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Irene Papas Biography (1929?-)

Original name, Irene Lelekou; born September 3, 1929 (some sources cite 1926), in Chilimodian, Greece; father, a teacher of classical drama; mother's name, Eleni Lelekou (a schoolteacher); aunt of Manousos Manousakis (a director) and Asias Manthopoulos (an actor); married Alkis Papas (a director), 1947 (divorced, 1951); married Jose Kohn, 1957 (marriage annulled).

Nationality

Greek

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Birth Details

September 3, 1929?

Chilimodian, Greece

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• Angelina Capuano, That Summer, That Fall, Helen Hayes Theatre, NewYork City, 1967
• Title role, Medea, Circle in the Square, New York City, 1973
• Agave, The Bacchae, Circle in the Square, 1980
• Orpheus Descending, Circle in the Square, 1984
• Also appeared with the Greek Popular Theatre, Athens, 1958; and in TheIdiot, Inherit the Wind, Iphigenia in Aulis, Journey'sEnd, and The Merchant of Venice, all New York City. Performed as asinger and a dancer in variety shows in Greece.
• Film Appearances
• Lost Angels, 1950
• Nekri politeia (also known as Dead City), 1951
• Monica, Una di quelle (also known as Toto, Peppino e una di quelle), 1953
• Yvonne, Dramma nella Casbah (also known as Crime Squad andThe Man from Cairo), Lippert, 1953
• Vortice, 1953
• Mrs. Luisa Azzali, Le infedeli (also known as The Unfaithfuls), 1953, Allied Artists, 1960
• Faidia, Teodora, imperatrice di Bisanzio (also known as Theodora, Slave Empress and Theodora, imperatrice de Byzance), 1954
• Jocasta Constantine, Tribute to a Bad Man, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1956
• Grune, Attila (also known as Attila the Hun, Attila fleau de Dieu, and Attila, il flagello di Dio), Lux, 1958
• Title role, Bouboulina, 1959
• I limni ton stenagmon, 1959
• Psit ... koritsia!, 1959
• The Power and the Prize, 1960
• Maria Pappadimos, The Guns of Navarone, Columbia, 1961
• Title role, Antigone (also known as Rites for the Dead andAntigoni), Norma Releasing, 1962
• Title role, Electra (also known as Elektra), Lopert, 1962
• Sophia, The Moon-Spinners, Buena Vista, 1964
• The widow, Zorba the Greek (also known as Alexis Zorbas), International Classics, 1964
• Roger la honte (also known as Trap for the Assassin and Trappola per l'assassino), 1966
• Lea Weiss, Die Zuegin aus der Hoelle (also known as Bitter Grass, Witness out of Hell, and Gorke trave), Rank, 1967
• Luisa Roscio, A ciascuno il suo (also known as We Still Kill the Old Way), Lopert, 1967
• Ajmi, The Desperate Ones (also known as Beyond the Mountains and Mas alla de las montanas), American International Pictures, 1968
• Ida Ginetta, The Brotherhood, Paramount, 1968
• Ecce Homo, 1968
• Caliope, A Dream of Kings, National General, 1969
• Helene, Z, Cinema V, 1969
• Queen Catherine of Aragon, Anne of the Thousand Days (also known as Anne of a Thousand Days), Universal, 1969
• Barbara, Un posto ideale per uccidere (also known as Deadly Trap, Dirty Pictures, and Oasis of Fear), 1971
• Elena Teopoulos, Roma bene (also known as Scandale a Rome),1971
• Helen, The Trojan Women, Cinerama, 1971
• Housewife, N.P. il segreto (also known as N.P. and N.P.--The Secret), Zeta-a-Elle, 1971
• Amelia Mallone, Non si sevizia un paperino (also known as Don'tTorture a Duckling, Don't Torture the Duckling, and You Don'tTorture Ducklings), Medusa Distribuzione, 1972
