Eleni Zafeiriou
Born 1916 (age 88) · Larissa, Greece
Appears in 93 titles

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.

Filmography

The Auntie from Chicago
6.7
The Auntie from Chicago
1957
as Efterpi Barda
Miss Manager
7.4
Miss Manager
1964
as Loukia Samiotaki
The Lady and the Tramp
5.7
The Lady and the Tramp
1968
as Lefteris' mother
A Girl in Black
6.3
A Girl in Black
1956
as Froso
Jenny Jenny
7.0
Jenny Jenny
1966
as Matina Skoutari
The Coffee Reader (Kafetzou)
7.9
The Coffee Reader (Kafetzou)
1956
as Anna Giavasi (as Nitsa Zafeiriou)
Lieutenant Natassa
6.9
Lieutenant Natassa
1970
as Natassa's Mother
Mrs. Midwife
7.8
Mrs. Midwife
1961
as Mrs. Bekou (Lykourgos' wife)
Wake up Vassili
6.8
Wake up Vassili
1969
as Antigoni Vasilaki
Groom from London
6.6
Groom from London
1967
as Mary's Mother
A Matter of Dignity
7.3
A Matter of Dignity
1958
as Katerina
The Decline
5.9
The Decline
1961
as Ελισάβετ Νικολάου
Sky
7.3
Sky
1962
Nomos 4000
5.9
Nomos 4000
1962
as Anna Oikonomou
Erotic Stories
4.9
Erotic Stories
1959
as Smaragdi
Face to Face with Death
6.0
Face to Face with Death
1970
as Mrs. Athanasiou
The Unknown
3.9
The Unknown
1954
as Ρόζα
The Lake of Sighs
5.6
The Lake of Sighs
1959
as Ayah
The Odyssey of an Uprooted Man
7.2
The Odyssey of an Uprooted Man
1969
as Fani Karatzoglou
Astrapogiannos
5.3
Astrapogiannos
1970
as Giannos' Mother