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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.
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Filmography
all 79
Movies 67
TV Shows 12
self 4
1821 at the Cinema (2021)
Il falso bugiardo (2008)
Short Cuts (2002)
...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό (2001)
Yerma (1999)
Anxiety (1998)
The Odyssey (1997)
Party (1996)
Jacob (1994)
Island (1989)
Oceano (1989)
Plato's Banquet (1989)
La Valise en carton (1988)
Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus (1987)
High Season (1987)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987)
Sweet Country (1987)
A Child Called Jesus (1987)
The Assisi Underground (1985)
Into the Night (1985)
Erendira (1983)
The Deserter (1983)
The Balad of Mamelouk (1982)
Lion of the Desert (1981)
Ring of Darkness (1979)
Bloodline (1979)
Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
Iphigenia (1977)
Blood Wedding (1977)
Moses the Lawgiver (1975)
Moses the Lawgiver (1974)
Bambina (1974)
The Battle of Sutjeska (1973)
Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
N.P. (1972)
Roma bene (1971)
Oasis of Fear (1971)
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
A Dream of Kings (1969)
Z (1969)
The Brotherhood (1968)
Odissea (1968)
The Odyssey (1968)
Witness Out of Hell (1967)
We Still Kill the Old Way (1967)
Trap for the Assassin (1966)
Electra (1962)
Antigone (1961)
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
Bouboulina (1959)
Tribute to a Bad Man (1956)
Attila (1954)
Climax! (1954)
Vortice (1953)
The Man From Cairo (1953)
The Unfaithfuls (1953)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1929-09-03
Deathday2022-09-14 (93 years old)
Birth NameΕιρήνη Λελέκου
Birth PlaceChiliomodi, Greece
RelationshipsAlkis Pappas (1947 - 1951), José Kohn (1957 - 1957)
SiblingsDespina Lelekou -Tataki, Evangelie Lelekou - Manthopoulou
RelativesManousos Manousakis, Aias Manthopoulos
CitizenshipsGreece
Also Known AsИрен Папас, Ειρήνη Παπά, Ειρήνη Παππά, Eirini Leleku, إيرين باباس
AwardsCommander of the Order of the Phoenix, Knight Commander of the Order of Alfonso X, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, National Board of Review Award for Best Actress, honorary doctorate at the University of Rome Tor Vergata
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