She was a dear friend of Katharine Hepburn, with whom she starred in
The Trojan Women (1971). Hepburn once said that she is "one of the best
actresses in the history of cinema".
She has no intention of returning to Greece to play in theatre, because she has suffered from continuous negative criticisms. She starred as the Greek heroine of 1821 (when Greece fought the Turks) in the film Bouboulina (1959). She was a personal friend of the Greek prime minister Andreas Papandreou.
Owned houses in Greece, Spain and Italy.
Confirmed in an interview that she had an affair with Marlon Brando,
a close friend until his death.