Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1926-09-03 (96 years old)
Deathday
2022-09-14
Place of Birth
Chiliomodi, Corinth, Greece
Also known As
Ирен Папас
Ειρήνη Παπά
Ειρήνη Παππά
Eirini Leleku
إيرين باباس
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 Be...
1979
as Simonetta Palazzi
2001
as Drosoula
1964
as Widow
1974
as Zippora
1979
as Raffaella
1994
as Rebekka
1969
as Hélène, wife of the Deputy
1961
as Maria Pappadimos
1969
as Queen Catherine
1976
as Hind
1981
as Mabrouka
1979
as Giulia Venere
1964
as Sophia
1968
as Penelope
1971
as Barbara Slater
1977
as Klytaimnistra
1971
as Helen
1962
as Elektra
1972
as Dona Aurelia Avallone
1974
as Raimonda Spina
1967
as Luisa Roscio
1968
as Ida Ginetta
1956
as Jocasta Constantine
1954
as Grune
1987
as Penelope
1971
as Elena Teopoulos
1982
as Mamluk's Mother
1973
as Borina majka
1989
as Diotime
1987
as Madre de Angela
1989
as Marquise
1953
as Yvonne Lebeau
1985
as Mother Giuseppina
1969
as Anna
1961
as Antigone
1983
as Grandmother Amadis
1967
as Lea Weiss
1987
as Old Maria
1951
as Lena
2021
as (archive footage)
1972
as Casalinga
1985
as Shaheen Parvici
1953
as Clara
1954
as Faidia
1973
as Donna Mimma
1977
as La mère
1992
as Μαρία
2003
as Helena
1953
as Luisa Azzali
1969
as Caliope
1966
as Julia de Noirville
1981
as La Signora
1954
as Gina
1996
as Irene
1998
as Mother
1967
as Ajmi
1959
as Laskarina Bouboulina
1987
as Mrs. Araya
1948
as Liana
1999
as Vieja pagana
1966
as Joana
1959
as Eleni
1959
as Frosyni
2008
as Self (archive footage)
2001
as Elena Michailovna
1983
as Mariangela
1993
1993
as Gina
1972
as Calpurnia
1997
as Anticleia
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