• Sutjeska (also known as The Fifth Offensive), 1972
• 1313: Once upon a Time in New York (also known as Pete, Pearl,and the Pole and Piazzapulita), 1972
• Raimonda Spina, Le faro da padre (also known as Bambina andI'll Take Her Like a Father), Cineriz, 1974
• Hind, Mohammad, Messenger of God (also known as The Messageand Al-Ris-Alah), Tarik/Irwin Yablans, 1976
• Bodas de sangre (also known as Blood Wedding), Artificial Eye/Almi Cinema V, 1976
• Clytemnestra, Iphigenia, Cinema V, 1977
• Rafaella, Un ombra nell'ombra (also known as Ring of Darkness), 1977
• L'uomo di Corleone, 1977
• Simonetta Palazza, Bloodline (also known as Sidney Sheldon's Bloodline and Blutspur), Paramount, 1979
• Giulia Venere, Eboli (also known as Christ Stopped at Eboliand Cristo si e fermato a Eboli), Franklin Media, 1980
• Mabrouka, Lion of the Desert (also known as Omar Mukhtar and Omar Mukhtar: Lion of the Desert), United Film Distribution, 1981
• L'assistente sociale tutta pepe, 1981
• La ballade de Mamlouk, 1982
• Afghanistan porquoi, 1983
• Grandmother, Erendira, Miramax, 1984
• Mrs. Hasim, Melvin, Son of Alvin (also known as Girl-Toy and The Troubles with Melvin), 1984
• Steps, 1984
• Mother Giuseppina, The Assisi Underground, Golan-Globus, 1985
• Shaheen Parvici, Into the Night, Universal, 1985
• Angela's mother, Cronaca di una morte annunciata (also known as Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Chronique d'un mort annoncee, andCronica de una muerte anunciada), Istituto Luce/Italnoleggio Cinematographico, 1987
• Mrs. Araya, Sweet Country (also known as Glykeia patrida),Cinema Group, 1987
• Penelope, High Season, Hemdale, 1987
• Marquise, Island, 1989
• And performer of songs "40 Braves," "Menousis," and "Moiroloi," Russicum, 1989
• Helen's grandmother, Nirvana Street Murder, 1990
• Lalla Sahaba, La batalla de los tres reyes, 1990
• Banquet, 1991
• Drums of Fire, 1991
• Gina, Lettera da Parigi (also known as The Latest from Paris), 1992
• Zoe, 1992
• Maria, Pano kato ke plagios (also known as Up, Down, and Sideways), 1993
• Homecoming, 1994
• Irene, Party, Gemini Films, 1996
• Mae, "Mother of a River," in Inquietude (also known as Anxiety), Gemini Films, 1998
• Vieja Pagana, Yerma, Columbia, 1999
• (As Irini Pappas) Old lady, The Wog Boy, Twentieth Century-Fox Australia, 2000
• Drosoula, Captain Corelli's Mandolin (also known as Capitaine Corelli), Universal/Miramax, 2001
• Podzimninavrat, 2001
• Television Appearances
• Miniseries
• Penelope, L'odissea (also known as The Adventures of Ulysses, The Odyssey, Die Odyssee, and Le avventure di Ullisse), 1968
• Zipporah, Moses--The Lawgiver (also known as Mose), CBS, 1975
• Marie-Amelia, A mala de cartao (also known as La valise en carton), 1986
• Anticlea, The Odyssey (also known as Homer's Odyssey, Die Abenteuer des Odysseus, and Odissea), NBC, 1997
• Movies
• Mariangela, Il disertore (also known as The Deserter), 1983
• Rebekah, Jacob (also known as Jacob: A TNT Bible Story), TNT, 1994
• Episodic
• "The Odyssey," Great Books, The Learning Channel, 1996
• Appeared in M-G-M Parade, ABC.
• Other
• Erinaki, Les tribulations de Manuel, 1982
• Maria, Un bambino di nome Gesu--Il mistero, 1988
• Oceano (also known as Ocean and Ociano), 1989
• Un amore rubato, 1993
• Radio Appearances
• Appeared in radio shows.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 3: Actors and Actresses, St. James Press, 1996