Eleni Zafeiriou
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.
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Films (92)
The Enemy of the People
1972 · Leni
Τύψεις συνειδήσεως
1972
The sun-born
1971
Men Know How to Love
1971
The cry of truth
1971
The Mistress of the Plain
1971
I lived a monk without love
1971
I loved a bum
1971 · Maria
Annio the cursed tseligopoula
1971
Lieutenant Natassa
1970 · Natassa's Mother
Astrapogiannos
1970 · Giannos' Mother
I Love Only You
1970 · Zafeiris' mother
Face to Face with Death
1970 · Mrs. Athanasiou
The Eagle of the Enslaved
1970
Hours of love, hours of war
1970 · Maria
Sunday's dream
1970
Γύρω μας γκρεμίστηκαν όλα
1970
The Seal of God
1969 · Andreas' mother
A Man with a Conscience
1969
A woman's sacrifice
1969
For Honor and for Love
1969
Wake up Vassili
1969 · Antigoni Vasilaki
Slum, my love
1969
The Odyssey of an Uprooted Man
1969 · Fani Karatzoglou
The Refugee
1969 · Despoina Skoutari
The last goodbye
1969 · Athina
Μαριώ, η κατατρεγμένη βοσκοπούλα
1969
The Lady and the Tramp
1968 · Lefteris' mother
Ξεριζωμένη Γενηά
1968
The Avenue of Hate
1968 · Stamos' mother
Η Λυγερή
1968
A Woman's Past
1968 · Despina Moutousi
Damned love
1968
A girl different from the others
1968
The Antijealous
1968
Humbled And Dejected
1968
Love and Blood
1968 · Aliki Argouzi
The Heart of a Tramp
1968
The one that didn't bend
1968
Venus the girl who hurt
1968
Αργυρώ η προδομένη τσελιγκοπούλα
1968
Ζήσε για την αγάπη μας
1968
The hour of justice
1967
Groom from London
1967 · Mary's Mother
Unfair curse
1967
From Jerusalem with love
1967
Ερασταί του μεσαίου τοίχου
1967
Aspasia's dollars
1967 · Aspasia
Sometimes even the strong cry
1967 · Angeliki
Jenny Jenny
1966 · Matina Skoutari
Test
1966 · Lena
Love that time does not fade
1966
I'm not selling my heart
1966 · Stefanos' mother
The Devastated
1966
I want to live in the sun.
1966
The Immigrant
1965
We despised My Sweetness
1965 · Fonda's mother
The Poor Child
1965 · Maria
Παντρεύουν την αγάπη μου
1965
Egoism
1964 · Giorgos' Mother
Miss Manager
1964 · Loukia Samiotaki
My Bitter Love
1964
In the shadow of the other woman
1964
Cyprus in Flames
1964
Τα δάκρυά μου είναι καυτά
1964
Restless youth
1963
The big secret
1963 · μητέρα Χριστίνας
Hearts in the storm
1963
The Trip
1962 · mitera tis Marinas
The steps of life
1962 · Mrs. Zarlati
Glory Sky
1962
Nomos 4000
1962 · Anna Oikonomou
The Decline
1961 · Ελισάβετ Νικολάου
Mrs. Midwife
1961 · Mrs. Bekou (Lykourgos' wife)
Η απολύτρωση
1961
Soldiers Without Uniform
1960
Erotic Stories
1959 · Smaragdi
Zalongo, the Fort of Freedom
1959 · Tzavelaina
The Lake of Sighs
1959 · Ayah
Wrecks Of Life
1959
A Matter of Dignity
1958 · Katerina
The Auntie from Chicago
1957 · Efterpi Barda
The Lagoon of Desire
1957 · Altana Razi
The Coffee Reader
1956 · Anna Giavasi (as Nitsa Zafeiriou)
A Girl in Black
1956 · Froso
The Acacia Road
1954 · Eleni Douvi
The Unknown
1954 · Ρόζα
Open Sea
1954
Lily of the Harbor
1952 · Martha
Dead City
1951 · Gianna
Bitter Bread
1951 · Mrs. Lyberi
Ο Γυρισμός της Μάνας
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