Katina Paxinou
Acting
1900-12-17 · Piraeus, Greece
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.
Filmography(16)
movieA Savage Summer
as Marya · 1970 · 8.0
movieZita
as Aunt Zita · 1968 · 5.0
tvBBC Play of the Month
as Agatha Payne · 1965 · 5.3
movieThe Island of Aphrodite
as Lambrini · 1965 · 7.0
movieRocco and His Brothers
as Rosaria Parondi · 1960 · 8.0
movieThe Miracle
as La Roca · 1959 · 6.7
movieThe Immortal Land
as · 1958 · 10.0
movieMr. Arkadin
as Sophie · 1955 · 6.8
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
as · 1951 · 8.8
moviePrince of Foxes
as Mona Zoppo · 1949 · 6.3
movieMourning Becomes Electra
as Christine Mannon · 1947 · 6.1
movieUncle Silas
as Madame de la Rougierre · 1947 · 5.9
movieConfidential Agent
as Mrs. Melandez · 1945 · 5.5
movieHostages
as Maria · 1943 · 7.0
movieFor Whom the Bell Tolls
as Pilar · 1943 · 6.5
movieMorte di un bandito
as Silvia · 10.0