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Irene Papas
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Actor Born: September 3, 1929 in Chiliomodion, Greece Biography:Enrolled in dramatic school age 12, Greek actress "Irene Papas" spent her first professional years as a singer-dancer in stage reviews and as a radio vocalist. Trained in Athens in the classics of Greece's Golden Age, Irene has played all the major tragic roles, including Medea and Electra; in addition, she was active in the contemporary productions put on by the Greek Popular Theatre in the late 1950s. In films from 1950, Irene is best known to international audiences for her portrayals of gutsy resistance fighter Maria Pappadimos in Guns of Navarone (1961); The Widow in "Zorba the Greek" (1964); the wife of political martyr "Yves Montand" in "Z" (1968); and Catherine of Aragon (with nary a trace of her native accent) in "Anne of a Thousand Days." In between these projects, Ms. Papas made her Broadway debut in 1967's That Summer, That Fall. She has also delivered award-winning performances in the... Full Biography
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