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.

  • Title: Katina Paxinou
  • Popularity: 1.038
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1900-12-17
  • Place of Birth: Piraeus, Greece
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  • Also Known As: Κατίνα Παξινού
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Katina Paxinou Movies

  • 1960
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    Rocco and His Brothers

    Rocco and His Brothers

    8 1960 HD

    When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rivals with deadly results.

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  • 1943
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    For Whom the Bell Tolls

    For Whom the Bell Tolls

    6.5 1943 HD

    Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the...

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  • 1949
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    Prince of Foxes

    Prince of Foxes

    6 1949 HD

    In 1500, Duke Cesare Borgia hopes to marry his sister to the heir apparent of Ferrara, which impedes his conquest of central Italy. On this delicate...

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  • 1947
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    Uncle Silas

    Uncle Silas

    5.8 1947 HD

    Following her father's death, a teenage heiress moves in with her guardian uncle who is broke and schemes to murder his niece for her vast...

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  • 1959
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    The Miracle

    The Miracle

    6.7 1959 HD

    A novice leaves a Spanish convent to follow a 19th-century British soldier she loves.

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  • 1943
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    Hostages

    Hostages

    6 1943 HD

    After the mysterious disappearance of a German soldier from a Prague cafe, the staff and customers are held captive by the Nazis accused of murder...

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  • 1958
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    The Immortal Land

    The Immortal Land

    1 1958 HD

    Ancient Greece, contrasted with modern Greece.

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  • 1970
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    A Savage Summer

    A Savage Summer

    1 1970 HD

    In Juan-les-Pins, Serge drops off a hitchhiker, Sylvie, who joins "Théo's gang", a group of students and workers, all young, all broke,...

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  • 1955
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    Mr. Arkadin

    Mr. Arkadin

    6.886 1955 HD

    Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can't remember...

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  • 1945
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    Confidential Agent

    Confidential Agent

    5.6 1945 HD

    During the Spanish Civil War, an agent on a mission to purchase coal meets with murder and counterspies.

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  • 1947
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    Mourning Becomes Electra

    Mourning Becomes Electra

    6.3 1947 HD

    Near the end of the Civil War, the proud residents of Mannon Manor await the return of shipping tycoon Ezra Mannon and son Orin. Meanwhile...

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  • 1968
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    Zita

    Zita

    5.2 1968 HD

    Because "Tante Zita" main theme is death: a twenty-year old girl, Annie (Shimkus) lives with her mother and her aunt (both played by first-class...

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  • 1965
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    The Island of Aphrodite

    The Island of Aphrodite

    1 1965 HD

    In Cyprus, an EOKA fighter (against the British Administration), Kyriakoulis, is imprisoned by the British. His comrades kidnap the son of a friend...

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  • 1951
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    8.667 1951 HD

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

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