Biography
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 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 ing Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best ing 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
all 15
Movies 14
Narrator 1
TV Shows 1
The Enemy Before Us (1970)
Zita (1968)
The Island of Aphrodite (1965)
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
The Miracle (1959)
The Immortal Land (1958)
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
Prince of Foxes (1949)
Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)
Uncle Silas (1947)
Confidential Agent (1945)
Hostages (1943)
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Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1900-12-17
Deathday
1973-02-22 (72 years old)
Birth Place
Piraeus, Greece
Relationships
Alexis Minotis (1940 - 1973), Ioannis Paxinos (1917 - 1923)
Relatives
Alexandros Antopoulos
Citizenships
Greece
Also Known As
Κατίνα Παξινού
Awards
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Golden Globe Award for Best ing Actress – Motion Picture, Academy Award for Best ing Actress
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