Irene Papas

Actor

Born: September 3, 1929
Died: September 14, 2022 (age 93)
From: Chiliomodi, Corinth, Greece

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…

Filmography (71)

1821 at the Cinema (2021)
(archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
Il falso bugiardo (2008)
Self (archive footage)
A Talking Picture (2003)
Helena
...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό (2001)
Elena Michailovna
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
Drosoula
Yerma (1999)
Vieja pagana
Inquietude (1998)
Mother
Party (1996)
Irene
Jacob (1994)
Rebekka
Un Amore Rubato
Un Amore Rubato (1993)
Lettera da Parigi (1993)
Gina
Up, Down and Sideways (1992)
Μαρία
Island (1989)
Marquise
Plato's Banquet (1989)
Diotime
High Season (1987)
Penelope
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987)
Madre de Angela
Sweet Country (1987)
Mrs. Araya
A Child Called Jesus (1987)
Old Maria
The Assisi Underground (1985)
Mother Giuseppina
Into the Night (1985)
Shaheen Parvici
Afghanistan For What? (1984)
Erendira (1983)
Grandmother Amadis
The Deserter (1983)
Mariangela
The Balad of Mamelouk (1982)
Mamluk's Mother
Lion of the Desert (1981)
Mabrouka
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe... (1981)
La Signora
Ring of Darkness (1979)
Raffaella
Bloodline (1979)
Simonetta Palazzi
Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
Giulia Venere