Eleni Zafeiriou
Acting
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.
The Enemy of the People
Leni
Τύψεις συνειδήσεως
The sun-born
Men Know How to Love
Annio the cursed tseligopoula
I loved a bum
Maria
I lived a monk without love
The Mistress of the Plain
The cry of truth
Lieutenant Natassa
Natassa's Mother
I Love Only You
Astrapogiannos
Giannos' Mother
Face to Face with Death
Mrs. Athanasiou
Γύρω μας γκρεμίστηκαν όλα
Sunday's dream
Hours of love, hours of war
Maria
The Eagle of the Enslaved
The Seal of God
Andreas' mother
A Man with a Conscience
A woman's sacrifice
For Honor and for Love
Wake up Vassili
Antigoni Vasilaki
Slum, my love
Μαριώ, η κατατρεγμένη βοσκοπούλα
The last goodbye
Athina
The Refugee
Despoina Skoutari
The Odyssey of an Uprooted Man
Fani Karatzoglou
The Lady and the Tramp
Lefteris' mother
Ξεριζωμένη Γενηά
The Avenue of Hate
Stamos' mother
Η Λυγερή
A Woman's Past
Despina Moutousi
Damned love
Ζήσε για την αγάπη μας
Αργυρώ η προδομένη τσελιγκοπούλα
Venus the girl who hurt
The one that didn't bend
The Heart of a Tramp
Love and Blood
Aliki Argouzi
Humbled And Dejected
The Antijealous
A girl different from the others
The hour of justice
Groom from London
Mary's Mother
Unfair curse
Sometimes even the strong cry
Angeliki
Aspasia's dollars
Aspasia
Ερασταί του μεσαίου τοίχου
From Jerusalem with love
Jenny Jenny
Matina Skoutari
I want to live in the sun.
The Devastated
I'm not selling my heart
Stefanos' mother
Love that time does not fade
Test
Lena
The Immigrant
Παντρεύουν την αγάπη μου
The Poor Child
Maria
We despised My Sweetness
Fonda's mother
Egoism
Giorgos' Mother
Miss Manager
Loukia Samiotaki
My Bitter Love
In the shadow of the other woman
Cyprus in flames
Restless youth
Hearts in the storm
The big secret
μητέρα Χριστίνας
The steps of life
Mrs. Zarlati
Sky
Nomos 4000
Anna Oikonomou
The Trip
mitera tis Marinas
The Decline
Ελισάβετ Νικολάου
Mrs. Midwife
Mrs. Bekou (Lykourgos' wife)
Η απολύτρωση
Soldiers Without Uniform
Erotic Stories
Smaragdi
Wrecks Of Life
The Lake of Sighs
Ayah
Zalongo, the Fort of Freedom
Tzavelaina
A Matter of Dignity
Katerina
The Auntie from Chicago
Efterpi Barda
The Lagoon of Desire
The Coffee Reader (Kafetzou)
Anna Giavasi (as Nitsa Zafeiriou)
A Girl in Black
Froso
The Acacia Road
The Unknown
Ρόζα
Open Sea
Lily of the Harbor
Martha
Dead City
Gianna
Bitter Bread
Mrs. Lyberi