Katina Paxinou

Born: 1900-12-17

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.


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For Whom the Bell Tolls

as Pilar
Released: 1943-07-12

Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil...

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Rocco and His Brothers

as Rosaria Parondi
Released: 1960-10-07

When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic...

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Mr. Arkadin

as Sophie
Released: 1955-08-09

Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of...

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Mourning Becomes Electra

as Christine Mannon
Released: 1947-11-19

Near the end of the Civil War, the proud residents of Mannon Manor await the return of shipping...

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The Miracle

as La Roca
Released: 1959-11-12

A novice leaves a Spanish convent to follow a 19th-century British soldier she loves.

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Confidential Agent

as Mrs. Melandez
Released: 1945-11-02

During the Spanish Civil War, an agent on a mission to purchase coal meets with murder and...

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Prince of Foxes

as Mona Zoppo
Released: 1949-11-11

In 1500, Duke Cesare Borgia hopes to marry his sister to the heir apparent of Ferrara, which...

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Uncle Silas

as Madame de la Rougierre
Released: 1947-10-08

Following her father's death, a teenage heiress moves in with her guardian uncle who is broke...

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The Island of Aphrodite

as Lambrini
Released: 1965-09-01

In Cyprus, an EOKA fighter (against the British Administration), Kyriakoulis, is imprisoned by...

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Zita

as Aunt Zita
Released: 1968-01-12

Because "Tante Zita" main theme is death: a twenty-year old girl, Annie (Shimkus) lives with her...

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Hostages

as Maria
Released: 1943-08-11

After the mysterious disappearance of a German soldier from a Prague cafe, the staff and...

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A Savage Summer

as uncredited
Released: 1970-07-01

In Juan-les-Pins, Serge drops off a hitchhiker, Sylvie, who joins "Théo's gang", a group of...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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