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Eleni Zafeiriou
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Eleni Zafeiriou (Greek: Ελένη Ζαφειρίου, 1916 – 2 September 2004) was a Greek film actress. She appeared in 108 films between 1951 and 1996. She was born in Larissa, Greece, and died in Athens.
She was a graduate of the Drama School of the National Theatre. She made his stage debut in 1936 in the play Before Sunset by Gerhard Hauptmann, which was staged at the National Theatre.
She played dozens of roles, mainly in the classical repertoire. The most important of these were the roles of Queen Margaret in Richard III, the goddess Athena in Iphigenia, Atossa in The Persians, Queen Gertrude in Hamlet, Goneril in King Lear, the nurse in Medea, Antigone in Oedipus at Colonus, Tecmissa in Ajax, S…
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Eleni Zafeiriou (Greek: Ελένη Ζαφειρίου, 1916 – 2 September 2004) was a Greek film actress. She appeared in 108 films between 1951 and 1996. She was born in Larissa, Greece, and died in Athens. She was a graduate of the Drama School of the National Theatre. She made his stage debut in 1936 in the play Before Sunset by Gerhard Hauptmann, which was staged at the National Theatre. She played dozens of roles, mainly in the classical repertoire. The most important of these were the roles of Queen Margaret in Richard III, the goddess Athena in Iphigenia, Atossa in The Persians, Queen Gertrude in Hamlet, Goneril in King Lear, the nurse in Medea, Antigone in Oedipus at Colonus, Tecmissa in Ajax, Sarah in The Sacrifice of Abraham, Roncalina in The King, etc. She had excelled in cinema in exceptional roles, with wonderful acting skills, embodying the simplicity of women of the popular classes, such as Bitter Bread, Little City, The Lake of Desire, etc. In most of the films she participated in, she played the mother of the protagonists. On television, the role of Kambouritsa remained characteristic, which she performed in the series Christ is Crucified Again in the 1970s. In addition, she participated in the dubbing of some cartoons. Specifically, she gave her voice to the witch from the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Lady Klossa from the film Robin Hood. In 1991, Eleni Zafeiriou's book entitled What Should I Remember First, Mother, was published by Odos Panos Publications. She died at the People's Hospital of Athens after a battle with successive strokes and was buried at the Chalandri Cemetery in a close family circle. (Source: Wikipedia)
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Eleni Zafeiriou's Filmography
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The Enemy of the People
as Leni
Τύψεις συνειδήσεως
The sun-born
Men Know How to Love
The Mistress of the Plain
Annio the cursed tseligopoula
The cry of truth
I lived a monk without love
I loved a bum
as Maria
Lieutenant Natassa
as Natassa's Mother
Astrapogiannos
as Giannos' Mother
I Love Only You
as Zafeiris' mother
Face to Face with Death
as Mrs. Athanasiou
The Eagle of the Enslaved
Sunday's dream
Γύρω μας γκρεμίστηκαν όλα
Hours of love, hours of war
as Maria
The Seal of God
as Andreas' mother
A Man with a Conscience
A woman's sacrifice
For Honor and for Love
Wake up Vassili
as Antigoni Vasilaki
Slum, my love
The Odyssey of an Uprooted Man
as Fani Karatzoglou
The last goodbye
as Athina
Μαριώ, η κατατρεγμένη βοσκοπούλα
The Refugee
as Despoina Skoutari
The Lady and the Tramp
as Lefteris' mother
Ξεριζωμένη Γενηά
The Avenue of Hate
as Stamos' mother
Η Λυγερή
A Woman's Past
as Despina Moutousi
Damned love
Humbled And Dejected
Love and Blood
as Aliki Argouzi
The Heart of a Tramp
Venus the girl who hurt
The Antijealous
Ζήσε για την αγάπη μας
The one that didn't bend
A girl different from the others
Αργυρώ η προδομένη τσελιγκοπούλα
The hour of justice
Groom from London
as Mary's Mother
Unfair curse
From Jerusalem with love
Ερασταί του μεσαίου τοίχου
Sometimes even the strong cry
as Angeliki
Aspasia's dollars
as Aspasia
Jenny Jenny
as Matina Skoutari
I'm not selling my heart
as Stefanos' mother
I want to live in the sun.
Test
as Lena
Love that time does not fade
The Devastated
The Immigrant
The Poor Child
as Maria
Παντρεύουν την αγάπη μου
We despised My Sweetness
as Fonda's mother
Egoism
as Giorgos' Mother
Miss Manager
as Loukia Samiotaki
My Bitter Love
In the shadow of the other woman
Τα δάκρυά μου είναι καυτά
Cyprus in Flames
No Poster
Restless youth
The big secret
as μητέρα Χριστίνας
Hearts in the storm
The Trip
as mitera tis Marinas
The steps of life
as Mrs. Zarlati
Glory Sky
Nomos 4000
as Anna Oikonomou
The Decline
as Ελισάβετ Νικολάου
Mrs. Midwife
as Mrs. Bekou (Lykourgos' wife)
Η απολύτρωση
Soldiers Without Uniform
Erotic Stories
as Smaragdi
The Lake of Sighs
as Ayah
Zalongo, the Fort of Freedom
as Tzavelaina
Wrecks Of Life
A Matter of Dignity
as Katerina
The Auntie from Chicago
as Efterpi Barda
The Lagoon of Desire
as Altana Razi
The Coffee Reader
as Anna Giavasi (as Nitsa Zafeiriou)
A Girl in Black
as Froso
The Acacia Road
as Eleni Douvi
The Unknown
as Ρόζα
Open Sea
Lily of the Harbor
as Martha
Dead City
as Gianna
Bitter Bread
as Mrs. Lyberi
Ο Γυρισμός της Μάνας
as Μητέρα