Irene Papas
Acting
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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.
Filmography
1821 at the Cinema
2021
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Il falso bugiardo
2008
A Talking Picture
2003
Short Cuts
2002
...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό
2001
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2001
Yerma
1999
Inquietude
1998
The Odyssey
1997
Party
1996
Jacob
1994
Un Amore Rubato
1993
Lettera da Parigi
1993
Up, Down and Sideways
1992
Island
1989
Oceano
1989
Plato's Banquet
1989
La Valise en carton
1988
Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus
1987
Sacrée soirée
1987
High Season
1987
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1987
Sweet Country
1987
A Child Called Jesus
1987
The Assisi Underground
1985
Into the Night
1985
Afghanistan For What?
1984
Erendira
1983
The Deserter
1983
The Balad of Mamelouk
1982
Champs-Elysées
1982
Lion of the Desert
1981
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
1981
Ring of Darkness
1979
Bloodline
1979
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979
Iphigenia
1977
Blood Wedding
1977
Moses the Lawgiver
1976
The Message
1976
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Moses the Lawgiver
1974
Bambina
1974
The Battle of Sutjeska
1973
1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
1973
Don't Torture a Duckling
1972
N.P. - The Secret
1972
The Murder of Julius Caesar
1972
Roma bene
1971
Oasis of Fear
1971
The Trojan Women
1971
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
A Dream of Kings
1969
Z
1969
Behold Man - The Survivors
1969
The Brotherhood
1968
Odissea
1968
The Odyssey
1968
The Desperate Ones
1967
Witness Out of Hell
1967
We Still Kill the Old Way
1967
Trap for the Assassin
1966
The Steps
1966
Zorba the Greek
1964
The Moon-Spinners
1964
Electra
1962
Antigone
1961
The Guns of Navarone
1961
Bouboulina
1959
Pssst ... girls!
1959
The Lake of Sighs
1959
Tribute to a Bad Man
1956
MGM Parade
1955
The Missing Scientists
1954
Attila
1954
Climax!
1954
Theodora, Slave Empress
1954
Reflets de Cannes
1954
Vortice
1953
The Man From Cairo
1953
The Unfaithfuls
1953
Dead City
1951
Fallen Angels
1948