Katina Paxinou
Katina Paxinou
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Katina Paxinou, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For Acting
Popularity 1.168
Birthday 1900-12-17
Place of Birth Piraeus, Greece
Also Known As Κατίνα Παξινού,
Rocco and His Brothers
1960

Rocco and His Brothers

For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Prince of Foxes
1949

Prince of Foxes

Uncle Silas
1947

Uncle Silas

The Miracle
1959

The Miracle

Hostages
1943

Hostages

The Immortal Land
1958

The Immortal Land

A Savage Summer
1970

A Savage Summer

Mr. Arkadin
1955

Mr. Arkadin

Confidential Agent
1945

Confidential Agent

Mourning Becomes Electra
1947

Mourning Becomes Electra

Zita
1968

Zita

The Island of Aphrodite
1965

The Island of Aphrodite