Eleni Zafeiriou
Acting
- Born:
- 1916-01-01
- Died:
- 2004-09-02
- Place of birth:
- Larissa, Greece
Biography
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)
Known For
Filmography
To Hroma tou Feggariou
O Hristos xanastavronetai
The Enemy of the People
Τύψεις συνειδήσεως
The sun-born
Men Know How to Love
The cry of truth
The Mistress of the Plain
I lived a monk without love
I loved a bum
Annio the cursed tseligopoula
Lieutenant Natassa
Astrapogiannos
I Love Only You
Face to Face with Death
The Eagle of the Enslaved
Hours of love, hours of war
Sunday's dream
Γύρω μας γκρεμίστηκαν όλα
The Seal of God
A Man with a Conscience
A woman's sacrifice
For Honor and for Love
Wake up Vassili
Slum, my love
The Odyssey of an Uprooted Man
The Refugee
The last goodbye
Μαριώ, η κατατρεγμένη βοσκοπούλα
The Lady and the Tramp
Ξεριζωμένη Γενηά
The Avenue of Hate
Η Λυγερή
A Woman's Past
Damned love
A girl different from the others
The Antijealous
Humbled And Dejected
Love and Blood
The Heart of a Tramp
The one that didn't bend
Venus the girl who hurt
Αργυρώ η προδομένη τσελιγκοπούλα
Ζήσε για την αγάπη μας
The hour of justice
Groom from London
Unfair curse
From Jerusalem with love
Ερασταί του μεσαίου τοίχου
Aspasia's dollars
Sometimes even the strong cry
Jenny Jenny
Test
Love that time does not fade
I'm not selling my heart
The Devastated
I want to live in the sun.
The Immigrant
We despised My Sweetness
The Poor Child
Παντρεύουν την αγάπη μου
Egoism
Miss Manager
My Bitter Love
In the shadow of the other woman
Cyprus in Flames
Τα δάκρυά μου είναι καυτά
Restless youth
The big secret
Hearts in the storm
The Trip
The steps of life
Glory Sky
Nomos 4000
The Decline
Mrs. Midwife
Η απολύτρωση
Soldiers Without Uniform
Erotic Stories
Zalongo, the Fort of Freedom
The Lake of Sighs
Wrecks Of Life
A Matter of Dignity
The Auntie from Chicago
The Lagoon of Desire
The Coffee Reader
A Girl in Black
The Acacia Road
The Unknown
Open Sea
Lily of the Harbor
Dead City
Bitter Bread
Ο Γυρισμός της Μάνας