Katina paxinou biography of mahatma

Greek stage and film actress who won an Academy Award for her performance in For Whom the Bell Tolls.Born Katina Konstantopoulou (also seen as Constantopoulos) in Piraeus, Greece, in ; died of cancer on February 22, , in Athens; daughter of Basil Konstantopoulou; studied voice at the GenevaConservatoire; married Ivannis Paxinou (divorced); married Alexis Minotis (an actor and director), in ; children: a daughter.

Selected theater:

originally appeared in opera in Athens; first dramatic appearance was in La Femme Nue in Athens (); made New York debut as Clytemnestra in Electra (); appeared as Clytemnestra in Agamemnon (Greek National Theatre, ), in title role in Anna Christie (Greek National Theatre, ), as Mrs.

Alving in Ghosts (Greek National Theatre, ), as Phaedra in Hippolytus (Greek National Theatre, ), as Lady Windermere in Lady Windermere's Fan (Greek National Theatre, ), as Goneril inKing Lear(Greek National Theatre, ), as Mrs.