Irene Papas : Actress Height, Weight, Age, Movies, Biography, News, Images & Videos

Irene Papas is a Greek actress and singer who has starred in over 70 films in a career spanning more than 50 years. She gained international recognition through such films as The Guns of Navarone and Zorba the Greek

She was a powerful protagonist in films including The Trojan Women and Iphigenia.

Irene Papas Movies and TV Shows

• A Child Called Jesus [17 September 1993]

  A prosperous widow (Irene Papas) with a gay son (Stratos Tzortzoglou) falls for a young gym instructor (Panos Mihalopoulos) in Athens.

• A Dream of Kings [16 January 1969 (USA)]

  Upon returning from Vietnam, Vince Ginetta (Alex Cord) marries the lovely Emma Bertolo (Susan Strasberg), the daughter of Mafia kingpin Dominic (Luther Adler). On the day of the wedding, Vince's older brother, Frank (Kirk Douglas), a made man of the Old World mold, hears that Dominic may have had a hand in their father's murder. As the newly well-connected Vince rises to prominence in the mob, Frank struggles with jealously -- and with his desire to avenge their father's death.… MORE

• A Talking Picture [8 May 1987 (France)]

  In the plaza in the center of a tiny Colombian village, Santiago Nasar (Anthony Delon) lies dead, having been stabbed by a pair of young twin brothers, Pedro (Carlos Miranda) and Pablo (Rogerio Miranda). As the non-linear story unfolds, the brothers' motivation becomes clear: their older sister, Angela (Ornella Muti), until recently betrothed to the dashing stranger Bayardo San Roman (Rupert Everett), has claimed that Santiago stole her virtue before her wedding night.… MORE

• Anne of the Thousand Days [2 July 1964]

  A young girl finds romance and intrigue when she takes a holiday on the island of Crete. Arriving at the Moon-Spinners Hotel, she falls for a mysterious young Englishman who appears to be caught up in a jewellery-smuggling ring.

• Antigone [June 1961 (West Germany)]

  In ancient Thebes, Greece, two brothers seeking the throne have slain each other in battle. Their father, King Creon (Manos Katrakis), mandates that one will be properly honored with a burial, while the other is left to rot in the elements. Creon's daughter, Antigone (Irene Papas), goes against her father's wishes and secretly buries her disgraced brother. Tragedy unfolds when the king discovers Antigone's misdeed and orders her imprisonment, along with her sister, Ismene (Maro Kontou).… MORE

• Anxiety [1987]

  This highly speculative film depicts the childhood of Jesus (Matteo Bellina), a period of his life largely absent from scripture. When a royal decree goes out that all young Hebrew boys must be killed, Joseph (Bekim Fehmiu) and Mary (Maria Del Carmen San Martin) leave Israel for Egypt with their son. As Jesus grows older, he becomes close to his parents, but ultimately begins to realize his spiritual path and returns to the Holy Land to fulfill his destiny.… MORE

• Attila [27 December 1954 (Italy)]

  Attila is a 1954 Italian-French co-production, directed by Pietro Francisci and produced by Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti. Based on the life of Attila the Hun, it stars Anthony Quinn as Attila and Sophia Loren as Honoria, with Henri Vidal, Irene Papas, Ettore Manni and Christian Marquand.

• Battle of Sutjeska [4 December 1994]

  Isaac's son Jacob deprives his brother Esau of his birthright and has to flee for his life. He finds shelter with his uncle Laban, but is himself deceived. Finally, Jacob has to face both his uncle and brother.

• Bloodline [29 June 1979]

  A pampered woman (Audrey Hepburn) inherits her slain father's Swiss-based pharmaceutical empire and cannot trust anyone.

• Bouboulina [3 March 1973]

  Members of a crime family send cash to Sicily hidden on the body of a dead gangster.

• Captain Corelli's Mandolin [22 September 2000 (USA)]

  Isabella Oliveira moves out of Brazil and takes on the challenges life throws at her when her husband cheats on her after getting frustrated by her severe motion sickness.

• Christ Stopped at Eboli [25 March 1988]

  Katharine is a talented photographer living on an idyllic Greek island. Unfortunately, the only thing that's clicking is her camera, until she finds herself surrounded by crazies, spies, smugglers, love-sick tourists, a teenage daughter and an ex-husband.

