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Irene Papas
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…
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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
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2021
1821 at the Cinema
Movie (archive footage)
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2021
Morceaux de Cannes
Movie
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2008
Il falso bugiardo
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2003
A Talking Picture
Movie Helena
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2002
Short Cuts
TV show Pensioner
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2001
...and the train leaves for the sky
Movie Elena Michailovna
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2001
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Movie Drosoula
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1999
Yerma
Movie Vieja pagana
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1998
Inquietude
Movie Mother
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1997
The Odyssey
TV show Anticlea
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1996
Party
Movie Irene
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1994
Jacob
Movie Rebekka
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1993
Un Amore Rubato
Movie
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1993
Lettera da Parigi
Movie Gina
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1992
Up, Down and Sideways
Movie Μαρία
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1991
Enopios Enopio
TV show Guest
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1989
Island
Movie Marquise
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1989
Oceano
TV show Aurelia Perdomo
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1989
Plato's Banquet
Movie Diotime
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1988
La Valise en carton
TV show Maria Amélia, la mère de Linda
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1987
Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus
TV show Old Maria
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1987
Sacrée soirée
TV show Self
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1987
High Season
Movie Penelope
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1987
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Movie Madre de Angela
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1987
Sweet Country
Movie Mrs. Araya
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1987
A Child Called Jesus
Movie Old Maria
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1985
The Assisi Underground
Movie Mother Giuseppina
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1985
Into the Night
Movie Shaheen Parvici
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1984
Afghanistan For What?
Movie
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1983
Erendira
Movie Grandmother Amadis
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1983
The Deserter
Movie Mariangela
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1982
The Balad of Mamelouk
Movie Mamluk's Mother
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1982
Champs-Elysées
TV show Self
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1981
Lion of the Desert
Movie Mabrouka
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1981
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
Movie La Signora
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1979
Ring of Darkness
Movie Raffaella
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1979
Bloodline
Movie Simonetta Palazzi
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1979
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Movie Giulia Venere
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1977
Iphigenia
Movie Klytaimnistra
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1977
Blood Wedding
Movie La mère
