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Irene Papas

Date of birth: 1926-09-03

Place of birth: Chiliomodi, Corinth, Greece

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Ирен Папас, Ειρήνη Παπά, Ειρήνη Παππά, Eirini Leleku, إيرين باباس

Irene Papas

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 (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.

Movie Credits

Bloodline
2.5

Bloodline

1979-06-29

A pampered heiress inherits her father's pharmaceutical empire when he dies in a suspicious accident

Captain Corelli's Mandolin
3

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

2001-04-18

When a fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during World War II, his fiancée falls in love

Zorba the Greek
3.8

Zorba the Greek

1964-12-14

An uptight English writer traveling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever

Moses the Lawgiver
2.9

Moses the Lawgiver

1976-03-26

The epic story of Moses, who led the Israelites out of slavery, parted the Red Sea and received the

Ring of Darkness
2.5

Ring of Darkness

1979-10-29

Once a Satanist who surrendered her soul and body to the devil himself, Carlotta Rhodes begins to re

Jacob
3.3

Jacob

1994-12-04

Isaac's son Jacob deprives his brother Esau of his birthright and has to flee for his life. He finds

Z
3.9

Z

1969-02-26

Amid a tense political climate, the opposition leader is killed in an apparent accident. When a pros

The Guns of Navarone
3.6

The Guns of Navarone

1961-04-27

A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held i

Anne of the Thousand Days
3.5

Anne of the Thousand Days

1969-12-18

Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir,

The Message
3.6

The Message

1976-03-09

In sixth-century Mecca, Prophet Muhammad receives his first revelation from God as a messenger. Thre

Lion Of The Desert
3.6

Lion Of The Desert

1981-04-17

This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conq

Christ Stopped at Eboli
3.6

Christ Stopped at Eboli

1979-02-23

In the fascist Italy of 1935, a painter trained as a doctor is exiled to a remote region near Eboli.

The Moon-Spinners
2.9

The Moon-Spinners

1964-07-08

Young English girl Nikky and her aunt arrive at the Moon-Spinners, a hotel on Crete, to a less than

Odissea
3.9

Odissea

1968-03-24

Odysseus' journey told in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. After fighting in the Trojan War, Odysseus spen

Oasis of Fear
2.8

Oasis of Fear

1971-08-18

Two young sexually free hippies, Dick and Ingrid, finance their travels by selling naked snaps of I

Iphigenia
3.5

Iphigenia

1977-09-10

The Greek army is about to set sail to a great battle, but the winds refuse to blow. Their leader, K

The Trojan Women
3.1

The Trojan Women

1971-05-01

In the aftermath of the Trojan Wars, Queen Hecuba takes stock of the defeated kingdom. Her son has b

Electra
3.5

Electra

1962-05-25

Living in exile after the death of their father, the grown children of a murdered and usurped king c

Don't Torture a Duckling
3.7

Don't Torture a Duckling

1972-09-29

A reporter and a promiscuous young woman try to solve a series of child killings in a remote souther

Bambina
2.5

Bambina

1974-09-17

In order to convince Raimonda, a wealthy noble woman, to finance his project for a holiday resort, S

We Still Kill the Old Way
3.3

We Still Kill the Old Way

1967-02-24

A leftist professor wants the truth about two men killed during a hunting party; but the mafia, the

The Brotherhood
3

The Brotherhood

1968-12-01

The son of a powerful Mafia don comes home from his army service in Vietnam and wants to lead his ow

Tribute to a Bad Man
3.5

Tribute to a Bad Man

1956-03-30

Jeremy Rodock is a tough horse rancher who strings up rustlers as soon as looks at them. Fresh out o

Attila
2.6

Attila

1954-12-27

Attila, the leader of the barbarian Huns and called by the Romans "The Scourge of God", sweeps onto

High Season
2.6

High Season

1987-09-01

On the isle of Rhodes, Katherine, an expatriate English photographer, lives with her daughter. A you

Roma bene
3

Roma bene

1971-10-08

A parade of corrupt and sleazy characters in the high society of Rome.

The Balad of Mamelouk
2

The Balad of Mamelouk

1982-11-26

Mamluk is an unassuming, handsome young peasant who happens to have come along just in time to save

The Battle of Sutjeska
3.1

The Battle of Sutjeska

1973-07-03

The headquarters of the Marshal Tito's Liberation Army are surrounded by Axis forces. The Partisans

Plato's Banquet
2.6

Plato's Banquet

1989-07-27

At house of Agathon get together many intellectuals and philosophers, including Socrates, to discuss

Chronicle of a Death Foretold
3.7

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

1987-05-08

This suspenseful Italian crime drama is set in a Colombian river town and chronicles the series of e

Island
2.6

Island

1989-09-09

Island is Paul Cox's serene and beautiful film which explores a spectrum of emotions - ranging from

The Man From Cairo
2.5

The Man From Cairo

1953-09-03

"The Man from Cairo", a Michaeldavid production for distribution by Lippert, with Ray Enright the on

The Assisi Underground
2.6

The Assisi Underground

1985-05-03

This film sheds light on the role of the Catholic Church and the people of Assisi in rescuing Italia

