Biography
Katina Paxinou (Greek: Κατίνα Παξινού; 17 December 1900– 22 February 1973) was a Greek film and stage actress.
She started her stage career in Greece in 1928 and was one of the founding members of the National Theatre of Greece in 1932. The outbreak of World War II found her in the United Kingdom and she later moved to the United States, where she made her film debut in For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She appeared in a few more Hollywood films, before returning to Greece in the early 1950s. She became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1951. She then focused on her stage career and appeared in a number of European films including Rocco and His Brothers (1960).
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Filmography
all 15
Movies 14
Narrator 1
TV Shows 1
The Enemy Before Us (1970)
A Savage Summer (1970)
Zita (1968)
The Island of Aphrodite (1965)
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
The Miracle (1959)
The Immortal Land (1958)
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
Prince of Foxes (1949)
Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)
Uncle Silas (1947)
Confidential Agent (1945)
Hostages (1943)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1900-12-17
Deathday1973-02-22 (72 years old)
Birth PlacePiraeus, Greece
RelationshipsAlexis Minotis (1940-01-01 - 1973-02-22), Ioannis Paxinos. (1917-01-01 - 1923-01-01)
RelativesAlexandros Antonopoulos
CitizenshipsGreece
Also Known AsΚατίνα Παξινού
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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