Katina Paxinou

(1900-1973)

Our project on Great Greek women will now focus on Katina Paxinou one of the most talented actresses in Greece whose great performing skills  earned her an international fame  and made her win an award.

 We started looking into her life and work with great pleasure and interest as she  came from the city of Piraeus and was raised in a neighbourhood close to our school.

We got to know her through several  videos 

We were really impressed by what we saw as we knew very little about her. We kept on working with great enthusiasm to discover more about her great personality.

                        

At first, we collected information and photographs from various websites on the Internet, from old magazines, newspapers and relevant bibliography and created a small presentation of her life.

(Double click on the presentation to see in fullscreen)

We are glad to present a drawing and an engraving depicting Katina Paxinou that we created using digital means (our computers):gimp.

Then you can go through a video featuring the main facts and most important moments of her life and her career. There is also a quiz at the end of the video based on the information presented . By doing it you can have an overall view of her life and work.

Press here to see the video 

                          Try to solve the Following Quiz                                               (Double Click the icon  -which is up and right in the picture- to show app in fullscreen )