
Irene Papas
Acting
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.
TV Shows(13)
Short Cuts
Pensioner
2002

The Odyssey
Anticleia
1997

Oceano
Aurelia Perdomo
1989

La Valise en carton
Maria Amélia, la mère de Linda
1988

Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus
Old Maria
1987

Sacrée Soirée
Self
1987

Champs-Elysées
Self
1982

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975

Moses the Lawgiver
Zipporah
1974

The Odyssey
Penelope
1968

MGM Parade
self
1955

Climax!
Maxanne York
1954

Reflets de Cannes
Self
1954
Movies(71)

1821 at the Cinema
(archive footage)
2021

Morceaux de Cannes
2021

Il falso bugiardo
Self (archive footage)
2008

A Talking Picture
Helena
2003

...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό
Elena Michailovna
2001

Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Drosoula
2001

Yerma
Vieja pagana
1999

Inquietude
Mother
1998

Party
Irene
1996

Jacob
Rebekka
1994
Un Amore Rubato
1993

Lettera da Parigi
Gina
1993

Up, Down and Sideways
Μαρία
1992

Island
Marquise
1989

Plato's Banquet
Diotime
1989

High Season
Penelope
1987

Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Madre de Angela
1987

Sweet Country
Mrs. Araya
1987

A Child Called Jesus
Old Maria
1987

The Assisi Underground
Mother Giuseppina
1985

Into the Night
Shaheen Parvici
1985

Afghanistan For What?
1984

Erendira
Grandmother Amadis
1983

The Deserter
Mariangela
1983

The Balad of Mamelouk
Mamluk's Mother
1982

Lion of the Desert
Mabrouka
1981

L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
La Signora
1981

Ring of Darkness
Raffaella
1979

Bloodline
Simonetta Palazzi
1979

Christ Stopped at Eboli
Giulia Venere
1979

Iphigenia
Klytaimnistra
1977

Blood Wedding
La mère
1977

Moses the Lawgiver
Zippora
1976

The Message
Hind
1976

Bambina
Raimonda Spina
1974

The Battle of Sutjeska
Borina majka
1973

1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
Donna Mimma
1973

Don't Torture a Duckling
Dona Aurelia Avallone
1972

N.P. - The Secret
Casalinga
1972

The Murder of Julius Caesar
Calpurnia
1972

Roma bene
Elena Teopoulos
1971

Oasis of Fear
Barbara Slater
1971

The Trojan Women
Helen
1971

Anne of the Thousand Days
Queen Catherine
1969

A Dream of Kings
Caliope
1969

Z
Hélène
1969

Behold Man - The Survivors
Anna
1969

The Brotherhood
Ida Ginetta
1968

Odissea
Penelope
1968

The Desperate Ones
Ajmi
1967

Witness Out of Hell
Lea Weiss
1967

We Still Kill the Old Way
Luisa Roscio
1967

Trap for the Assassin
Julia de Noirville
1966

The Steps
Joana
1966

Zorba the Greek
Widow
1964

The Moon-Spinners
Sophia
1964

Electra
Elektra
1962

Antigone
Antigone
1961

The Guns of Navarone
Maria Pappadimos
1961

Bouboulina
Laskarina Bouboulina
1959

Pssst ... girls!
Eleni
1959

The Lake of Sighs
Frosyni
1959

Tribute to a Bad Man
Jocasta Constantine
1956

The Missing Scientists
Gina
1954

Attila
Grune
1954

Theodora, Slave Empress
Faidia
1954

Vortice
Clara
1953

The Man From Cairo
Yvonne Lebeau
1953

The Unfaithfuls
Luisa Azzali
1953

Dead City
Lena
1951

Fallen Angels
Liana
1948