
Katina Paxinou
Born December 17, 1900 in Piraeus, Greece · Died February 22, 1973 (aged 72)
Katina Paxinou (Greek: Κατίνα Παξινού; 17 December 1900[1]– 22 February 1973) was a Greek film and stage actress.
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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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Acted in 14
LearningA Savage Summer1970
LearningZita1968
LearningThe Island of Aphrodite1965
Rocco and His Brothers1960
LearningThe Miracle1959- The Immortal LandLearningThe Immortal Land1958
Mr. Arkadin1955
Sansho the Bailiff1954
LearningPrince of Foxes1949
LearningMourning Becomes Electra1947
LearningUncle Silas1947
LearningConfidential Agent1945
LearningHostages1943
For Whom the Bell Tolls1943