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.
Acting
Movie
The Auntie from Chicago
as Efterpi Barda
1957
Movie
Miss Manager
as Loukia Samiotaki
1964
Movie
The Lady and the Tramp
as Lefteris' mother
1968
Movie
A Girl in Black
as Froso
1956
Movie
Jenny Jenny
as Matina Skoutari
1966
Movie
The Coffee Reader (Kafetzou)
as Anna Giavasi (as Nitsa Zafeiriou)
1956
Movie
Lieutenant Natassa
as Natassa's Mother
1970
Movie
Groom from London
as Mary's Mother
1967
Movie
Mrs. Midwife
as Mrs. Bekou (Lykourgos' wife)
1961
Movie
Wake up Vassili
as Antigoni Vasilaki
1969
Movie
A Matter of Dignity
as Katerina
1958
Movie
The Decline
as Ελισάβετ Νικολάου
1961
Movie
Sky
1962
Movie
Nomos 4000
as Anna Oikonomou
1962
Movie
Erotic Stories
as Smaragdi
1959
Movie
Face to Face with Death
as Mrs. Athanasiou
1970
Movie
The Unknown
as Ρόζα
1954
Movie
The Lake of Sighs
as Ayah
1959
Movie
The Odyssey of an Uprooted Man
as Fani Karatzoglou
1969
Movie
Astrapogiannos
as Giannos' Mother
1970
Movie
Aspasia's dollars
as Aspasia
1967
Movie
Bitter Bread
as Mrs. Lyberi
1951
Movie
The Seal of God
as Andreas' mother
1969
Movie
Humbled And Dejected
1968