Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 18, 1920
Died
Mar 06, 1994
Place of Birth
Athens, Greece
Credits
40 titles
Melina Mercouri
Biography
Maria Amalia "Melina" Mercouri (Greek: Μαρία Αμαλία "Μελίνα" Μερκούρη, 18 October 1920 – 6 March 1994) was a Greek actress, singer, activist, and politician. She came from a prominent political family for multiple generations. She received an Academy Award nomination and won a French Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award for her performance in the film Never on Sunday (1960) and an Italian David di Donatello for Topkapi. Mercouri was also nominated for one Tony Award, three Golden Globes, and two BAFTA Awards in her acting career. In 1987 she was awarded a special prize in the first edition of the Europe Theatre Prize. Mercouri was a member of the Hellenic Parliament, elected as a representative of PASOK. In October 1981, she became the first female Minister of Culture and Sports. She has the longest tenure of any of Greece's Ministers of Culture, having served from 1981 to 1989, and then from 1993 until her death in 1994, during PASOK governments. Mercouri's political activism included her long campaign for the return of the Parthenon Marbles. One of her greatest achievements was the establishment of the European Capitals of Culture, with Athens chosen as the first capital in 1985. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melina Mercouri, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
The Marbles
Self - Photo Only (archive footage)
Melina Stop Frame - In Search of Modern Greekness
Self (archive footage)
Melina's fight for the Parthenon sculptures
Self (archive footage)
Lilly's Story
Writer
Kronen Könner Kavaliere
Self
A Dream of Passion
Maya / Medea
Nasty Habits
Sister Gertrude
Once Is Not Enough
Karla
Songs of Fire
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
The Rehearsal
Self
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
Samedi soir
Self
Promise at Dawn
Nina Kacewa
Wünsch dir was
Self
Gaily, Gaily
Lil
À bout portant
Self
10:30 P.M. Summer
Maria
A Man Could Get Killed
Aurora / Celeste da Costa
The Uninhibited
Jenny
Dim Dam Dom
Self
Topkapi
Elizabeth Lipp
Die Drehscheibe
Self
The Victors
Magda
38-24-36
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Phaedra
Phaedra Kyrilis
The Last Judgment
Foreign lady
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
Marie de Médicis
Never on Sunday
Ilya
Discorama
Self
The Law
Donna Lucrezia
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
Belle
He Who Must Die
Katerina
Cinépanorama
Self
Stella
Stella
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
la loi
Lucrezia