Olympia Dukakis
Acting
Born June 20, 1931 · Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
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.
Films (96)
Not to Forget
2021
The New Abolitionists
2020
The New Greek Americans
2020
Olympia
2018
Change in the Air
2018
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
2017
The Infiltrator
2016
Starring Austin Pendleton
2016
Her Secret Sessions
2016
Emily & Tim
2015
7 Chinese Brothers
2015
Irene & Marie
2015
Beneath the Olive Tree
2015
Big Driver
2014
A Little Game
2014
The Christmas Spirit
2013
Montana Amazon
2013
The Last Keepers
2013
Joe Papp in Five Acts
2012
Cloudburst
2011
Birds of a Feather
2011
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009
Away from Her
2007
In the Land of Women
2007
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
2006
Day On Fire
2006
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
2006
Jesus, Mary and Joey
2006
Whiskey School
2005
3 Needles
2005
The Thing About My Folks
2005
The Great New Wonderful
2005
Signs Out of Time: The Life of Archaeologist Marija Gimbutas
2004
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
2004
Charlie's War
2003
Mafia Doctor
2003
The Event
2003
The Intended
2002
Guilty Hearts
2002
Strange Relations
2001
Ladies and The Champ
2001
And Never Let Her Go
2001
Borough of Kings
2000
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000
Crimes of Honour
1999
Better Living
1998
Jane Austen's Mafia!
1998
The Pentagon Wars
1998
Scattering Dad
1998
A Life for a Life
1998
Picture Perfect
1997
A Match Made in Heaven
1997
Balkan Island: The Last Story of the Century
1997
Milk & Money
1996
Jerusalem
1996
Never Too Late
1996
Mr. Holland's Opus
1995
Mighty Aphrodite
1995
Jeffrey
1995
Dead Badge
1995
Young at Heart
1995
Mother
1995
Dream Journey
1995
I Love Trouble
1994
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
Look Who's Talking Now!
1993
Digger
1993
The Cemetery Club
1993
Over the Hill
1992
Fire in the Dark
1991
Lucky Day
1991
Look Who's Talking Too
1990
In the Spirit
1990
Steel Magnolias
1989
Dad
1989
Look Who's Talking
1989
Working Girl
1988
Moonstruck
1987
Flanagan
1985
The Neighborhood
1982
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
1982
King of America
1982
The Idolmaker
1980
F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980
Rich Kids
1979
The Wanderers
1979
The Seagull
1975
Death Wish
1974
Nicky's World
1974
The Rehearsal
1974
Sisters
1973
Made For Each Other
1971
John and Mary
1969
Stiletto
1969
Lilith
1964
Twice a Man
1963