
(1996)
Party
as Irene
(1994)
Jacob
as Rebekka
(1993)
(1993)
Lettera da Parigi
as Gina
(1992)
Up, Down and Sideways
as Μαρία
(1989)
Plato's Banquet
as Diotime
(1989)
Island
as Marquise
(1987)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
as Madre de Angela
(1987)
High Season
as Penelope
(1987)
Sweet Country
as Mrs. Araya
(1987)
A Child Called Jesus
as Old Maria
(1985)
Into the Night
as Shaheen Parvici
(1985)
The Assisi Underground
as Mother Giuseppina
(1984)
(1983)
Erendira
as Grandmother Amadis
(1983)
The Deserter
as Mariangela
(1982)
The Balad of Mamelouk
as Mamluk's Mother
(1981)
Lion of the Desert
as Mabrouka
(1981)
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
as La Signora
(1979)
Bloodline
as Simonetta Palazzi
(1979)
Christ Stopped at Eboli
as Giulia Venere
(1979)
Ring of Darkness
as Raffaella
(1977)
Iphigenia
as Klytaimnistra
(1977)
Blood Wedding
as La mère
(1976)
The Message
as Hind
(1974)
Bambina
as Raimonda Spina
(1974)
Moses the Lawgiver
as Zippora
(1973)
The Battle of Sutjeska
as Borina majka
(1973)
1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
as Donna Mimma
(1972)
Don't Torture a Duckling
as Dona Aurelia Avallone
(1972)
N.P. - The Secret
as Casalinga
(1971)
The Trojan Women
as Helen
(1971)
Roma bene
as Elena Teopoulos
(1971)
Oasis of Fear
as Barbara Slater
(1969)
Z
as Hélène, wife of the Deputy
(1969)
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Queen Catherine
(1969)
A Dream of Kings
as Caliope
(1969)
Behold Man - The Survivors
as Anna
(1968)
The Brotherhood
as Ida Ginetta
(1968)
Odissea
as Penelope
(1967)
We Still Kill the Old Way
as Luisa Roscio
(1967)
The Desperate Ones
as Ajmi
(1967)
Witness Out of Hell
as Lea Weiss
(1966)
Trap for the Assassin
as Julia de Noirville
(1966)
The Steps
as Joana
(1964)
Zorba the Greek
as Widow
(1964)
The Moon-Spinners
as Sophia
(1962)
Electra
as Elektra
(1961)
The Guns of Navarone
as Maria Pappadimos
(1961)
Antigone
as Antigone
(1959)
Bouboulina
as Laskarina Bouboulina
(1959)
The Lake of Sighs
as Frosyni
(1959)
Pssst ... girls!
as Eleni
(1956)
Tribute to a Bad Man
as Jocasta Constantine
(1954)
Attila
as Grune
(1954)
Theodora, Slave Empress
as Faidia
(1954)
The Missing Scientists
as Gina
(1953)
The Unfaithfuls
as Luisa Azzali
(1953)
The Man From Cairo
as Yvonne Lebeau
(1953)
Vortice
as Clara
(1951)
Dead City
as Lena
(1948)
Fallen Angels
as Liana