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Eleni Zafeiriou

Born
Jan 1, 1916 · Aged 88
Died
Sep 2, 2004
Place of birth
Larissa, Greece
Gender
Female
Movie credits
92
TV credits
2
Also known as (3)
  • Ελένη Ζαφειρίου
  • Ελενη Ζαφειριου
  • Νίτσα Ζαφειρίου

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…