Acting credits
82
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Irene Papas
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.5
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Movies: 70Series: 12
TMDB ID: 18847
IMDb ID: nm0660327
Known for: Acting
Born: September 3, 1926
Died: September 14, 2022
Age: 96
Place of birth: Chiliomodi, Corinth, Greece
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1948 - 2021
Years active: 74
Average TMDB rating: 6.63
Wikidata: Q230563
Also known as
Ирен Папас • Ειρήνη Παπά • Ειρήνη Παππά • Eirini Leleku • إيرين باباس
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Irene Papas.
1821 at the Cinema
as (archive footage)
2021 Movie
Il falso bugiardo
as Self (archive footage)
2008 Movie
6.6
A Talking Picture
as Helena
2003 Movie
5.0
...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό
as Elena Michailovna
2001 Movie
6.0
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
as Drosoula
2001 Movie
3.0
Yerma
as Vieja pagana
1999 Movie
6.4
Inquietude
as Mother
1998 Movie
The Odyssey
as Anticleia
1997 Movie
6.3
Party
as Irene
1996 Movie
6.6
Jacob
as Rebekka
1994 Movie
Lettera da Parigi
as Gina
1993 Movie
3.9
Up, Down and Sideways
as Μαρία
1992 Movie
5.2
Island
as Marquise
1989 Movie
4.7
Plato's Banquet
as Diotime
1989 Movie
5.0
High Season
as Penelope
1987 Movie
7.3
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
as Madre de Angela
1987 Movie
4.4
Sweet Country
as Mrs. Araya
1987 Movie
6.6
A Child Called Jesus
as Old Maria
1987 Movie
5.2
The Assisi Underground
as Mother Giuseppina
1985 Movie
6.5
Into the Night
as Shaheen Parvici
1985 Movie
Afghanistan For What?
1984 Movie
5.9
Erendira
as Grandmother Amadis
1983 Movie
The Deserter
as Mariangela
1983 Movie
4.0
The Balad of Mamelouk
as Mamluk's Mother
1982 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Irene Papas.
7.2
The Odyssey
as Anticleia • 2 eps
1997 Series
5.0
Oceano
as Aurelia Perdomo • 6 eps
1989 Series
1.0
La Valise en carton
as Maria Amélia, la mère de Linda • 6 eps
1988 Series
10.0
Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus
as Old Maria • 4 eps
1987 Series
5.1
Sacrée Soirée
as Self • 1 eps
1987 Series
6.3
Champs-Elysées
as Self • 1 eps
1982 Series
6.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self • 1 eps
1975 Series
Moses the Lawgiver
as Zippora • 7 eps
1974 Series
8.9
The Odyssey
as Penelope • 8 eps
1968 Series
MGM Parade
as self • 2 eps
1955 Series
3.3
Climax!
as Maxanne York • 1 eps
1954 Series
2.0
Reflets de Cannes
as Self • 1 eps
1954 Series