Katina Paxinou

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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).

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Uncle Silas Trailer (1947)

08 October 1947

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 inheritance.

Rocco and His Brothers Trailer (1960)

07 October 1960

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

Hostages Trailer (1943)

11 August 1943

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 and collusion with the Czech resistance.

For Whom the Bell Tolls Trailer (1943)

12 July 1943

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 side that appeals most to idealists of that era—has been given a high-risk assignment up in the mountains.

The Immortal Land Trailer (1958)

01 January 1958

Ancient Greece, contrasted with modern Greece.

Confidential Agent Trailer (1945)

02 November 1945

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

The Miracle Trailer (1959)

12 November 1959

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

Mourning Becomes Electra Trailer (1947)

19 November 1947

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

Mr. Arkadin Trailer (1955)

27 June 1955

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

Prince of Foxes Trailer (1949)

11 November 1949

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

A Savage Summer Trailer (1970)

01 July 1970

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, improvising their vacations from day to day.

Zita Trailer (1968)

12 January 1968

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 actresses Suzanne Flon and Katina Paxinou).

The Island of Aphrodite Trailer (1965)

01 September 1965

In Cyprus, an EOKA fighter (against the British Administration), Kyriakoulis, is imprisoned by the British.