Katina Paxinou

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.

Filmografi

Rocco and His Brothers1960 · Rosaria ParondiConfidential Agent1945 · Mrs. MelandezMorte di un bandito · SilviaFor Whom the Bell Tolls1943 · PilarZita1968 · Aunt ZitaMr. Arkadin1955 · SophieThe Island of Aphrodite1965 · LambriniThe Immortal Land1958 · Prince of Foxes1949 · Mona ZoppoThe Miracle1959 · La RocaMourning Becomes Electra1947 · Christine MannonHostages1943 · MariaUncle Silas1947 · Madame de la RougierreA Savage Summer1970 · Marya