• Chronicle of a Death Foretold [8 May 1987 (France)]

  In the plaza in the center of a tiny Colombian village, Santiago Nasar (Anthony Delon) lies dead, having been stabbed by a pair of young twin brothers, Pedro (Carlos Miranda) and Pablo (Rogerio Miranda). As the non-linear story unfolds, the brothers' motivation becomes clear: their older sister, Angela (Ornella Muti), until recently betrothed to the dashing stranger Bayardo San Roman (Rupert Everett), has claimed that Santiago stole her virtue before her wedding night.… MORE

• Don't Torture a Duckling [15 October 2003 (France)]

  On the Mediterranean, a professor (Leonor Silveira) shows her young daughter (Filipa de Almeida) ancient sites, while three women engage the ship's captain (John Malkovich) in debate.

• Electra [June 1961 (West Germany)]

  In ancient Thebes, Greece, two brothers seeking the throne have slain each other in battle. Their father, King Creon (Manos Katrakis), mandates that one will be properly honored with a burial, while the other is left to rot in the elements. Creon's daughter, Antigone (Irene Papas), goes against her father's wishes and secretly buries her disgraced brother. Tragedy unfolds when the king discovers Antigone's misdeed and orders her imprisonment, along with her sister, Ismene (Maro Kontou).… MORE

• Eréndira [27 December 1954 (Italy)]

  Attila is a 1954 Italian-French co-production, directed by Pietro Francisci and produced by Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti. Based on the life of Attila the Hun, it stars Anthony Quinn as Attila and Sophia Loren as Honoria, with Henri Vidal, Irene Papas, Ettore Manni and Christian Marquand.

• High Season [23 January 1953 (Italy)]

  Adulterers try to save their own reputations when a wrongly accused servant commits suicide.

• I'll Take Her Like a Father [23 February 1999 (Spain)]

  Despondent after several failed attempts at pregnancy, Yerma (Aitana Sánchez-Gijón) talks to an old pagan woman (Irene Papas), who counsels that her husband, Juan (Juan Diego), is actually the source of the problem. Yerma considers seducing the handsome shepherd Victor (Jesus Cabrero) to become pregnant, but village gossip paralyzes her. As her frustration and resentment build, Yerma becomes mentally unstable and begins considering violent solutions.… MORE

• Into the Night [12 September 1983]

  A cruel woman forces her granddaughter into prostitution after she accidentally destroys the older woman's belongings.

• Iphigenia [15 December 1969]

  Matsoukas, a Greek-American, lives with his wife and his son Stavros. He learns that his son is going to die soon. He gambles to raise money to take his son to Greece in order to cure him.

• Jacob [29 November 1996 (Portugal)]

  Party is a 1996 Portuguese-French comedy-drama film directed by Manoel de Oliveira. It was screened in competition at the 1996 Venice Film Festival.

• L'assistente sociale tutto pepe [1948]

• Lion of the Desert [26 February 1969 (France)]

  A prominent politician is murdered during a demonstration. The government and army are trying to suppress the truth. But, a tenacious magistrate is determined to not to let them get away with it.

• Nekri politeia [1966]

• Party [7 September 2018]

  Four friends, who live a lavish lifestyle and always have each other's back, see things fall apart between them after a fateful incident.

• Pete, Pearl & the Pole [12 October 1989 (Australia)]

  Three women escaping their own personal tragedies meet on a Greek island where their lives merge into each others as they struggle with their lives and the one fate has planned for them.

• Ring of Darkness [2 July 1954 (France)]

  A former slave girl seeks justice for the lower classes when she becomes the empress of Rome.

• Roma Bene [8 October 1971 (Italy)]

  Roma Bene is a 1971 Italian comedy-drama film starring Virna Lisi, Nino Manfredi, Irene Papas and Senta Berger.

• Sweet Country [27 November 1953 (USA)]

  Mike Canelli (George Raft), an ordinary American, is drawn into a world of international intrigue when he gets mistaken for Charles Stark, a detective hired to find a fortune in francs stolen during the war. Charles, an old friend of Mike's, had mentioned that he was traveling to Saudi Arabia to find a man with one missing thumb. When Mike gets to Algiers, he hears about such a person. However, he is soon framed for murder, and realizes that finding the money is the only way he'll survive.… MORE

• The Assisi Underground [29 October 1979 (Italy)]

  Four young women join a Satanic cult, and willingly surrender their bodies to the devil. Years later, when one of their teenage daughters develops powers, the four women turn to a priest to help them banish the evil within her.

