Acting · Larissa, Greece · Born January 1, 1916
Eleni Zafeiriou (Greek: Ελένη Ζαφειρίου, 1916 – 2 September 2004) was a Greek film actress. She appeared in 108 films between 1951 and 1996. She was born in Larissa, Greece, and died in Athens. She was a graduate of the Drama School of the National Theatre. She made his stage debut in 1936 in the play Before Sunset by Gerhard Hauptmann, which was staged at the National Theatre. She played dozens of roles, mainly in the classical repertoire. The most important of these were the roles of Queen Margaret in Richard III, the goddess Athena in Iphigenia, Atossa in The Persians, Queen Gertrude in Hamlet, Goneril in King Lear, the nurse in Medea, Antigone in Oedipus at Colonus, Tecmissa in Ajax, Sarah in The Sacrifice of Abraham, Roncalina in The King, etc. She had excelled in cinema in exceptional roles, with wonderful acting skills, embodying the simplicity of women of the popular classes, such as Bitter Bread, Little City, The Lake of Desire, etc. In most of the films she participated in, she played the mother of the protagonists. On television, the role of Kambouritsa remained characteristic, which she performed in the series Christ is Crucified Again in the 1970s. In addition, she participated in the dubbing of some cartoons. Specifically, she gave her voice to the witch from the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Lady Klossa from the film Robin Hood. In 1991, Eleni Zafeiriou's book entitled What Should I Remember First, Mother, was published by Odos Panos Publications. She died at the People's Hospital of Athens after a battle with successive strokes and was buried at the Chalandri Cemetery in a close family circle. (Source: Wikipedia)
TVΤο χρώμα του φεγγαριού
1996
as Δέσποινα
TVO Hristos xanastavronetai
1975
as Μάρθα
MovieThe Enemy of the People
1972
as Leni
MovieΤύψεις συνειδήσεως
1972
MovieThe sun-born
1971
MovieMen Know How to Love
1971
MovieThe cry of truth
1971
MovieThe Mistress of the Plain
1971
MovieI lived a monk without love
1971
MovieI loved a bum
1971
as Maria
MovieAnnio the cursed tseligopoula
1971
MovieLieutenant Natassa
1970
as Natassa's Mother
MovieI Love Only You
1970
MovieAstrapogiannos
1970
as Giannos' Mother
MovieFace to Face with Death
1970
as Mrs. Athanasiou
MovieThe Eagle of the Enslaved
1970
MovieHours of love, hours of war
1970
as Maria
MovieSunday's dream
1970
MovieΓύρω μας γκρεμίστηκαν όλα
1970
MovieThe Seal of God
1969
as Andreas' mother
MovieA Man with a Conscience
1969
MovieA woman's sacrifice
1969
MovieFor Honor and for Love
1969
MovieWake up Vassili
1969
as Antigoni Vasilaki
MovieSlum, my love
1969
MovieThe Odyssey of an Uprooted Man
1969
as Fani Karatzoglou
MovieThe Refugee
1969
as Despoina Skoutari
MovieThe last goodbye
1969
as Athina
MovieΜαριώ, η κατατρεγμένη βοσκοπούλα
1969
MovieThe Lady and the Tramp
1968
as Lefteris' mother
MovieΞεριζωμένη Γενηά
1968
MovieThe Avenue of Hate
1968
as Stamos' mother
MovieΗ Λυγερή
1968
MovieA Woman's Past
1968
as Despina Moutousi
MovieDamned love
1968
MovieA girl different from the others
1968
MovieThe Antijealous
1968
MovieHumbled And Dejected
1968
MovieLove and Blood
1968
as Aliki Argouzi
MovieThe Heart of a Tramp
1968
MovieThe one that didn't bend
1968
MovieVenus the girl who hurt
1968
MovieΑργυρώ η προδομένη τσελιγκοπούλα
1968
MovieΖήσε για την αγάπη μας
1968
MovieThe hour of justice
1967
MovieGroom from London
1967
as Mary's Mother
MovieUnfair curse
1967
MovieFrom Jerusalem with love
1967
MovieΕρασταί του μεσαίου τοίχου
1967
MovieAspasia's dollars
1967
as Aspasia
MovieSometimes even the strong cry
1967
as Angeliki
MovieJenny Jenny
1966
as Matina Skoutari
MovieTest
1966
as Lena
MovieLove that time does not fade
1966
MovieI'm not selling my heart
1966
as Stefanos' mother
MovieThe Devastated
1966
MovieI want to live in the sun.
1966
MovieThe Immigrant
1965
MovieWe despised My Sweetness
1965
as Fonda's mother
MovieThe Poor Child
1965
as Maria
MovieΠαντρεύουν την αγάπη μου
1965
MovieEgoism
1964
as Giorgos' Mother
MovieMiss Manager
1964
as Loukia Samiotaki
MovieMy Bitter Love
1964
MovieIn the shadow of the other woman
1964
MovieCyprus in Flames
1964
Restless youth
1963
MovieThe big secret
1963
as μητέρα Χριστίνας
MovieHearts in the storm
1963
MovieThe Trip
1962
as mitera tis Marinas
MovieThe steps of life
1962
as Mrs. Zarlati
MovieSky
1962
MovieNomos 4000
1962
as Anna Oikonomou
MovieThe Decline
1961
as Ελισάβετ Νικολάου
MovieMrs. Midwife
1961
as Mrs. Bekou (Lykourgos' wife)
MovieΗ απολύτρωση
1961
MovieSoldiers Without Uniform
1960
MovieErotic Stories
1959
as Smaragdi
MovieZalongo, the Fort of Freedom
1959
as Tzavelaina
MovieThe Lake of Sighs
1959
as Ayah
MovieWrecks Of Life
1959
MovieA Matter of Dignity
1958
as Katerina
MovieThe Auntie from Chicago
1957
as Efterpi Barda
MovieThe Lagoon of Desire
1957
as Altana Razi
MovieThe Coffee Reader
1956
as Anna Giavasi (as Nitsa Zafeiriou)
MovieA Girl in Black
1956
as Froso
MovieThe Acacia Road
1954
as Eleni Douvi
MovieThe Unknown
1954
as Ρόζα
MovieOpen Sea
1954
MovieLily of the Harbor
1952
as Martha
MovieDead City
1951
as Gianna
MovieBitter Bread
1951
as Mrs. Lyberi
MovieΟ Γυρισμός της Μάνας
as Μητέρα
