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Olympia Dukakis

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1931-06-20

Deathday: 2021-05-01 (89 years old)

Biography

Olympia Dukakis (June 20, 1931 – May 1, 2021) was an American actress. She performed in more than 130 stage productions, more than 60 films and in 50 television series. Best known as a screen actress, she started her career in theater. Not long after her arrival in New York City, she won an Obie Award for Best Actress in 1963 for her off-Broadway performance in Bertolt Brecht's Man Equals Man.

She later moved to film acting and won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe, among other accolades, for her performance in Moonstruck (1987). She received another Golden Globe nomination for Sinatra (1992) and Emmy Award nominations for Lucky Day (1991), More Tales of the City (1998) and Joan of Arc (1999). Dukakis's autobiography, Ask Me Again Tomorrow: A Life in Progress, was published in 2003. In 2018, a feature-length documentary about her life, titled Olympia, was released theatrically in the United States.

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Filmography

all 124

Movies 99

TV Shows 25

self 16

Narrator 4

Voice 2

Producer 1

Director 1

Judge

Olympia Dukakis

Biography

Filmography

all 124

Movies 99

TV Shows 25

self 16

Narrator 4

Voice 2

Producer 1

Director 1

Not to Forget (2021)

Cher: In Her Own Words (2021)

The New Abolitionists (2020)

The New Greek Americans (2020)

Tales of the City (2019)

Leonard Soloway's Broadway (2019)

Olympia (2018)

Change in the Air (2018)

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin (2017)

The Infiltrator (2016)

Starring Austin Pendleton (2016)

Her Secret Sessions (2016)

Emily & Tim (2015)

7 Chinese Brothers (2015)

Irene & Marie (2015)

Beneath the Olive Tree (2015)

Big Driver (2014)

A Little Game (2014)

The Christmas Spirit (2013)

Sex & Violence (2013)

Forgive Me (2013)

Montana Amazon (2013)

The Last Keepers (2013)

Joe Papp in Five Acts (2012)

Cloudburst (2011)

Birds of a Feather (2011)

Bored to Death (2009)

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009)

Away from Her (2007)

In the Land of Women (2007)

The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (2006)

Day On Fire (2006)

Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family (2006)

Jesus, Mary and Joey (2006)

Whiskey School (2005)

3 Needles (2005)

The Thing About My Folks (2005)

The Great New Wonderful (2005)

Numb3rs (2005)

Signs Out of Time: The Life of Archaeologist Marija Gimbutas (2004)

Center of the Universe (2004)

The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004)

Charlie's War (2003)

Mafia Doctor (2003)

The Event (2003)

The Intended (2002)

Guilty Hearts (2002)

Further Tales of the City (2001)

Ladies and The Champ (2001)

And Never Let Her Go (2001)

And Never Let Her Go (2001)

My Beautiful Son (2001)

Borough of Kings (2000)

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000)

Crimes of Honour (1999)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)

Joan of Arc (1999)

Better Living (1998)

Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998)

So Graham Norton (1998)

More Tales of the City (1998)

A Paralyzing Fear: The Story of Polio in America (1998)

The Pentagon Wars (1998)

Scattering Dad (1998)

A Life for a Life (1998)

The View (1997)

Picture Perfect (1997)

A Match Made in Heaven (1997)

Milk & Money (1996)

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1931-06-20

Deathday

2021-05-01 (89 years old)

Birth Place

Lowell, United States

Spouse

Louis Zorich

Children

Stefan Zorich, Peter Zorich, Christina Zorich

Siblings

Apollo Dukakis

Relatives

Michael Dukakis

Citizenships

United States

Residences

New York City, United States

Also Known As

المپیا دوکاکیس

Awards

Ellis Island Medal of Honor, Obie Award, Golden Globe Award for Best ing Actress – Motion Picture, Academy Award for Best ing Actress, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame