Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 20, 1931
Died
May 01, 2021
Place of Birth
Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Credits
122 titles
Olympia Dukakis
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Olympia Dukakis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Not to Forget
Judge
The New Abolitionists
Self
The New Greek Americans
Narrator
Tales of the City
Anna Madrigal
Olympia
Self
Change in the Air
Margaret Lemke
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Self
The Infiltrator
Aunt Vicky
Starring Austin Pendleton
Self
Her Secret Sessions
Arlene
Emily & Tim
Emily (Segment 6)
7 Chinese Brothers
Grandma
Irene & Marie
Marie
Beneath the Olive Tree
Big Driver
Doreen
A Little Game
Yaya
The Christmas Spirit
Gwen Hollander
Sex & Violence
Alex Mandalakis
Montana Amazon
Ira
The Last Keepers
Rosmarie Carver
Joe Papp in Five Acts
Self
Cloudburst
Stella
Birds of a Feather
Olympia
Bored to Death
Belinda
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Self
Away from Her
Marian
In the Land of Women
Phyllis
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
Margie Carsen
Day On Fire
Dr. Mary Wade
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
Self
Jesus, Mary and Joey
Sophia Vitello
Whiskey School
Ellen Haywood
3 Needles
Hilde
The Thing About My Folks
Muriel Kleinman
The Great New Wonderful
Judy Hillerman
Numb3rs
Charlotte Yates
Signs Out of Time: The Life of Archaeologist Marija Gimbutas
Narrator
Center of the Universe
Marge Barnett
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
Margie Carsen
Charlie's War
Charlie
Mafia Doctor
Rose Dellarusso
The Event
Lila Shapiro
The Intended
Erina
Guilty Hearts
Amanda Patterson
Strange Relations
Esther Lipman
Further Tales of the City
Anna Madrigal
Ladies and The Champ
Sara Stevens
And Never Let Her Go
Marguerite Capano
And Never Let Her Go
Marguerite Capano
Borough of Kings
Helen Manners