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Katina Paxinou's films include Rocco and His Brothers, Mr. Arkadin, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Aunt Zita
Katina Paxinou (Pireu, 17 de dezembro de 1900 — Atenas, 22 de fevereiro de 1973) foi uma atriz de cinema e teatro grega. [1] Vida. Nascida Ekaterini Konstantopoulou ela ensaiou para ser cantora de Ópera, mas mudou de carreira e entrou para o Teatro Nacional da Grécia, em 1929. Paxinou deu ...
Winner: Katina Paxinou. Presenter: Teresa Wright Date & Venue: March 2, 1944; Grauman's Chinese Theatre. KATINA PAXINOU: Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to share this great honor with, which is bestowed on me tonight, with my colleagues of the Royal Theatre of Athens whom, whether they are now dead or alive, fate has ordained me to represent here.
Katina Paxinou was born in 1900, in Piraeus, Greece. She first appeared on stage in 1928, in an Athens production of Henry Bataille's "La femme nue". In the early 1930's she was one of the founding members of the National Theatre of Greece (previously named Royal Theatre) and performed several major roles in Sophocles' "Electra", Henrik Ibsen's "Ghosts" etc, often co-starring with her husband ...
One of Greece's most beloved and respected actresses, Katina Paxinou had a brief but illustrious career in American films of the 1940s.Paxinou was born in Piraeus, an Athenian seaport, but studied theater and opera in Switzerland. She made her debut singing in the Mitropoulis Opera in Athens (1920), then became a legit actress in '29.
Katina Paxinou werd in 1900 geboren als Aikaterini Konstantopoulou. Paxinou debuteerde als filmactrice in 1928. Samen met haar man Alexis Miniotis was ze tevens lid van het ensemble van de koninklijke schouwburg in Athene. In 1946 speelde ze in de Amerikaanse dramafilm For Whom the Bell Tolls naar de gelijknamige roman van Ernest Hemingway.
23 de feb. de 1973 · ATHENS, Feb. 22 — Katina Paxinou, who won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Pilar in the 1943 film of Ernest Hemingway's “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” died of cancer here today.
