In her long-running career, she was considered a quintessential symbol of Greek beauty and a famous representative of Mediterranean culture abroad, performing strong female roles in the theatre and cinema.
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Pappas, nee Irene Lelekou, was born on 3 September 1926 in the village of Chiliomodi, outside Corinth, Greece.
Her family moved to Athens when she was seven years old, where, as a teen, she attended the…