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Katina Paxinou

1900-12-17 Piraeus, Greece

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Biografia

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.

Películas

Un été sauvage 1970-07-01
Tante Zita Aunt Zita 1968-01-12
Το νησί της Αφροδίτης Lambrini 1965-09-01
Rocco e i suoi fratelli Rosaria Parondi 1960-10-07
The Miracle La Roca 1959-11-12
The Immortal Land 1958-01-01
Mr. Arkadin Sophie 1955-08-09
Prince of Foxes Mona Zoppo 1949-11-11
Mourning Becomes Electra Christine Mannon 1947-11-19
Uncle Silas Madame de la Rougierre 1947-10-08
Confidential Agent Mrs. Melandez 1945-11-02
For Whom the Bell Tolls Pilar 1943-07-12
Hostages Maria 1943-08-11