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Something wrong?She made Greek tragedy feel immediate on screen - not museum pieces but living fury. Papas anchored epics and art films alike with a presence so carved it seemed mythic even when the camera was just watching her face.
A life in dates
A Talking PictureFilm, Helena2002Short CutsSeries, Pensioner2001Honorary Doctorate at the University of Rome Tor VergataAward1997
The OdysseySeries, Anticlea1996
PartyFilm, Irene1995Commandeur des Arts et des LettresAward1992
Up, Down and SidewaysFilm, Μαρία1991
Enopios EnopioSeries, Guest1989
OceanoSeries, Aurelia Perdomo1988
La Valise en cartonSeries, Maria Amélia, la mère de Linda1987
A Child Called JesusFilm, Old Maria1983
ErendiraFilm, Grandmother Amadis1982
Champs-ElyséesSeries1979
BloodlineFilm, Simonetta Palazzi1976
Moses the LawgiverFilm, Zippora1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSeries1974
Moses the LawgiverSeries, Zipporah1973
The Battle of SutjeskaFilm, Borina majka1971National Board of Review Award for Best ActressAward
Oasis of FearFilm, 1971Barbara Slater1968
The BrotherhoodFilm, Ida Ginetta1966
Trap for the AssassinFilm, Julia de Noirville1962
ElectraFilm, Elektra1956
Tribute to a Bad ManFilm, Jocasta Constantine1955
MGM ParadeSeries1954
Climax!Series, Maxanne York1953
The UnfaithfulsFilm, Luisa Azzali1929Born3 September 1929Also in Deutsch
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SpotifyFilmography 40
APA Talking Picture
CMCaptain Corelli's MandolinPAParty
JAJacobUSUp, Down and Sideways
PBPlato's Banquet
CFChronicle of a Death Foretold
HSHigh SeasonAJA Child Called Jesus
INInto the Night
TUThe Assisi UndergroundERErendira
LDLion of the Desert
CEChrist Stopped at EboliBLBloodline
RDRing of Darkness
IPIphigenia
TMThe MessageMLMoses the Lawgiver
BABambinaTSThe Battle of Sutjeska
DDDon't Torture a DucklingOFOasis of Fear
TWThe Trojan Women
RBRoma bene
ZZ
ADAnne of the Thousand Days
TOThe OdysseyTBThe Brotherhood
WWWe Still Kill the Old WayTATrap for the Assassin
ZGZorba the Greek
TSThe Moon-SpinnersELElectra
TNThe Guns of Navarone
ANAntigoneTMTribute to a Bad Man
ATAttila
TETheodora, Slave EmpressTUThe Unfaithfuls86 credits on file
Television 14
TOThe OdysseyEEEnopios EnopioOCOceanoLCLa Valise en carton
SSSacrée soirée
EJEin Kind mit Namen JesusCEChamps-ElyséesLDLes Rendez-vous du dimancheMLMoses the Lawgiver
TOThe OdysseyMPMGM ParadeCLClimax!
RCReflets de CannesAwards
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About this person
Born Eirini Lelekou in 1929, Papas built a career across more than 70 films and five decades, moving between Hollywood blockbusters and austere European drama. She played Antigone in 1961 and Electra the next year, then entered the international commercial stream with The Guns of Navarone and Zorba the Greek. By the late sixties she was the anchor of political cinema - Z in 1969 - and returned to Greek myth with The Trojan Women in 1971 and Iphigenia in 1977, winning Best Actress from Berlin and the National Board of Review. She also sang, recording Theodorakis in 1968. The Golden Lion came from Venice in 2009. She died in September 2022, a fortnight past her ninety-third birthday.
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