Irene Papas

Irene Papas

Birthday: 1926-09-03

Deathday: 2022-09-14

Place of birth: Chiliomodi, Corinth, Greece

Also known as: Ирен Папас, Ειρήνη Παπά, Ειρήνη Παππά, Eirini Leleku, إيرين باباس

imdb_id: nm0660327

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Irene Papas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Played in movies:

Z

Score: 7.8

Odissea

Score: 7.7

Antigone

Score: 7.6

Zorba the Greek

Score: 7.5

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Score: 7.4

The Guns of Navarone

Score: 7.3

Don't Torture a Duckling

Score: 7.3

Lion of the Desert

Score: 7.3

The Message

Score: 7.2

Christ Stopped at Eboli

Score: 7.1

Anne of the Thousand Days

Score: 7.1

Iphigenia

Score: 7.1

Electra

Score: 7.1

Pssst ... girls!

Score: 7.0

Bouboulina

Score: 7.0

A Talking Picture

Score: 7.0

Vortice

Score: 7.0

Tribute to a Bad Man

Score: 7.0

Witness Out of Hell

Score: 6.7

Jacob

Score: 6.7

We Still Kill the Old Way

Score: 6.6

A Child Called Jesus

Score: 6.6

Into the Night

Score: 6.5

Party

Score: 6.5

N.P. - The Secret

Score: 6.5

Inquietude

Score: 6.4

The Battle of Sutjeska

Score: 6.3

Erendira

Score: 6.1

The Trojan Women

Score: 6.1

Fallen Angels

Score: 6.0

Dead City

Score: 6.0

Roma bene

Score: 6.0

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Score: 6.0

The Unfaithfuls

Score: 5.9

Theodora, Slave Empress

Score: 5.9

The Brotherhood

Score: 5.9

Moses the Lawgiver

Score: 5.9

Oasis of Fear

Score: 5.7

The Moon-Spinners

Score: 5.7

The Lake of Sighs

Score: 5.6

Trap for the Assassin

Score: 5.3

High Season

Score: 5.3

Attila

Score: 5.3

The Assisi Underground

Score: 5.2

Island

Score: 5.2

Plato's Banquet

Score: 5.2

Bambina

Score: 5.1

Ring of Darkness

Score: 5.1

...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό

Score: 5.0

A Dream of Kings

Score: 5.0

Blood Wedding

Score: 5.0

The Man From Cairo

Score: 5.0

Bloodline

Score: 4.9

Sweet Country

Score: 4.8

L'assistente sociale tutta pepe e tutta sale

Score: 4.8

Up, Down and Sideways

Score: 4.2

The Balad of Mamelouk

Score: 4.0

Yerma

Score: 3.5

The Missing Scientists

Score: 3.3

Behold Man - The Survivors

Score: 2.5

Lettera da Parigi

Score: 0.0

Un Amore Rubato

Score: 0.0

أفغانستان لماذا؟

Score: 0.0

The Deserter

Score: 0.0

Il falso bugiardo

Score: 0.0

The Steps

Score: 0.0

The Desperate Ones

Score: 0.0

1931: Once Upon a Time in New York

Score: 0.0

1821 at the Cinema

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus

Score: 10.0

The Odyssey

Score: 8.8

The Odyssey

Score: 7.2

Sacrée soirée

Score: 6.2

Champs-Elysées

Score: 6.2

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Score: 6.0

Oceano

Score: 5.0

Climax!

Score: 3.3

Reflets de Cannes

Score: 2.0

La Valise en carton

Score: 1.0

Moses the Lawgiver

Score: 0.0

Short Cuts

Score: 0.0