Katina Paxinou

Greek actress (1900-1973)

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Acting · 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…

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A Savage Summer — Marya1970
Zita — Aunt Zita1968
The Island of Aphrodite — Lambrini1965
BBC Play of the Month — Agatha Payne1965
Rocco and His Brothers — Rosaria Parondi1960
The Miracle — La Roca1959
The Immortal Land1958
Mr. Arkadin — Sophie1955
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951
Prince of Foxes — Mona Zoppo1949

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Katina Paxinou (Greek: Κατίνα Παξινού; 17 December 1900– 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 became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1951, but returned to Greece the following year, where she focused on her stage career and appeared in a number of European films including Rocco and His Brothers (1960).