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Olympia Dukakis

Olympia Dukakis

Actor · Born 1931-06-20 · Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Simpsons (1989) — Zelda (voice)
  2. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Debby Marsh
  3. Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994) — Olympia Dukakis (uncredited)
  4. Look Who's Talking (1989) — Rosie
  5. The Infiltrator (2016) — Aunt Vicky
  6. Look Who's Talking Too (1990) — Rosie
  7. Moonstruck (1987) — Rose Castorini
  8. Look Who's Talking Now! (1993) — Rosie
  9. Working Girl (1988) — Personnel Director
  10. Death Wish (1974) — Cop at the Precinct (uncredited)
  11. Frasier (1993) — Caller #3 (voice)
  12. Mighty Aphrodite (1995) — Jocasta
  13. Steel Magnolias (1989) — Clairee Belcher
  14. The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004) — Margie Carsen
  15. The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (2006) — Margie Carsen
  16. In the Land of Women (2007) — Phyllis
  17. Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) — Principal Jacobs
  18. Picture Perfect (1997) — Rita
  19. Sisters (1973) — Louise Wilanski
  20. Numb3rs (2005) — Charlotte Yates
  21. Bored to Death (2009) — Belinda
  22. Away from Her (2007) — Marian
  23. Big Driver (2014) — Doreen
  24. The Wanderers (1979) — Joey's Mother (uncredited)
  25. I Love Trouble (1994) — Jeannie
  26. Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998) — Sophia
  27. Touched by an Angel (1994) — Clara
  28. Dad (1989) — Bette Tremont
  29. The View (1997) — Self
  30. Tales of the City (2019) — Anna Madrigal
  31. Lilith (1964) — Patient (uncredited)
  32. The Pentagon Wars (1998) — Madam Chairwoman
  33. Joan of Arc (1999) — Mother Babette
  34. Jeffrey (1995) — Mrs. Marcangelo
  35. The Equalizer (1985) — Judge Paula G. Walsh
  36. I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009) — Self
  37. Inside the Actors Studio (1994) — Self
  38. Cloudburst (2011) — Stella
  39. The Last Keepers (2013) — Rosmarie Carver
  40. 7 Chinese Brothers (2015) — Grandma