• The Brotherhood [19 April 2001 (United Kingdom)]

  Corelli is the leader of the Italian invasion force that control the Greek island of Cephalonia. Billeted with the local doctor he falls in love with his daughter, even though she is engaged to resistance fighter Mandras. Slowly, his feelings are returned but their life and love is disrupted when the Italians surrender to the Allies. Should Corelli and his men join with the Germans and continue to resist?… MORE

• The Guns of Navarone [27 September 1971 (New York)]

  In the aftermath of the Trojan Wars, Queen Hecuba (Katharine Hepburn) takes stock of the defeated kingdom. Her son has been killed, and his widow, Andromache (Vanessa Redgrave), is left to raise their son, Astyanax (Alberto Sanz), alone. Hecuba's daughter, Cassandra (Geneviève Bujold), fears being enslaved by her Greek masters, while Helen of Troy (Irene Papas) risks being executed. Astyanax also becomes the focus of the Greeks' attention as the last male heir of the Trojan royal family.… MORE

• The Man from Cairo [8 October 1971 (Italy)]

  Roma Bene is a 1971 Italian comedy-drama film starring Virna Lisi, Nino Manfredi, Irene Papas and Senta Berger.

• The Message [20 November 1977 (USA)]

  Bound for battle at Troy, Agamemnon (Kostas Kazakos) finds that his ships are foundering on windless waters. A fortune teller informs the Greek military leader that he's encountering unfavorable weather because his killing of a deer has drawn the ire of a powerful goddess. In this retelling of the tragedy penned by Euripides, Agamemnon must mislead his wife (Eirini Papa) and make a sacrifice of his daughter, Iphigenia (Tatiana Papamoskou), to press on with his military mission.… MORE

• The Moon-Spinners [17 April 1981]

  Set during the reign of Mussolini, this epic tale revolves around Libyan leader, Omar Mukhtar. Omar, an Arab Muslim rebel takes on the Italian attack which is directed towards conquering Libya.

• The Odyssey [Beppe Recchia]

• The Trojan Women [24 October 1962 (France)]

  When King Agamemnon returns from battle, he is slain by his wife, Clytemnestra (Aleka Katselli), and her lover. The king's son, Orestes (Giannis Fertis), is sent into exile, and his daughter, Electra (Irene Papas), into mourning. Over the years, Electra's hatred of her mother grows, and she bristles with the desire for vengeance. When she and Orestes are reunited, the siblings hatch a plot for revenge. But can they reconcile their need for justice with the act of matricide?… MORE

• The Unfaithfuls [23 January 1953 (Italy)]

  Adulterers try to save their own reputations when a wrongly accused servant commits suicide.

• Theodora, Slave Empress [11 September 1998 (Spain)]

  Three stories revolve around a father (Jose Pinto) and his son (Luís Miguel Cintra), two courtesans and the possibility of eternal life.

• Trap for the Assassin [Steve Sekely]

  A group of nuclear scientists tries to make sure top secret information about atomic weapons does not fall into the wrong hands when two scientists go missing in mysterious circumstances.

• Tribute to a Bad Man [22 February 1967 (Italy)]

  A professor investigates the killing of two men during a hunting trip and becomes fascinated by one of the widows of the victims. As he gets closer to the truth and discovers not only mafia, corrupt police but also church connections, the reality indicates that there can only be one end for the professor.

• Up, Down and Sideways [26 March 1980 (France)]

  Blood Wedding is a 1977 Moroccan drama film directed by Souheil Ben-Barka. The film was selected as the Moroccan entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 50th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film is based on the Spanish play by Federico Garcia Lorca.

• We Still Kill the Old Way [23 February 1979 (Italy)]

  In 1935, Italian artist and activist Carlo Levi (Gian Maria Volonte) is exiled to the remote village of Eboli for taking a stand against Mussolini's fascist regime. Although intended as a punishment, the experience soon proves to be an uplifting one for Levi. As he uses his medical knowledge to help the local villagers (Irene Papas, Paolo Bonacelli), he finds himself inspired by their spirit and ability to maintain their values while in the depths of poverty.… MORE

• Witness Out of Hell [1981 (Italy)]

  L'assistente sociale tutto pepe, also known as L'assistente sociale tutta pepe e tutta sale, is a 1981 Italian commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Nando Cicero.

• Yerma [3 July 1973]

  Battle of Sutjeska is a 1973 partisan film directed by Stipe Delić and made in SFR Yugoslavia. It tells the story of the famous Battle of Sutjeska, the greatest engagement of the Yugoslav Partisan War. The film is one of the most expensive ever made in Yugoslavia.

• Z [29 June 1979]

  A pampered woman (Audrey Hepburn) inherits her slain father's Swiss-based pharmaceutical empire and cannot trust anyone.

• Zorba the Greek [22 June 1961 (USA)]

  A group of elite Greek soldiers is assigned an impossible task of taking out the powerful German cannons on the Aegean island with the help of guerrilla fighters.