1926-09-03 ( 98 years old ) in Chiliomodi, Corinth, Greece
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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Movies
1821 at the Cinema
2021-10-14
Il falso bugiardo
2008-07-03
A Talking Picture
2003-08-31
...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό
2001-11-16
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2001-04-18
Yerma
1999-02-26
Anxiety
1998-05-19
Party
1996-06-27
Jacob
1994-12-04
Un Amore Rubato
1993-01-02
Lettera da Parigi
1993-01-01
Up, Down and Sideways
1992-12-01
Island
1989-09-09
Plato's Banquet
1989-07-27
High Season
1987-09-01
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1987-05-08
Sweet Country
1987-01-23
A Child Called Jesus
1987-01-08
The Assisi Underground
1985-05-03
Into the Night
1985-02-22
أفغانستان لماذا؟
1984-01-01
Erendira
1983-06-01
The Deserter
1983-02-02
The Balad of Mamelouk
1982-11-26
Lion of the Desert
1981-04-17
L'assistente sociale tutta pepe e tutta sale
1981-03-18
Ring of Darkness
1979-10-29
Bloodline
1979-06-29
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979-02-23
Iphigenia
1977-09-10
Blood Wedding
1977-01-01
The Message
1976-03-09
Moses the Lawgiver
1974-12-22
Bambina
1974-09-17
The Battle of Sutjeska
1973-07-03
1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
1973-03-03
Don't Torture a Duckling
1972-09-29
N.P. - The Secret
1972-07-26
Roma bene
1971-10-08
Oasis of Fear
1971-08-18
The Trojan Women
1971-05-01
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969-12-18
A Dream of Kings
1969-12-15
Z
1969-02-26
Behold Man - The Survivors
1969-01-01
The Brotherhood
1968-12-01
Odissea
1968-03-24
Witness Out of Hell
1967-06-28
We Still Kill the Old Way
1967-02-24
The Desperate Ones
1967-01-01
Trap for the Assassin
1966-06-15
The Steps
1966-01-01
Zorba the Greek
1964-12-14
The Moon-Spinners
1964-07-08
Electra
1962-05-25
Antigone
1961-05-31
The Guns of Navarone
1961-04-27
Bouboulina
1959-01-01
Pssst ... girls!
1959-01-01
The Lake of Sighs
1959-01-01
Tribute to a Bad Man
1956-03-30
The Missing Scientists
1954-12-31
Attila
1954-12-27
Theodora, Slave Empress
1954-07-02
Vortice
1953-11-13
The Man From Cairo
1953-09-03
The Unfaithfuls
1953-02-04
Dead City
1951-12-03
Fallen Angels
1948-12-22
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