IRENE PAPAS

Irene Papas  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 in Corinth, Greece.Papas began her early career in Greece (she was discovered by Elia Kazan), 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 has portrayed Helen in The Trojan Women, Clytemnestra  in Iphigenia , and the eponymous parts in Electra and Antigone. She appeared as Catherine of Aragon  in the film Ann of the Thousand Days, opposite Richard Burton  and Genevieve Bujold in 1969. She co-starred in The Trojan Women with Catherine Hepburn, who once said that Papas was "one of the best actresses in the history of cinema". In 1976, she starred in the film Mohammad, Messenger of God. One of her last film appearances was in Captain Corelli's Mandolin. She is currently working in theatre in Portugal. In 1978, Papas collaborated with composer Vangelis in an electronic rendition of eight Greek folk songs, issued as a record called "Odes". They collaborated again in 1986 for "Rhapsodies", an electronic rendition of seven Byzantine liturgical hymns. In 1982, she appeared in the film Lion of the Desert with Antony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Rod Steiger and John Gielgud. Papas was known to Mikis Theodorakis as early as 1964 from working with him . Some of the songs, performed with passion and skill by Papas, have a Zorba-like quality.She also sits on the board of directors of the Anna-Marie Foundation.

She got many international awards and honors. 

•                     1961: Antigone (film)

•                     1962: Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Best Actress, for the film Elektra) — won

•                     1962: Union of Greek Film Critics (Best Actress, for the film Elektra) — won

•                     1969: New York Film Critics Circle (Best Supporting Actress, for the film Z) — nominated

•                     1971: National Board of Review (Best Actress, for the film The Trojan Women) — won

•                     1985: Fennecus Awards (Best Actress in a limited role, for the film Into the Night) — nominated

•                     1989: Australian Film Institute (Best Actress, for the film Island) — nominated

•                     1993: Hamptons International Film Festival (Distinguished Achievement Award) — won

•                     1993: Flaiano Prize for Theatre (Career Award) — won

•                     2000: Madrid National Arts Institution (Career Award) — won

•                     2000: International Festival Women’s films (Career Award) — won

•                     2001: University of Rome (Doctorate in Arts and Letters) — won

•                     2002: Woman of Europe Award (Career Award) — won

1. Irene Papas was
a. an actress
b. a politician
c. a judge
d. an architect

2. She was born in
a. Smyrni
b. Paris
c. N. York
d. Corinth

3. She played with
a. Antony Quinn
b. Rod Steiger
c. Richard Burton
d. All the above