Katina Paxinou
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 17, 1900
- Died
- February 22, 1973
- Birthplace
- 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
- Morte di un bandito
Morte di un bandito TBA
as Silvia
A Savage Summer 1970
as Marya
Zita 1968
as Aunt Zita
The Island of Aphrodite 1965
as Lambrini
Rocco and His Brothers 1960
as Rosaria Parondi
The Miracle 1959
as La Roca
- The Immortal Land
The Immortal Land 1958
Actor
Mr. Arkadin 1955
as Sophie
Prince of Foxes 1949
as Mona Zoppo
Mourning Becomes Electra 1947
as Christine Mannon
Uncle Silas 1947
as Madame de la Rougierre
Confidential Agent 1945
as Mrs. Melandez
Hostages 1943
as Maria
For Whom the Bell Tolls 1943
as Pilar
Credits from TMDB.