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Katina Paxinou
- Department:Acting
- Place of birth:Piraeus, Greece
- Birthday:12/17/1900
- Deathday:2/22/1973
- Popularity:1
- Also known as:Κατίνα Παξινού | Aikaterini Konstantopoulou
Biography:
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).
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Acting and producing career
Acting
- 1970movie
A Savage Summer
as Marya
- 1968movie
Zita
as Aunt Zita
- 1965movie
The Island of Aphrodite
as Lambrini
- 1960movie
Rocco and His Brothers
as Rosaria Parondi
- 1959movie
The Miracle
as La Roca
- 1958movie
The Immortal Land
- 1955movie
Mr. Arkadin
as Sophie
- 1949movie
Prince of Foxes
as Mona Zoppo
- 1947movie
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Christine Mannon
- 1947movie
Uncle Silas
as Madame de la Rougierre
- 1945movie
Confidential Agent
as Mrs. Melandez
- 1943movie
Hostages
as Maria
- 1943movie
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Pilar
- -movie
Morte di un bandito
as Silvia
- -tv
Hallmark Hall of Fame
- -tv
BBC Play of the Month
as Agatha Payne