Katina Paxinou

Katina Paxinou

Personal information

Known for
Acting
Known credits
16
Gender
Female
Born
December 17, 1900
Died
February 22, 1973
Place of birth
Piraeus, Greece
Also known as
Κατίνα ΠαξινούAikaterini Konstantopoulou

Biography

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 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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Popular

Rocco and His Brothers
Movie
1960

Rocco and His Brothers

Movie · 1960

For Whom the Bell Tolls
Movie
1943

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Movie · 1943

Mr. Arkadin
Movie
1955

Mr. Arkadin

Movie · 1955

Prince of Foxes
Movie
1949

Prince of Foxes

Movie · 1949

Confidential Agent
Movie
1945

Confidential Agent

Movie · 1945

Mourning Becomes Electra
Movie
1947

Mourning Becomes Electra

Movie · 1947