Irene Papas death
Irene Papas, born Irene Lelekou was a Greek actress and singer who starred in over 70 films in over 50 years in her career.
Papas passed away on 14 September 2022 in Chiliomodi, her cause of death is still unclear, however, in 2013 she began to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease..
#RIP Irene Papas (1926-2022)
Here is a scene from “Zorba the Greek” (1964) by Michael Cacoyannis, where she plays a young widow, restricted by barbaric village customs from falling in love with a man of her choice. pic.twitter.com/wWdwvVdbwR
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Irene Papas always acted as a child, making dolls out of rags and sticks; after a touring theatre visited the village performing Greek tragedies with the women tearing their hair, she used to tie a black scarf around her head and perform for the other children.
As an actress, Papa gained international recognition through such popular award-winning films as The Guns of Navarone (1961), Zorba the Greek (1964) and Z (1969), The Trojan Women (1971) and Iphigenia (1977). She played the title roles in Antigone (1961) and Electra (1962).
She won the Best Actress awards at the Berlin International Film Festival for Antigone and from the National Board of Review for The Trojan Women. Her career awards include the Golden Arrow Award in 1993 at Hamptons International Film Festival, and the Golden Lion Award in 2009 at the Venice Biennale.
Irene Papas age, birthdate and family
Irene Papas was born on September 3, 1926 and died September 14, 2022 at the age of 96 years old. Papas was born in the village of Chiliomodi, outside Corinth, Greece.
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Her mother was Eleni Prevezanou, a schoolteacher and her father Stavros Lelekos taught classical drama at the Sofikós school in Corinth.
Irene Papas’s family moved to Athens when she was seven years old. She was educated from age 15 at the Royal School of Dramatic Art in Athens, taking classes in dance and singing.
Irene Papas Net Worth
According to the online net worth sources, Irene had an estimated net worth of approximately $1.5 Million. She was one of the richest Movie Actress and listed on most popular Movie Actress.
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Irene Papas Instagram
Irene Papas was on Instagram under the username, @eirinipapairenepapas. She currently had 109 posts, 459 followers and 12 following.
Irene Papas Husband, Children
Irene Papas married married the film director Alkis Papas in 1947, the two divorced in 1951. In 1954 she met the actor Marlon Brando and they had a long love affair, which they kept secret at the time.
Fifty years later, when Brando died, she recalled that “I have never since loved a man as I loved Marlon. He was the great passion of my life, absolutely the man I cared about the most and also the one I esteemed most, two things that generally are difficult to reconcile”.
Her second marriage was to the film producer José Kohn in 1957; that marriage was later annulled. She was the aunt of the film director Manousos Manousakis and the actor Aias Manthopoulos. Little is known whether she had children.