The Guns of Navarone1961
As Maria Pappadimos
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Irene Papas
Born
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.
Filmography (71)
Into the Night1985
As Shaheen Parvici
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Message1976
As Hind
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Erendira1983
As Grandmother Amadis
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Lion of the Desert1981
As Mabrouka
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Trojan Women1971
As Helen
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Zorba the Greek1964
As Widow
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Captain Corelli's Mandolin2001
As Drosoula
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Anne of the Thousand Days1969
As Queen Catherine
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Jacob1994
As Rebekka
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Z1969
As Hélène
TMDb 7.8 / 10
The Moon-Spinners1964
As Sophia
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Iphigenia1977
As Klytaimnistra
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Don't Torture a Duckling1972
As Dona Aurelia Avallone
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Bambina1974
As Raimonda Spina
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Island1989
As Marquise
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Party1996
As Irene
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Odyssey1969
As Penelope
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Bouboulina1959
As Laskarina Bouboulina
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Bloodline1979
As Simonetta Palazzi
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Chronicle of a Death Foretold1987
As Madre de Angela
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Morceaux de Cannes2021
TMDb 2.0 / 10
Roma bene1971
As Elena Teopoulos
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Attila1954
As Grune
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Moses the Lawgiver1976
As Zippora
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Battle of Sutjeska1973
As Borina majka
TMDb 6.6 / 10
A Talking Picture2003
As Helena
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Tribute to a Bad Man1956
As Jocasta Constantine
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Brotherhood1968
As Ida Ginetta
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Inquietude1998
As Mother
TMDb 6.8 / 10
High Season1987
As Penelope
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Christ Stopped at Eboli1979
As Giulia Venere
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Deserter1983
As Mariangela
TMDb 8.0 / 10
We Still Kill the Old Way1967
As Luisa Roscio
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Unfaithfuls1953
As Luisa Azzali
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Electra1962
As Elektra
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Trap for the Assassin1966
As Julia de Noirville
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Assisi Underground1985
As Mother Giuseppina
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Oasis of Fear1971
As Barbara Slater
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Plato's Banquet1989
As Diotime
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Theodora, Slave Empress1954
As Faidia
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Ring of Darkness1979
As Raffaella
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Up, Down and Sideways1992
As Μαρία
TMDb 3.9 / 10
A Dream of Kings1969
As Caliope
TMDb 6.0 / 10
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...1981
As La Signora
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Behold Man - The Survivors1969
As Anna
TMDb 3.5 / 10
Vortice1953
As Clara
TMDb 8.5 / 10
The Murder of Julius Caesar1972
As Calpurnia
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Dead City1951
As Lena
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Missing Scientists1954
As Gina
TMDb 3.3 / 10
Sweet Country1987
As Mrs. Araya
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Blood Wedding1977
As La mère
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Man From Cairo1953
As Yvonne Lebeau
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Desperate Ones1967
As Ajmi
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Antigone1961
As Antigone
TMDb 7.6 / 10
The Lake of Sighs1959
As Frosyni
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Fallen Angels1948
As Liana
TMDb 7.0 / 10
A Child Called Jesus1987
As Old Maria
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Il falso bugiardo2008
As Self (archive footage)
Lettera da Parigi1993
As Gina
TMDb 9.0 / 10
N.P. - The Secret1972
As Casalinga
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Pssst ... girls!1959
As Eleni
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Witness Out of Hell1967
As Lea Weiss
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Balad of Mamelouk1982
As Mamluk's Mother
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Yerma1999
As Vieja pagana
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Afghanistan For What?1984
1821 at the Cinema2021
As (archive footage)
1931: Once Upon a Time in New York1973
As Donna Mimma
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Steps1966
As Joana
TMDb 8.0 / 10
...and the train leaves for the sky2001
As Elena Michailovna
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Un Amore Rubato
Un Amore Rubato1993
Filmography and biography: TMDb