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Katina Paxinou

Birth name
Ekaterini Konstantopoulou
Birthplace
Piraeus, Greece
Date of birth
17 December, 1899/1900
Date of death
22 February, 1973
Ethnicity
Greek
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Birth Name: Ekaterini Konstantopoulou

Date of Birth: 17 December, 1899/1900

Place of Birth: Piraeus, Greece

Date of Death: 22 February, 1973

Place of Death: Athens, Greece

Ethnicity: Greek

Katina Paxinou was a Greek actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943).

Katina was the daughter of Basil Konstantopoulou. She was married to actor and director Alexis Minotis, until her death. She had two children with her former husband Ioannis Paxinos.