Olympia Dukakis
Acting
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.
Born: June 20, 1931
Place of Birth: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Judge
as Self
as Narrator
as Anna Madrigal
as Herself
as Margaret Lemke
as Aunt Vicky
as Self
as Arlene
as Emily (Segment 6)
as Grandma
as Marie
as Doreen
as Yaya
as Gwen Hollander
as Alex Mandalakis
as Ira
as Rosmarie Carver
as Self
as Stella
as Olympia
as Belinda
as Marian
as Phyllis
as Margie Carsen
as Dr. Mary Wade
as Sophia Vitello
as Hilde
as Muriel Kleinman
as Judy Hillerman
as Charlotte Yates
as Marge Barnett
as Margie Carsen
as Charlie
as Rose Dellarusso
as Lila Shapiro
as Erina
as Amanda Patterson
as Anna Madrigal
as Sara Stevens
as Marguerite Capano
as Marguerite Capano
as Esther Lipman
as Helen Manners
as Debby Marsh
as Mother Babette
as Nora
as Sophia
as Self - Guest
as Anna Madrigal
as Madam Chairwoman
as Dotty
as Self
as Rita
as Helen Rosner
as Goneril Plogg
as Mother (Mrs. Gordon)
as Rose
as Principal Jacobs
as Jocasta
as Mrs. Marcangelo
as Dr. Doris Rice
as Rose Garaventi
as Mrs. Jay
as Self
as Clara
as Self
as Jeannie
as Olympia Dukakis (uncredited)
as Self
as Rosie
as Bea
as Anna Madrigal
as Caller #3 (voice)
as Doris Silverman
as Dolly Sinatra
as Alma Harris
as Emily Miller
as Katherine Campbell
as Rosie
as Sue
as Zelda (voice)
as Clairee Belcher
as Bette Tremont
as Rosie
as Personnel Director
as Rose Castorini
as Mary
as Judge Paula G. Walsh
as Mrs. St Paul
as Helena Naxos ("Success Wanters")
as Mama Nicola
as Mrs. Vacarri
as Lawyer
as Joey's Mother (uncredited)
as Marina Angelis
as Pauline
as Cop at the Precinct (uncredited)
as Louise Wilanski
as Gig's Mother
as Pauline
as John's Mother
as Mrs. Amato (uncredited)
as Patient (uncredited)
as Young Mother
as Anna Nieves