Olympia Dukakis
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
ActingBirthday
June 20, 1931Deathday
May 1, 2021Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
95Place of birth
Lowell, Massachusetts, USACast credits
The Wanderers
Joey's MomAway from Her
MarianMoonstruck
Rose CastoriniMr. Holland's Opus
Principal JacobsWorking Girl
Personnel DirectorSteel Magnolias
Clairee BelcherI Love Trouble
JeannieDad
Bette TremontMighty Aphrodite
JocastaJesus, Mary and Joey
Sophia VitelloThe Thing About My Folks
Muriel KleinmanThe Great New Wonderful
Judy HillermanLook Who's Talking Now!
RosiePicture Perfect
RitaLook Who's Talking
RosieIn the Land of Women
PhyllisMontana Amazon
IraThe Event
Lila ShapiroThe Librarian: Quest for the Spear
Margie CarsenThe Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
Margie CarsenThe Idolmaker
Mrs. Vacarri