Anthony Quinn

Anthony Quinn

male, deceased (2001)
Death from respiratory failure, death by pneumonia, la strada, writer, Irish-American, Mexican American…naturalized citizen of the United States, zorbathegreek, The Guns of Navarone
Anthony Quinn was a two-time Academy Award-winning Mexican/American actor, as well as a painter and writer. He is perhaps best known in the US for...
Nikos Kazantzakis

Nikos Kazantzakis

male, deceased (1957)
Modern Greek writer, modern Greek poet, Travel writer, Playwright, poem, writer…greek, zorbathegreek, Zorba the Greek writer, The Last Temptation of Christ writer
Nikos Kazantzakis, author of poems, novels, essays, plays, and travel books, was arguably the most important and most translated Greek writer and...
Mikis Theodorakis

Mikis Theodorakis

male, 84 years old
Regime of the Colonel, composer, junta, Tripoli, Greece, Asia Minor, from the North Aegean…zorbathegreek, greek
Mikis Theodorakis is one of the most popular Greek composers. He is known internationally for his scores in the films, "Zorba the Greek"(1964), "Z"...
Michael Cacoyannis

Michael Cacoyannis

male, 87 years old
electra, film producer, elektra, Alumni of the Central School of Speech and Drama, Iphigenia, Zorba…musical based on the film, Greek Cypriot filmmaker, greek, zorbathegreek, Greek Cypriot
Michael Cacoyannis (born June 11, 1922) is a prominent Greek Cypriot filmmaker best-known for his 1964 film "Zorba the Greek". (He also directed...
Alexis Zorbas

Alexis Zorbas

male, 142 years old
monk, Kolindros, Monastir Province, Palaiochori, Chaklikidi, Monastir Province, Ottoman Empire, The Life and Times of Alexis Zorbas…zorbathegreek
Alexis Zorbas is the protagonist of Nikos Kazantzakis's novel Zorba the Greek, a fictionalized version of the real George Zorbas (Γιώργης Ζορμπάς...
Irene Papas

Irene Papas

female, 83 years old
singer, electra, film actor, Irene Lelekou, Mohammad, Messenger of God, The Guns of Navarone…The Message, greek, zorbathegreek
Irene Papas is a Greek actress and occasional singer, who has starred in over seventy films in a career spanning more than fifty years. Irene Papas...
Lila Kedrova

Lila Kedrova

female, deceased (2000)
Russian expatriate in Canada, petrograd, actress, Russian, film actor, zorbathegreek…Zorba, Zorba the Greek actress, The Tenant actress, Escape to the Sun actress, The Kremlin Letter actress
Lila Kedrova (October 9, 1918 - February 16, 2000) was an Academy Award-winning Russian-born actress in French cinema. Born in Petrograd, Russia,...
Walter Lassally

Walter Lassally

male, 82 years old
zorbathegreek, James Ivory, Free cinema, British New Wave
Walter Lassally (born 18 December 1926) is a German-born British cinematographer. He was closely associated with the Free cinema movement in the...
Vassilis Photopoulos

Vassilis Photopoulos

male, deceased (2007)
Kalamata, film director, zorbathegreek, Liberal Theatre, greek, Art director…National Greek Theatre, Zorba the Greek art director
Vassilis Photopoulos was an influential Greek painter, film director, art director and set designer. He was an Academy Award winner for the film...