IRENE PAPAS
Name: Irene Papas
Birth name: Irene Lelekou
Born: 3 September 1929 Chilimodion, Corinth, Greece
Irene Papas (born September 3, 1929) is a Greek actress
and occasional singer, who has starred in over seventy films in a career
spanning more than fifty years.
Irene Papas was born Irini Lelekou in Chiliomodi outside
Corinth, Greece. She began her early career in Greece, achieving widespread fame
there, before starring in internationally renowned films such as The Guns of
Navarone and Zorba the Greek, and critically acclaimed films such as Z and
Electra. She is a leading figure in cinematic transcriptions of ancient tragedy
since she has portrayed Helen in The Trojan Women, Clytemnestra in Iphigenia (film),
and the homonymous parts in Electra and Antigone. In 1977, she starred in the
film Mohammad, Messenger of God (also known as The Message) about the origin of
Islam, and the message of prophet Mohammad.
She has recently appeared in the film, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, and is
currently working in theatre in Portugal.
Name: Irene Papas
Birth name: Irene Lelekou
Born: 3 September 1929 Chilimodion, Corinth, Greece
Irene Papas (born September 3, 1929) is a Greek actress
and occasional singer, who has starred in over seventy films in a career
spanning more than fifty years.
Irene Papas was born Irini Lelekou in Chiliomodi outside
Corinth, Greece. She began her early career in Greece, achieving widespread fame
there, before starring in internationally renowned films such as The Guns of
Navarone and Zorba the Greek, and critically acclaimed films such as Z and
Electra. She is a leading figure in cinematic transcriptions of ancient tragedy
since she has portrayed Helen in The Trojan Women, Clytemnestra in Iphigenia (film),
and the homonymous parts in Electra and Antigone. In 1977, she starred in the
film Mohammad, Messenger of God (also known as The Message) about the origin of
Islam, and the message of prophet Mohammad.
She has recently appeared in the film, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, and is
currently working in theatre in Portugal.