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name: "Katina Paxinou"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 December 1900"
died: "22 February 1973"
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average_as: "actor"
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updated: "2026-09-20T01:00:47.556206+00:00"
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# Katina Paxinou

Actor. Born 17 December 1900 in Piraeus, Greece. Died 22 February 1973.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 December 1900, Piraeus, Greece
- **Died:** 22 February 1973
- **Also known as:** Κατίνα Παξινού, Aikaterini Konstantopoulou
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katina_Paxinou, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230128, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0668093/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54905

## Biography

Katina Paxinou was a Greek stage and film actress. Born Ekaterini Konstantopoulou on 17 December 1900 in Piraeus, she began her stage career in Greece in 1928 and was a founding member of the National Theatre of Greece in 1932.

The outbreak of the Second World War found her in the United Kingdom; she later moved to the United States. She made her film debut as Pilar in *For Whom the Bell Tolls* (1943) and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

She appeared in several further Hollywood films, including *Mr. Arkadin* (1955). She became a naturalised United States citizen in 1951 but returned to Greece the following year, where she continued her stage work and appeared in European films such as *Rocco and His Brothers* (1960). Paxinou died on 22 February 1973 in Athens.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *For Whom the Bell Tolls* (1943), Fi1m 58, as Pilar — [page](https://film.one/film/for-whom-the-bell-tolls.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Savage Summer* (1970), as Marya
- *Zita* (1968), as Aunt Zita
- *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, as Agatha Payne
- *The Island of Aphrodite* (1965), as Lambrini
- *Rocco and His Brothers* (1960), as Rosaria Parondi
- *The Miracle* (1959), as La Roca
- *The Immortal Land* (1958), Actor
- *Mr. Arkadin* (1955), as Sophie
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, Actor
- *Prince of Foxes* (1949), as Mona Zoppo
- *Mourning Becomes Electra* (1947), as Christine Mannon
- *Uncle Silas* (1947), as Madame de la Rougierre
- *Confidential Agent* (1945), as Mrs. Melandez
- *Hostages* (1943), as Maria
- *For Whom the Bell Tolls* (1943), as Pilar — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/for-whom-the-bell-tolls.md)
- *Morte di un bandito*, as Silvia

## Gallery

- ![Katina Paxinou](https://film.one/media/person/1233673/gallery-bb57354aa66a.jpg) Katina Paxinou — N/A studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Katina_Paxinou_1945_Hollywood_Vintage_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![This vintage press photo of Oscar-winning actress Katina Paxinou from the 1940s was published and distributed between 1928-1977 w/o copyright, thus in the publi](https://film.one/media/person/1233673/gallery-af0d62775d05.jpg) This vintage press photo of Oscar-winning actress Katina Paxinou from the 1940s was published and distributed between 1928-1977 w/o copyright, thus in the publi — N/A studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Katina_Paxinou_1945_Hollywood_Vintage_%28squared%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Katina Paxinou](https://film.one/media/person/1233673/gallery-8ec01632dc92.jpg) Katina Paxinou — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1944: Best Supporting Actress (won), for *For Whom the Bell Tolls*

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 1944: Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture (won), for *For Whom the Bell Tolls*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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