Irene Papas
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
1821 at the Cinema
2021
as (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Il falso bugiardo
2008
as Self (archive footage)
A Talking Picture
2003
as Helena
Short Cuts
2002
as Pensioner
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2001
as Drosoula
...and the train leaves for the sky
2001
as Elena Michailovna
Yerma
1999
as Vieja pagana
Inquietude
1998
as Mother
The Odyssey
1997
as Anticlea
Party
1996
as Irene
Jacob
1994
as Rebekka
Un Amore Rubato
1993
Lettera da Parigi
1993
as Gina
Up, Down and Sideways
1992
as Μαρία
Enopios Enopio
1991
as Guest
Plato's Banquet
1989
as Diotime
Island
1989
as Marquise
Oceano
1989
as Aurelia Perdomo
La Valise en carton
1988
as Maria Amélia, la mère de Linda
High Season
1987
as Penelope
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1987
as Madre de Angela
A Child Called Jesus
1987
as Old Maria
Sweet Country
1987
as Mrs. Araya
Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus
1987
as Old Maria
Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self
The Assisi Underground
1985
as Mother Giuseppina
Into the Night
1985
as Shaheen Parvici
Afghanistan For What?
1984
Erendira
1983
as Grandmother Amadis
The Deserter
1983
as Mariangela
The Balad of Mamelouk
1982
as Mamluk's Mother
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
Lion of the Desert
1981
as Mabrouka
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
1981
as La Signora
Bloodline
1979
as Simonetta Palazzi
Ring of Darkness
1979
as Raffaella
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979
as Giulia Venere
Iphigenia
1977
as Klytaimnistra
Blood Wedding
1977
as La mère
Moses the Lawgiver
1976
as Zippora
The Message
1976
as Hind
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Bambina
1974
as Raimonda Spina
Moses the Lawgiver
1974
as Zipporah
The Battle of Sutjeska
1973
as Borina majka
1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
1973
as Donna Mimma
Don't Torture a Duckling
1972
as Dona Aurelia Avallone
N.P. - The Secret
1972
as Casalinga
The Murder of Julius Caesar
1972
as Calpurnia
Oasis of Fear
1971
as Barbara Slater
The Trojan Women
1971
as Helen
Roma bene
1971
as Elena Teopoulos
Z
1969
as Hélène
Anne of the Thousand Days
1969
as Queen Catherine
The Odyssey
1969
as Penelope
Behold Man - The Survivors
1969
as Anna
A Dream of Kings
1969
as Caliope
The Brotherhood
1968
as Ida Ginetta
The Odyssey
1968
as Penelope
We Still Kill the Old Way
1967
as Luisa Roscio
Witness Out of Hell
1967
as Lea Weiss
The Desperate Ones
1967
as Ajmi
Trap for the Assassin
1966
as Julia de Noirville
The Steps
1966
as Joana
Zorba the Greek
1964
as Widow
The Moon-Spinners
1964
as Sophia
Electra
1962
as Elektra
The Guns of Navarone
1961
as Maria Pappadimos
Antigone
1961
as Antigone
Bouboulina
1959
as Laskarina Bouboulina
Pssst ... girls!
1959
as Eleni
The Lake of Sighs
1959
as Frosyni
Tribute to a Bad Man
1956
as Jocasta Constantine
MGM Parade
1955
as self
Attila
1954
as Grune
Theodora, Slave Empress
1954
as Faidia
The Missing Scientists
1954
as Gina
Climax!
1954
as Maxanne York
Reflets de Cannes
1954
as Self
The Man From Cairo
1953
as Yvonne Lebeau
Vortice
1953
as Clara
The Unfaithfuls
1953
as Luisa Azzali
Dead City
1951
as Lena
Fallen Angels
1948
as Liana