Acting · Chiliomodi, Corinth, Greece · Born September 3, 1929
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.
Movie1821 at the Cinema
2021
as (archive footage)
MovieMorceaux de Cannes
2021
MovieIl falso bugiardo
2008
as Self (archive footage)
MovieA Talking Picture
2003
as Helena
Short Cuts
2002
as Pensioner
Movie...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό
2001
as Elena Michailovna
MovieCaptain Corelli's Mandolin
2001
as Drosoula
MovieYerma
1999
as Vieja pagana
MovieInquietude
1998
as Mother
TVThe Odyssey
1997
as Anticleia
MovieParty
1996
as Irene
MovieJacob
1994
as Rebekka
Un Amore Rubato
1993
MovieLettera da Parigi
1993
as Gina
MovieUp, Down and Sideways
1992
as Μαρία
MovieIsland
1989
as Marquise
TVOceano
1989
as Aurelia Perdomo
MoviePlato's Banquet
1989
as Diotime
TVLa Valise en carton
1988
as Maria Amélia, la mère de Linda
TVEin Kind mit Namen Jesus
1987
as Old Maria
TVSacrée soirée
1987
as Self
MovieHigh Season
1987
as Penelope
MovieChronicle of a Death Foretold
1987
as Madre de Angela
MovieSweet Country
1987
as Mrs. Araya
MovieA Child Called Jesus
1987
as Old Maria
MovieThe Assisi Underground
1985
as Mother Giuseppina
MovieInto the Night
1985
as Shaheen Parvici
MovieAfghanistan For What?
1984
MovieErendira
1983
as Grandmother Amadis
MovieThe Deserter
1983
as Mariangela
MovieThe Balad of Mamelouk
1982
as Mamluk's Mother
TVChamps-Elysées
1982
as Self
MovieLion of the Desert
1981
as Mabrouka
MovieL'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
1981
as La Signora
MovieRing of Darkness
1979
as Raffaella
MovieBloodline
1979
as Simonetta Palazzi
MovieChrist Stopped at Eboli
1979
as Giulia Venere
MovieIphigenia
1977
as Klytaimnistra
MovieBlood Wedding
1977
as La mère
MovieMoses the Lawgiver
1976
as Zippora
MovieThe Message
1976
as Hind
TVLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
TVMoses the Lawgiver
1974
as Zipporah
MovieBambina
1974
as Raimonda Spina
MovieThe Battle of Sutjeska
1973
as Borina majka
Movie1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
1973
as Donna Mimma
MovieDon't Torture a Duckling
1972
as Dona Aurelia Avallone
MovieN.P. - The Secret
1972
as Casalinga
MovieThe Murder of Julius Caesar
1972
as Calpurnia
MovieRoma bene
1971
as Elena Teopoulos
MovieOasis of Fear
1971
as Barbara Slater
MovieThe Trojan Women
1971
as Helen
MovieAnne of the Thousand Days
1969
as Queen Catherine
MovieA Dream of Kings
1969
as Caliope
MovieThe Odyssey
1969
as Penelope
MovieZ
1969
as Hélène
MovieBehold Man - The Survivors
1969
as Anna
MovieThe Brotherhood
1968
as Ida Ginetta
TVThe Odyssey
1968
as Penelope
MovieThe Desperate Ones
1967
as Ajmi
MovieWitness Out of Hell
1967
as Lea Weiss
MovieWe Still Kill the Old Way
1967
as Luisa Roscio
MovieTrap for the Assassin
1966
as Julia de Noirville
MovieThe Steps
1966
as Joana
MovieZorba the Greek
1964
as Widow
MovieThe Moon-Spinners
1964
as Sophia
MovieElectra
1962
as Elektra
MovieAntigone
1961
as Antigone
MovieThe Guns of Navarone
1961
as Maria Pappadimos
MovieBouboulina
1959
as Laskarina Bouboulina
MoviePssst ... girls!
1959
as Eleni
MovieThe Lake of Sighs
1959
as Frosyni
MovieTribute to a Bad Man
1956
as Jocasta Constantine
TVMGM Parade
1955
as self
MovieThe Missing Scientists
1954
as Gina
MovieAttila
1954
as Grune
TVClimax!
1954
as Maxanne York
MovieTheodora, Slave Empress
1954
as Faidia
TVReflets de Cannes
1954
as Self
MovieVortice
1953
as Clara
MovieThe Man From Cairo
1953
as Yvonne Lebeau
MovieThe Unfaithfuls
1953
as Luisa Azzali
MovieDead City
1951
as Lena
MovieFallen Angels
1948
as Liana
