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Katina Paxinou

Katina Paxinou

Born: 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).

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Filmography
A Savage Summer poster
A Savage Summer
1970 • Marya
Zita poster
Zita
1968 • Aunt Zita
The Island of Aphrodite poster
The Island of Aphrodite
1965 • Lambrini
Rocco and His Brothers poster
Rocco and His Brothers
1960 • Rosaria Parondi
The Miracle poster
The Miracle
1959 • La Roca
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The Immortal Land
1958
Mr. Arkadin poster
Mr. Arkadin
1955 • Sophie
Prince of Foxes poster
Prince of Foxes
1949 • Mona Zoppo
Mourning Becomes Electra poster
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947 • Christine Mannon
Uncle Silas poster
Uncle Silas
1947 • Madame de la Rougierre
Confidential Agent poster
Confidential Agent
1945 • Mrs. Melandez
Hostages poster
Hostages
1943 • Maria
For Whom the Bell Tolls poster
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943 • Pilar
No Image
Morte di un bandito
— • Silvia