Irene Papas
Birthday
1926/09/03
Day of death
2022/09/14 (96 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Chiliomodi, Corinth, Greece
Also know as
Ирен Папас, Ειρήνη Παπά, Ειρήνη Παππά, Eirini Leleku, إيرين باباس
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 (1...Read more
Acting
(1979) Bloodline
as Simonetta Palazzi
(2001) Captain Corelli's Mandolin
as Drosoula
(1964) Zorba the Greek
as Widow
(1974) Moses the Lawgiver
as Zippora
(1979) Ring of Darkness
as Raffaella
(1994) Jacob
as Rebekka
(1969) Z
as Hélène, wife of the Deputy
(1961) The Guns of Navarone
as Maria Pappadimos
(1969) Anne of the Thousand Days
as Queen Catherine
(1976) The Message
as Hind
(1981) Lion of the Desert
as Mabrouka
(1979) Christ Stopped at Eboli
as Giulia Venere
(1964) The Moon-Spinners
as Sophia
(1968) Odissea
as Penelope
(1971) Oasis of Fear
as Barbara Slater
(1977) Iphigenia
as Klytaimnistra
(1971) The Trojan Women
as Helen
(1962) Electra
as Elektra
(1972) Don't Torture a Duckling
as Dona Aurelia Avallone
(1974) Bambina
as Raimonda Spina
(1967) We Still Kill the Old Way
as Luisa Roscio
(1968) The Brotherhood
as Ida Ginetta
(1956) Tribute to a Bad Man
as Jocasta Constantine
(1954) Attila
as Grune
(1987) High Season
as Penelope
(1971) Roma bene
as Elena Teopoulos
(1982) The Balad of Mamelouk
as Mamluk's Mother
(1973) The Battle of Sutjeska
as Borina majka
(1989) Plato's Banquet
as Diotime
(1987) Chronicle of a Death Foretold
as Madre de Angela
(1989) Island
as Marquise
(1953) The Man From Cairo
as Yvonne Lebeau
(1985) The Assisi Underground
as Mother Giuseppina
(1969) Behold Man - The Survivors
as Anna
(1961) Antigone
as Antigone
(1983) Erendira
as Grandmother Amadis
(1967) Witness Out of Hell
as Lea Weiss
(1987) A Child Called Jesus
as Old Maria
(1951) Dead City
as Lena
(2021) 1821 at the Cinema
as (archive footage)
(1972) N.P. - The Secret
as Casalinga
(1985) Into the Night
as Shaheen Parvici
(1953) Vortice
as Clara
(1954) Theodora, Slave Empress
as Faidia
(1973) 1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
as Donna Mimma
(1977) Blood Wedding
as La mère
(1992) Up, Down and Sideways
as Μαρία
(2003) A Talking Picture
as Helena
(1953) The Unfaithfuls
as Luisa Azzali
(1969) A Dream of Kings
as Caliope
(1966) Trap for the Assassin
as Julia de Noirville
(1981) L'assistente sociale tutta pepe e tutta sale
as La Signora
(1954) The Missing Scientists
as Gina
(1996) Party
as Irene
(1998) Anxiety
as Mother
(1967) The Desperate Ones
as Ajmi
(1959) Bouboulina
as Laskarina Bouboulina
(1987) Sweet Country
as Mrs. Araya
(1948) Fallen Angels
as Liana
(1999) Yerma
as Vieja pagana
(1966) The Steps
as Joana
(1959) Pssst ... girls!
as Eleni
(1959) The Lake of Sighs
as Frosyni
(2008) Il falso bugiardo
as Self (archive footage)
(2001) ...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό
as Elena Michailovna
(1983) The Deserter
as Mariangela
(1984) أفغانستان لماذا؟
as ---
(1993) Un Amore Rubato
as ---
(1993) Lettera da Parigi
as Gina
(2002) Short Cuts
as Pensioner
(1954) Climax!
as Maxanne York
(1968) The Odyssey
as Penelope
(1989) Oceano
as Aurelia Perdomo
(1997) The Odyssey
as Anticleia
(1975) Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
(1982) Champs-Elysées
as Self
(1987) Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus
as Old Maria
(1988) La Valise en carton
as Maria Amélia, la mère de Linda
(1954) Reflets de Cannes
as Self
(1987) Sacrée soirée
as Self