Eleni Zafeiriou

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

92

Gender

Female

Birthday

1916-01-01

Day of death

2004-09-02 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

Larissa, Greece

Eleni Zafeiriou

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.

Known For

  • Jenny Jenny

    Jenny Jenny

  • Erotic Stories

    Erotic Stories

  • The Auntie from Chicago

    The Auntie from Chicago

  • Miss Manager

    Miss Manager

  • Μαριώ, η κατατρεγμένη βοσκοπούλα

    Μαριώ, η κατατρεγμένη βοσκοπούλα

  • Groom from London

    Groom from London

  • Nomos 4000

    Nomos 4000

  • Damned love

    Damned love

  • The cry of truth

    The cry of truth

  • The Seal of God

    The Seal of God

  • Η Κύπρος στις φλόγες

    Η Κύπρος στις φλόγες

  • The Devastated

    The Devastated

  • Mrs. Midwife

    Mrs. Midwife

  • The Heart of a Tramp

    The Heart of a Tramp

  • Annio the cursed tseligopoula

    Annio the cursed tseligopoula

  • A Girl in Black

    A Girl in Black

  • A Woman's Past

    A Woman's Past

  • Wake up Vassili

    Wake up Vassili

  • Sky

    Sky

  • The Decline

    The Decline

  • O Hristos xanastavronetai

    O Hristos xanastavronetai

  • The Lake of Sighs

    The Lake of Sighs

  • Dead City

    Dead City

  • Zalongo, the Fort of Freedom

    Zalongo, the Fort of Freedom

  • The Coffee Reader (Kafetzou)

    The Coffee Reader (Kafetzou)

  • Face to Face with Death

    Face to Face with Death

  • For Honor and for Love

    For Honor and for Love

  • The Lady and the Tramp

    The Lady and the Tramp

  • Ξεριζωμένη Γενηά

    Ξεριζωμένη Γενηά

  • Wrecks Of Life

    Wrecks Of Life

  • Παντρεύουν την αγάπη μου

    Παντρεύουν την αγάπη μου

  • A woman's sacrifice

    A woman's sacrifice

  • Lieutenant Natassa

    Lieutenant Natassa

  • The Trip

    The Trip

  • I loved a bum

    I loved a bum

  • Bitter Bread

    Bitter Bread

  • Αργυρώ η προδομένη τσελιγκοπούλα

    Αργυρώ η προδομένη τσελιγκοπούλα

  • The Enemy of the People

    The Enemy of the People

  • I lived a monk without love

    I lived a monk without love

  • A Matter of Dignity

    A Matter of Dignity

  • We despised My Sweetness

    We despised My Sweetness

  • The Refugee

    The Refugee

  • Hours of love, hours of war

    Hours of love, hours of war

  • Lily of the Harbor

    Lily of the Harbor

  • The Immigrant

    The Immigrant

  • I Love Only You

    I Love Only You

  • Το χρώμα του φεγγαριού

    Το χρώμα του φεγγαριού

  • The Unknown

    The Unknown

  • A Man with a Conscience

    A Man with a Conscience

  • Egoism

    Egoism

  • Soldiers Without Uniform

    Soldiers Without Uniform

  • My Bitter Love

    My Bitter Love

  • The sun-born

    The sun-born

  • From Jerusalem with love

    From Jerusalem with love

  • Η απολύτρωση

    Η απολύτρωση

  • Aspasia's dollars

    Aspasia's dollars

  • Γύρω μας γκρεμίστηκαν όλα

    Γύρω μας γκρεμίστηκαν όλα

  • Slum, my love

    Slum, my love

  • Restless youth

    Restless youth

  • Η Λυγερή

    Η Λυγερή

  • The Avenue of Hate

    The Avenue of Hate

  • Love that time does not fade

    Love that time does not fade

  • The Acacia Road

    The Acacia Road

  • Τύψεις συνειδήσεως

    Τύψεις συνειδήσεως

  • Astrapogiannos

    Astrapogiannos

  • The Lagoon of Desire

    The Lagoon of Desire

  • Sometimes even the strong cry

    Sometimes even the strong cry

  • The last goodbye

    The last goodbye

  • Θέλω να ζήσω στον ήλιο

    Θέλω να ζήσω στον ήλιο

  • Men Know How to Love

    Men Know How to Love

  • The Antijealous

    The Antijealous

  • The one that didn't bend

    The one that didn't bend

  • In the shadow of the other woman

    In the shadow of the other woman

  • Hearts in the storm

    Hearts in the storm

  • Open Sea

    Open Sea

  • The Eagle of the Enslaved

    The Eagle of the Enslaved

  • Ερασταί του μεσαίου τοίχου

    Ερασταί του μεσαίου τοίχου

  • Love and Blood

    Love and Blood

  • The Odyssey of an Uprooted Man

    The Odyssey of an Uprooted Man

  • The big secret

    The big secret

  • A girl different from the others

    A girl different from the others

  • Humbled And Dejected

    Humbled And Dejected

  • Venus the girl who hurt

    Venus the girl who hurt

  • Unfair curse

    Unfair curse

  • Test

    Test

  • The steps of life

    The steps of life

  • Sunday's dream

    Sunday's dream

  • I'm not selling my heart

    I'm not selling my heart

  • The Poor Child

    The Poor Child

  • The Mistress of the Plain

    The Mistress of the Plain

  • The hour of justice

    The hour of justice

  • Ζήσε για την αγάπη μας

    Ζήσε για την αγάπη μας