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