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Eleni Zafeiriou
Larissa, Greece
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 d…
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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. (Source: Wikipedia)
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1996
Το χρώμα του φεγγαριού
TV show Δέσποινα
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1975
O Hristos xanastavronetai
TV show Μάρθα
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1972
The Enemy of the People
Movie Leni
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1972
Τύψεις συνειδήσεως
Movie
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1971
The sun-born
Movie
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1971
Men Know How to Love
Movie
- 1971
- 1971
- 1971
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1971
I loved a bum
Movie Maria
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1971
The cry of truth
Movie
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1970
Lieutenant Natassa
Movie Natassa's Mother
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1970
Astrapogiannos
Movie Giannos' Mother
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1970
I Love Only You
Movie Zafeiris' mother
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1970
Face to Face with Death
Movie Mrs. Athanasiou
- 1970
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1970
Sunday's dream
Movie
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1970
Hours of love, hours of war
Movie Maria
- 1970
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1969
The Seal of God
Movie Andreas' mother
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1969
A Man with a Conscience
Movie
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1969
A woman's sacrifice
Movie
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1969
For Honor and for Love
Movie
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1969
Wake up Vassili
Movie Antigoni Vasilaki
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1969
Slum, my love
Movie
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1969
The Odyssey of an Uprooted Man
Movie Fani Karatzoglou
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1969
The last goodbye
Movie Athina
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1969
The Refugee
Movie Despoina Skoutari
- 1969
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1968
The Lady and the Tramp
Movie Lefteris' mother
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1968
Ξεριζωμένη Γενηά
Movie
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1968
The Avenue of Hate
Movie Stamos' mother
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1968
Η Λυγερή
Movie
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1968
A Woman's Past
Movie Despina Moutousi
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1968
Damned love
Movie
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1968
Love and Blood
Movie Aliki Argouzi
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1968
The Heart of a Tramp
Movie
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1968
Humbled And Dejected
Movie
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1968
The Antijealous
Movie
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1968
Venus the girl who hurt
Movie
