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Irene Papas

Name in Native Language: "Ειρήνη Παππά" (Greek/EL)
Actress / Film Director | * 09/03/1926 († 96, 09/14/2022) | Chiliomodi, Corinth (Greece)
Irene Papas or Irene Pappas (Greek: Ειρήνη Παππά, romanized: Eiríni Pappá, IPA: [iˈrini paˈpa]; born Eirini Lelekou (Greek: Ειρήνη Λελέκου, romanized: Eiríni Lelékou); 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 a... ()
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Irene Papas (Greek: Ειρήνη Παπά, born September 3, 1926 - died September 14, 2022) was a Greek actress and occasional singer, who had starred in over seventy films in a career spanning more than fifty years.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | History | Thriller

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In Thebes in ancient Greece, King Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother Jocasta, having two sons - Eteocles and Polyneices - and two daughters - Ismene and Antigone. King Oedipus dies a begg ...

Antigone

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1961 | 3.9/5 | 1h 33min
History, Drama
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Handsomely-mounted historical epic concerns the birth of the Islamic faith and the story of the prophet Mohammed. ...

The Message

PG

1976 | 3.7/5 | 2h 58min
Adventure, Drama, Action, History
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A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped Br ...

The Guns of Navarone

NR

1961 | 3.7/5 | 2h 38min
War, Action
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Living in exile after the death of their father, the grown children of a murdered and usurped king converge to exact eye-for-an-eye revenge. ...

Electra

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1962 | 3.5/5 | 1h 50min
Action, History, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Irene Papas

National Board of Review Award for Best Actress Commandeur Des Arts Et Des Lettres‎ Commander of The Order of The Phoenix Knight Commander of The Order of Alfonso X Honorary Doctorate At The University of Rome Tor Vergata
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Movies with Irene Papas as Actress(63)

as Self (archive footage)2008 Il falso bugiardo
as Helena2003 A Talking Picture
as Drosoula2001 Captain Corelli's Mandolin
as Elena Michailovna2001 ...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό
as Vieja pagana1999 Yerma
as Mother1998 Anxiety
as Irene1996 Party
as Rebekka1994 Jacob
as Maria1992 Up, Down and Sideways
as Diotime1989 Plato's Banquet
as Marquise1989 Island
as Madre de Angela1987 Chronicle of a Death Foretold
as Old Maria1987 A Child Called Jesus
as Penelope1987 High Season
as Mrs. Araya1987 Sweet Country
as Shaheen Parvici1985 Into the Night
as Mother Giuseppina1985 The Assisi Underground
as Grandmother Amadis1983 Erendira
as Mariangela1983 The Deserter
as La Signora1981 L'assistente sociale tutto pepe
as Mabrouka1981 Lion of the Desert
as Raffaella1979 Ring of Darkness
as Giulia Venere1979 Christ Stopped at Eboli
as Simonetta Palazzi1979 Bloodline
as Klytaimnistra1977 Iphigenia
as La mère1977 Blood Wedding
as Hind1976 The Message
as Zippora1974 Moses the Lawgiver
as Raimonda Spina1974 Bambina
as Donna Mimma1973 1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
as Borina majka1973 The Battle of Sutjeska
as Dona Aurelia Avallone1972 Don't Torture a Duckling
as Elena Teopoulos1971 Roma bene
as Barbara Slater1971 Oasis of Fear
as Casalinga1971 N.P.
as Helen1971 The Trojan Women
as Caliope1969 A Dream of Kings
as Hélène, wife of the Deputy1969 Z
as Queen Catherine1969 Anne of the Thousand Days
as Anna1969 Ecce Homo - I Sopravvissuti
as Ida Ginetta1968 The Brotherhood
as Luisa Roscio1967 We Still Kill the Old Way
as Lea Weiss1967 Witness Out of Hell
as Ajmi1967 The Desperate Ones
as Julia de Noirville1966 Trap for the Assassin
as Joana1966 The Steps
as Sophia1964 The Moon-Spinners
as Widow1964 Zorba the Greek
as Elektra1962 Electra
as Maria Pappadimos1961 The Guns of Navarone
as Antigone1961 Antigone
as Eleni1959 Ψιτ... κορίτσια!
as Frosyni1959 The Lake of Sighs
as Laskarina Bouboulina1959 Bouboulina
as Jocasta Constantine1956 Tribute to a Bad Man
as Gina1954 The Missing Scientists
as Faidia1954 Theodora, Slave Empress
as Grune1954 Attila
as Luisa Azzali1953 The Unfaithfuls
as Clara1953 Vortice
as Yvonne Lebeau1953 The Man From Cairo
as Lena1951 Dead City
as Liana1948 Fallen Angels

TV Shows/Series with Irene Papas as Actress(7)

as Pensioner2002 Short Cuts
as Aurelia Perdomo1989 Oceano
as Maria Amélia, la mère de Linda1988 La Valise en carton
as herself1982 Champs-Elysées
as herself1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Penelope1968 The Odyssey
as Maxanne York1954 Climax!

Full Name: Irini Papas
Citizenship: Greece
Born: Friday, 09/03 1926 (September) in Chiliomodi, Corinth (Greece)
Died: Wednesday, 09/14 2022 (September) in Kifisia (aged: 96)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: Greek (EL), Greek
Spouses (current/former): Alkis Pappas, José Kohn
Siblings: Evangelie Lelekou - Manthopoulou, Despina Lelekou -Tataki
Related to: Manousos Manousakis, Aias Manthopoulos, Lida-Maria Manthopoulou
Other names for Irene Papas (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Ирен Папас"
"Ειρήνη Παπά"
"Ειρήνη Παππά"
"Ειρήνη Λελέκου"
Irene Papas frequently works together with these people:
Mihalis Kakogiannis (21x, Crew)
Harry Townes (8x, Actor)
Anthony Quinn (7x, Actor)
Michael Rennie (7x, Actor)
Manoel de Oliveira (7x, Crew)
Cedric Hardwicke (6x, Actor)
Everett Sloane (6x, Actor)
Enrico Sabbatini (6x, Crew)
Míkis Theodorakis (6x, Crew)
Alexander Ramati (6x, Crew)
Riccardo Freda (5x, Crew)
Pier Luigi Basile (5x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:26846, Added: 05/08/2018, Last updated: 01/09/2025