
Eleni Zafeiriou
Acting
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.
TV Shows(2)
Movies(91)

The Enemy of the People
Leni
1972

Τύψεις συνειδήσεως
1972

The sun-born
1971

Men Know How to Love
1971

The cry of truth
1971

The Mistress of the Plain
1971

I lived a monk without love
1971

I loved a bum
Maria
1971

Annio the cursed tseligopoula
1971

Lieutenant Natassa
Natassa's Mother
1970

I Love Only You
1970

Astrapogiannos
Giannos' Mother
1970

Face to Face with Death
Mrs. Athanasiou
1970

The Eagle of the Enslaved
1970

Hours of love, hours of war
Maria
1970

Sunday's dream
1970

Γύρω μας γκρεμίστηκαν όλα
1970

The Seal of God
Andreas' mother
1969

A Man with a Conscience
1969

A woman's sacrifice
1969

For Honor and for Love
1969

Wake up Vassili
Antigoni Vasilaki
1969

Slum, my love
1969

The Odyssey of an Uprooted Man
Fani Karatzoglou
1969

The Refugee
Despoina Skoutari
1969

The last goodbye
Athina
1969

Μαριώ, η κατατρεγμένη βοσκοπούλα
1969

The Lady and the Tramp
Lefteris' mother
1968

Ξεριζωμένη Γενηά
1968

The Avenue of Hate
Stamos' mother
1968

Η Λυγερή
1968

A Woman's Past
Despina Moutousi
1968

Damned love
1968

A girl different from the others
1968

The Antijealous
1968

Humbled And Dejected
1968

Love and Blood
Aliki Argouzi
1968

The Heart of a Tramp
1968

The one that didn't bend
1968

Venus the girl who hurt
1968

Αργυρώ η προδομένη τσελιγκοπούλα
1968

Ζήσε για την αγάπη μας
1968

The hour of justice
1967

Groom from London
Mary's Mother
1967

Unfair curse
1967

From Jerusalem with love
1967

Ερασταί του μεσαίου τοίχου
1967

Aspasia's dollars
Aspasia
1967

Sometimes even the strong cry
Angeliki
1967

Jenny Jenny
Matina Skoutari
1966

Test
Lena
1966

Love that time does not fade
1966

I'm not selling my heart
Stefanos' mother
1966

The Devastated
1966

I want to live in the sun.
1966

The Immigrant
1965

We despised My Sweetness
Fonda's mother
1965

The Poor Child
Maria
1965

Παντρεύουν την αγάπη μου
1965

Egoism
Giorgos' Mother
1964

Miss Manager
Loukia Samiotaki
1964

My Bitter Love
1964

In the shadow of the other woman
1964

Cyprus in flames
1964
Restless youth
1963

The big secret
μητέρα Χριστίνας
1963

Hearts in the storm
1963

The Trip
mitera tis Marinas
1962

The steps of life
Mrs. Zarlati
1962

Sky
1962

Nomos 4000
Anna Oikonomou
1962

The Decline
Ελισάβετ Νικολάου
1961

Mrs. Midwife
Mrs. Bekou (Lykourgos' wife)
1961

Η απολύτρωση
1961

Soldiers Without Uniform
1960

Erotic Stories
Smaragdi
1959

Zalongo, the Fort of Freedom
Tzavelaina
1959

The Lake of Sighs
Ayah
1959

Wrecks Of Life
1959

A Matter of Dignity
Katerina
1958

The Auntie from Chicago
Efterpi Barda
1957

The Lagoon of Desire
Altana Razi
1957

The Coffee Reader (Kafetzou)
Anna Giavasi (as Nitsa Zafeiriou)
1956

A Girl in Black
Froso
1956

The Acacia Road
Eleni Douvi
1954

The Unknown
Ρόζα
1954

Open Sea
1954

Lily of the Harbor
Martha
1952

Dead City
Gianna
1951

Bitter Bread
Mrs. Lyberi
1951

Ο Γυρισμός της Μάνας
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