
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 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.
84 acting credits
Acting · 84

Champs-Elysées
1982

Climax!
1954

Sacrée soirée
1987

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975

MGM Parade
1955

The Odyssey
1997

Reflets de Cannes
1954

The Guns of Navarone
1961

The Odyssey
1968

The Message
1976

Moses the Lawgiver
1974

Zorba the Greek
1964

Lion of the Desert
1981

Into the Night
1985

Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2001

Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus
1987

Jacob
1994

Anne of the Thousand Days
1969

Bambina
1974

Oceano
1989

Z
1969

Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1987
Short Cuts
2002

Bloodline
1979

Attila
1954

The Moon-Spinners
1964

The Battle of Sutjeska
1973

Il falso bugiardo
2008

The Trojan Women
1971

The Brotherhood
1968

The Unfaithfuls
1953

Don't Torture a Duckling
1972

Electra
1962

Oasis of Fear
1971

Iphigenia
1977

La Valise en carton
1988

Tribute to a Bad Man
1956

Moses the Lawgiver
1976

Bouboulina
1959

Odissea
1968

We Still Kill the Old Way
1967

Vortice
1953

A Dream of Kings
1969

Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979

Roma bene
1971

The Assisi Underground
1985

High Season
1987

Morceaux de Cannes
2021

Ring of Darkness
1979

Sweet Country
1987

Inquietude
1998

Erendira
1983

A Talking Picture
2003

Yerma
1999

L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
1981

Antigone
1961

Party
1996

Witness Out of Hell
1967

The Deserter
1983

Blood Wedding
1977

1821 at the Cinema
2021

Trap for the Assassin
1966

The Desperate Ones
1967

The Balad of Mamelouk
1982

The Steps
1966

A Child Called Jesus
1987

The Missing Scientists
1954

Theodora, Slave Empress
1954

Dead City
1951

The Man From Cairo
1953

N.P. - The Secret
1972

Behold Man - The Survivors
1969

Island
1989

1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
1973

Afghanistan For What?
1984

The Lake of Sighs
1959

Lettera da Parigi
1993

Pssst ... girls!
1959

Up, Down and Sideways
1992

Plato's Banquet
1989

The Murder of Julius Caesar
1972

Fallen Angels
1948
Un Amore Rubato
1993

...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό
2001