Katina Paxinou
Born: 1900-12-17 in Piraeus, Greece
Died: 1973-02-22
Known For: Acting
Biography
Katina Paxinou (Greek: Κατίνα Παξινού; 17 December 1900[1]– 22 February 1973) was a Greek film and stage actress. She started her stage career in Greece in 1928 and was one of the founding members of the National Theatre of Greece in 1932. The outbreak of World War II found her in the United Kingdom and she later moved to the United States, where she made her film debut in For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She appeared in a few more Hollywood films, before returning to Greece in the early 1950s. She became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1951. She then focused on her stage career and appeared in a number of European films including Rocco and His Brothers (1960). Description above from the Wikipedia article Katina Paxinou, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
1970
- A Savage Summer as Marya
1968
- Zita as Aunt Zita
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Agatha Payne
- The Island of Aphrodite as Lambrini
1960
- Rocco and His Brothers as Rosaria Parondi
1959
- The Miracle as La Roca
1958
1955
- Mr. Arkadin as Sophie
1949
- Prince of Foxes as Mona Zoppo
1947
- Uncle Silas as Madame de la Rougierre
- Mourning Becomes Electra as Christine Mannon
1945
- Confidential Agent as Mrs. Melandez
1943
- Hostages as Maria
- For Whom the Bell Tolls as Pilar