
Irene Papas
Known for Acting · 84 credits
- Born
- 1929-09-03
- Died
- 2022-09-14
- Place of birth
- Chiliomodi, Corinth, Greece
- Also known as
- Ирен Папас · Ειρήνη Παπά · Ειρήνη Παππά · Eirini Leleku · إيرين باباس · Eiríni Pappá
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
TV Shows (13)

Climax!
1954
as Maxanne York

Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self

Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self

The Odyssey
1997
as Anticleia

MGM Parade
1955
as self

Reflets de Cannes
1954
as Self

The Odyssey
1968
as Penelope

Moses the Lawgiver
1974
as Zipporah

Oceano
1989
as Aurelia Perdomo
Short Cuts
2002
as Pensioner

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

Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus
1987
as Old Maria
Movies (71)

The Guns of Navarone
1961
as Maria Pappadimos

Into the Night
1985
as Shaheen Parvici

Zorba the Greek
1964
as Widow

Bambina
1974
as Raimonda Spina

The Message
1976
as Hind

Jacob
1994
as Rebekka

Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2001
as Drosoula

Lion of the Desert
1981
as Mabrouka

Z
1969
as Hélène

Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
as Queen Catherine

The Unfaithfuls
1953
as Luisa Azzali

The Brotherhood
1968
as Ida Ginetta

Attila
1954
as Grune

Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1987
as Madre de Angela

Erendira
1983
as Grandmother Amadis

The Trojan Women
1971
as Helen

The Moon-Spinners
1964
as Sophia

Morceaux de Cannes
2021

Ring of Darkness
1979
as Raffaella

Don't Torture a Duckling
1972
as Dona Aurelia Avallone

Bloodline
1979
as Simonetta Palazzi

Iphigenia
1977
as Klytaimnistra

The Battle of Sutjeska
1973
as Borina majka

Yerma
1999
as Vieja pagana

Trap for the Assassin
1966
as Julia de Noirville

Roma bene
1971
as Elena Teopoulos

A Talking Picture
2003
as Helena

A Dream of Kings
1969
as Caliope

Odissea
1968
as Penelope

Inquietude
1998
as Mother

Moses the Lawgiver
1976
as Zippora

Plato's Banquet
1989
as Diotime

Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979
as Giulia Venere

Bouboulina
1959
as Laskarina Bouboulina

We Still Kill the Old Way
1967
as Luisa Roscio

High Season
1987
as Penelope

The Man From Cairo
1953
as Yvonne Lebeau

Tribute to a Bad Man
1956
as Jocasta Constantine

The Desperate Ones
1967
as Ajmi

Oasis of Fear
1971
as Barbara Slater

Electra
1962
as Elektra

Island
1989
as Marquise

Sweet Country
1987
as Mrs. Araya

The Assisi Underground
1985
as Mother Giuseppina

A Child Called Jesus
1987
as Old Maria

The Deserter
1983
as Mariangela

N.P. - The Secret
1972
as Casalinga

Antigone
1961
as Antigone

Party
1996
as Irene

Blood Wedding
1977
as La mère

1821 at the Cinema
2021
as (archive footage)

Pssst ... girls!
1959
as Eleni

Theodora, Slave Empress
1954
as Faidia

Behold Man - The Survivors
1969
as Anna

Witness Out of Hell
1967
as Lea Weiss

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

Il falso bugiardo
2008
as Self (archive footage)

Dead City
1951
as Lena

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

The Missing Scientists
1954
as Gina

Fallen Angels
1948
as Liana

Vortice
1953
as Clara

The Lake of Sighs
1959
as Frosyni

Afghanistan For What?
1984

Up, Down and Sideways
1992
as Μαρία

The Balad of Mamelouk
1982
as Mamluk's Mother

The Murder of Julius Caesar
1972
as Calpurnia

The Steps
1966
as Joana

Lettera da Parigi
1993
as Gina

...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό
2001
as Elena Michailovna
Un Amore Rubato
1993
About Irene Papas
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… With 84 credits spanning from 1948 to 2021, Irene Papas has appeared in 71 films and 13 TV shows.
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Most Popular Irene Papas Movies
- The Guns of Navarone (1961) — as Maria Pappadimos
- Into the Night (1985) — as Shaheen Parvici
- Zorba the Greek (1964) — as Widow
- Bambina (1974) — as Raimonda Spina
- The Message (1976) — as Hind
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