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Irene Papas

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96 Years Old

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.

Born

Chiliomodi, Corinth, Greece on 3rd September 1926

Died

14th September 2022

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Champs-Elysées
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
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Climax!
Maxanne York
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The Odyssey
Anticleia
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The Odyssey
Penelope
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Oceano
Aurelia Perdomo
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Short Cuts
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La Valise en carton
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Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus
Old Maria
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The Guns of Navarone
Maria Pappadimos
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Drosoula
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The Message
Hind
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Lion of the Desert
Mabrouka
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Reflets de Cannes
Self
Z Image
Z
Hélène, wife of the Deputy
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Zorba the Greek
Widow
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The Moon-Spinners
Sophia
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Into the Night
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Don't Torture a Duckling
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Bambina
Raimonda Spina
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We Still Kill the Old Way
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Anne of the Thousand Days
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Bloodline
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Jacob
Rebekka
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High Season
Penelope
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold
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Electra
Elektra
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The Brotherhood
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Tribute to a Bad Man
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Attila
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Moses the Lawgiver
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Island
Marquise
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The Trojan Women
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Oasis of Fear
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Moses the Lawgiver
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Christ Stopped at Eboli
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Antigone
Antigone
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Odissea
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Theodora, Slave Empress
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The Assisi Underground
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The Unfaithfuls
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Roma bene
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A Dream of Kings
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A Child Called Jesus
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Iphigenia
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The Battle of Sutjeska
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Ring of Darkness
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Erendira
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The Man From Cairo
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Behold Man - The Survivors
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Trap for the Assassin
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L'assistente sociale tutto pepe...
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A Talking Picture
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Party
Irene
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1821 at the Cinema
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Inquietude
Mother
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1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
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The Odyssey
Anticleia
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Afghanistan For What?
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Sweet Country
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Vortice
Clara
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Up, Down and Sideways
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Pssst ... girls!
Eleni
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N.P. - The Secret
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Il falso bugiardo
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The Desperate Ones
Ajmi
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The Balad of Mamelouk
Mamluk's Mother
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The Missing Scientists
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Yerma
Vieja pagana
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Blood Wedding
La mère
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Witness Out of Hell
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Plato's Banquet
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The Lake of Sighs
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The Deserter
Mariangela
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Dead City
Lena
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...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό
Elena Michailovna
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Bouboulina
Laskarina Bouboulina
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Lettera da Parigi
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Fallen Angels
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The Murder of Julius Caesar
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The Steps
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