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Katina Paxinou

1900 - 1973

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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Katina Paxinou is the 881st most popular actor (up from 1,045th in 2019), the 296th most popular biography from Greece (up from 331st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Greek Actor.

Katina Paxinou is most famous for her portrayal of the tragic heroine in the play "Electra" by Sophocles.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Katina Paxinou ranks 881 out of 13,578. Before her are Mistinguett, Victor Wong, Claudine Auger, John Payne, Kareena Kapoor, and Bob Gunton. After her are Stewart Granger, Bekim Fehmiu, María Félix, Geneviève Grad, Jeffrey DeMunn, and Silvia Pinal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Katina Paxinou ranks 65. Before her are Maurice Thorez, W. Edwards Deming, Herberts Cukurs, Yves Tanguy, Aaron Copland, and Kiyoo Kanda. After her are Werner Haase, Mahavatar Babaji, Nathalie Sarraute, Helen Hayes, Gilbert Ryle, and Ignazio Silone. Among people deceased in 1973, Katina Paxinou ranks 58. Before her are Howard H. Aiken, Otto Klemperer, P. Ramlee, Lex Barker, Edward G. Robinson, and Leo Strauss. After her are Adolf Strauss, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Robert Ryan, Milunka Savić, Karl Löwith, and José Villalonga.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Katina Paxinou ranks 296 out of 1,024. Before her are Andreas Palaiologos (1453), Leonnatus (-356), Lycurgus of Athens (-390), Saturnin (300), Julia Livilla (18), and Alcamenes (-500). After her are Chares of Lindos (-400), Antilochus (null), Theaetetus (-417), Dimitri Mitropoulos (1896), Georgios Papandreou (1888), and Agis II (-490).

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Among ACTORS In Greece

Among actors born in Greece, Katina Paxinou ranks 4. Before her are Irene Papas (1929), Melina Mercouri (1920), and Thespis (-600). After her are John Aniston (1933), Aliki Vougiouklaki (1934), Carl Anderson (1945), Skeet Ulrich (1970), Adele Neuhauser (1959), Ariane Labed (1984), and Haruna Ikezawa (1975).

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