Irene Papas

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

81

Gender

Female

Birthday

1926-09-03

Deathday

2022-09-14 (96 years old)

Place of Birth

Chiliomodi, Corinth, Greece

Also Known As

  • Ирен Папас
  • Ειρήνη Παπά
  • Ειρήνη Παππά
  • Eirini Leleku
  • إيرين باباس

Irene Papas

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

The Guns of Navarone
7.3%

The Guns of Navarone

Apr 27, 1961

The Odyssey
7.2%

The Odyssey

May 18, 1997

Z
7.8%

Z

Feb 26, 1969

Don't Torture a Duckling
7.3%

Don't Torture a Duckling

Sep 29, 1972

The Message
7.2%

The Message

Mar 9, 1976

Zorba the Greek
7.5%

Zorba the Greek

Dec 14, 1964

Into the Night
6.5%

Into the Night

Feb 22, 1985

Lion of the Desert
7.3%

Lion of the Desert

Apr 17, 1981

Christ Stopped at Eboli
7.1%

Christ Stopped at Eboli

Feb 23, 1979

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Acting

2021
1821 at the Cinema as (archive footage)
2008
Il falso bugiardo as Self (archive footage)
2003
A Talking Picture as Helena
2002
Short Cuts as Pensioner
2001
...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό as Elena Michailovna
2001
Captain Corelli's Mandolin as Drosoula
1999
Yerma as Vieja pagana
1998
Anxiety as Mother
1997
The Odyssey as Anticleia
1996
Party as Irene
1994
Jacob as Rebekka
1993
Un Amore Rubato
1993
Lettera da Parigi as Gina
1992
Up, Down and Sideways as Μαρία
1989
Island as Marquise
1989
Oceano as Aurelia Perdomo
1989
Plato's Banquet as Diotime
1988
La Valise en carton as Maria Amélia, la mère de Linda
1987
Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus as Old Maria
1987
Sacrée soirée as Self
1987
High Season as Penelope
1987
Chronicle of a Death Foretold as Madre de Angela
1987
Sweet Country as Mrs. Araya
1987
A Child Called Jesus as Old Maria
1985
The Assisi Underground as Mother Giuseppina
1985
Into the Night as Shaheen Parvici
1984
أفغانستان لماذا؟
1983
Erendira as Grandmother Amadis
1983
The Deserter as Mariangela
1982
The Balad of Mamelouk as Mamluk's Mother
1982
Champs-Elysées as Self
1981
Lion of the Desert as Mabrouka
1981
L'assistente sociale tutta pepe e tutta sale as La Signora
1979
Ring of Darkness as Raffaella
1979
Bloodline as Simonetta Palazzi
1979
Christ Stopped at Eboli as Giulia Venere
1977
Iphigenia as Klytaimnistra
1977
Blood Wedding as La mère
1976
The Message as Hind
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
1974
Moses the Lawgiver as Zippora
1974
Moses the Lawgiver as Zippora
1974
Bambina as Raimonda Spina
1973
The Battle of Sutjeska as Borina majka
1973
1931: Once Upon a Time in New York as Donna Mimma
1972
Don't Torture a Duckling as Dona Aurelia Avallone
1972
N.P. - The Secret as Casalinga
1971
Roma bene as Elena Teopoulos
1971
Oasis of Fear as Barbara Slater
1971
The Trojan Women as Helen
1969
Anne of the Thousand Days as Queen Catherine
1969
A Dream of Kings as Caliope
1969
Z as Hélène, wife of the Deputy
1969
Behold Man - The Survivors as Anna
1968
The Brotherhood as Ida Ginetta
1968
Odissea as Penelope
1968
The Odyssey as Penelope
1967
Witness Out of Hell as Lea Weiss
1967
We Still Kill the Old Way as Luisa Roscio
1967
The Desperate Ones as Ajmi
1966
Trap for the Assassin as Julia de Noirville
1966
The Steps as Joana
1964
Zorba the Greek as Widow
1964
The Moon-Spinners as Sophia
1962
Electra as Elektra
1961
Antigone as Antigone
1961
The Guns of Navarone as Maria Pappadimos
1959
The Lake of Sighs as Frosyni
1959
Bouboulina as Laskarina Bouboulina
1959
Pssst ... girls! as Eleni
1956
Tribute to a Bad Man as Jocasta Constantine
1954
The Missing Scientists as Gina
1954
Attila as Grune
1954
Climax! as Maxanne York
1954
Theodora, Slave Empress as Faidia
1954
Reflets de Cannes as Self
1953
Vortice as Clara
1953
The Man From Cairo as Yvonne Lebeau
1953
The Unfaithfuls as Luisa Azzali
1951
Dead City as Lena
1948
Fallen Angels as Liana
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