Katina Paxinou
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| Native name | Κατίνα Παξινού |
| Born |
Aikaterini Konstantopoulou 17 December 1900 Piraeus, Greece |
| Died | 22 February 1973 (aged 72) Athens, Greece |
| Cause of death | Cancer |
| Resting place | First Cemetery of Athens |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1928–1970 |
| Spouse(s) |
Ioannis Paxinos (m. 1917; div. 1923); 2 children Alexis Minotis (m. 1940) |
Katina Paxinou (Greek: Κατίνα Παξινού; born Aikaterini Konstantopoulou (Greek: Αικατερίνη Κωνσταντοπούλου); 17 December 1900 – 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.
Paxinou appeared in a few more Hollywood films, before returning to Greece in the early 1950s. She then focused on her stage career and appeared in European films. She died in 1973, after a long-term battle with cancer.
Paxinou was born Aikaterini Konstantopoulou (Αικατερίνη Κωνσταντοπούλου) in Piraeus, Greece, she trained as an opera singer at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève and later in Berlin and Vienna. According to her biography in Playbill (1942), Paxinou was disowned by her family after she decided to seek a permanent stage career.
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