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