Behold Man - The Survivors
1.3

Behold Man - The Survivors

1969-01-01

Having survived a terrible nuclear war that destroyed the human race, a family of three persons, Jea

Antigone
3.9

Antigone

1961-05-31

In Thebes in ancient Greece, King Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother Jocasta, having tw

Erendira
3

Erendira

1983-06-01

While Erendira, a beautiful teenage girl, has a surreal mystical vision, her grandmother's house cat

Witness Out of Hell
3.4

Witness Out of Hell

1967-06-28

Leah Weiss, a Polish Jew, was first forced into prostitution at Auschwitz. Afterwards, she was victi

A Child Called Jesus
3.3

A Child Called Jesus

1987-01-08

The film attempts to fill in the "missing years" of Jesus, from ages 3 through 12. When King Herod f

Dead City
3

Dead City

1951-12-03

A young painter returns to his hometown, Mystras, where he falls in love with the daughter of a fami

1821 at the Cinema
0

1821 at the Cinema

2021-10-14

In 1821, in Cinema, he records the cinematic representations of the Revolution from the first decade

N.P. - The Secret
3.4

N.P. - The Secret

1972-07-26

An engineer invents a revolutionary machine capable of automating all industrial production, thereby

Into the Night
3.3

Into the Night

1985-02-22

Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met

Vortice
3.5

Vortice

1953-11-13

Elena, after a date with his boyfriend Guido, comes home finding his father tried to kill himself wi

Theodora, Slave Empress
3

Theodora, Slave Empress

1954-07-02

Teodora, a Roman courtesan and former slave girl, marries the Roman emperor Justinian and assumes th

1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
0

1931: Once Upon a Time in New York

1973-03-03

In 1931, when the late American Prohibition major bosses have now divided the territory to exploit,

Blood Wedding
2.5

Blood Wedding

1977-01-01

In a small village in southern Morocco, Amrouch cannot, because of his social position, marry the da

Up, Down and Sideways
2.1

Up, Down and Sideways

1992-12-01

A prosperous widow with a gay son falls for a young gym instructor in Athens.

A Talking Picture
3.4

A Talking Picture

2003-08-31

A meditation on civilization. July, 2001: friends wave as a cruise ship departs Lisbon for Mediterra

The Unfaithfuls
3

The Unfaithfuls

1953-02-04

A group of "respectable" people are all partly responsible for the suicide of a servant girl. They a

A Dream of Kings
2.5

A Dream of Kings

1969-12-15

A Greek American father of a dying boy decides to take his son to Greece to breathe the clean air of

Trap for the Assassin
2.7

Trap for the Assassin

1966-06-15

An industrialist is falsely accused of murdering one of his creditors and, because he cannot reveal

L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
2.4

L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...

1981-03-18

Nadia is a social worker who is trying to keep the residents of a local slum in line. Unfortunately

The Missing Scientists
1.6

The Missing Scientists

1954-12-31

A group of nuclear scientists try to make sure top secret information about atomic weapons does not

Party
3.1

Party

1996-06-27

The battle of the sexes? The forces of despair and seduction? On S. Miguel in the Azores, Rogério, a

Inquietude
3.2

Inquietude

1998-05-19

An anthology film drama featuring a poetic mirror structure based on existential identity. In "The I

The Desperate Ones
0

The Desperate Ones

1967-07-26

In 1941, two Polish brothers escape a Soviet gulag. Their only escape route is through the impossibl

Bouboulina
3.5

Bouboulina

1959-01-01

The life and action of Laskarina Bouboulina. Captain Lascarina decides to organize the revolution in

Sweet Country
2.4

Sweet Country

1987-01-23

An American couple in Chile is drawn into the turmoil that followed President Salvador Allende's 197

Fallen Angels
3

Fallen Angels

1948-12-22

To help her sick mother, a girl is hired for what she believes to be a simple delivery service. That

Yerma
1.8

Yerma

1999-02-26

Yerma is desperate to have children, so when a psychic advises her to look outside her marriage to c

The Steps
0

The Steps

1966-01-01

An artist returns to Santorini, where she spent her childhood, to face the ghosts of her past and he

Pssst ... girls!
3.5

Pssst ... girls!

1959-01-01

Three poor friends hope to achieve something good in their lives. One day they meet three girls. The

The Lake of Sighs
2.8

The Lake of Sighs

1959-01-01

Ioannina, in the beginning of the 19th century. The whole Greece is under Turks. Ioannina is governe

Il falso bugiardo
0

Il falso bugiardo

2008-07-03

Based upon Vincenzoni's biography, "Pane e cinema", the documentary traces the story of the screen p

...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό
2.5

...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό

2001-11-16

The Deserter
0

The Deserter

1983-02-02

In this tragic story that has an unrealized potential to tug at the emotions, a woman in mourning fo

Afghanistan For What?
0

Afghanistan For What?

1984-01-01

The movie deals with the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and the struggle of the Afghan people agai

Un Amore Rubato
0

Un Amore Rubato

1993-01-02

Lettera da Parigi
0

Lettera da Parigi

1993-01-01

The Murder of Julius Caesar
0

The Murder of Julius Caesar

1972-01-01