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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 20, 1931
Died
May 1, 2021
Place of Birth
Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
- المپیا دوکاکیس
Olympia Dukakis
0.8 Popularity
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
6.7
Judge
Not to Forget
2021
0.0
Self
The New Abolitionists
2020
0.0
Narrator
The New Greek Americans
2020
6.8
Anna Madrigal
Tales of the City
2019
8.0
Herself
Olympia
2018
5.7
Margaret Lemke
Change in the Air
2018
6.3
Self
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
2017
6.7
Aunt Vicky
The Infiltrator
2016
6.7
Self
Starring Austin Pendleton
2016
0.0
Arlene
Her Secret Sessions
2016
Credits
Not to Forget
as Judge
2021
6.7
The New Abolitionists
as Self
2020
0.0
The New Greek Americans
as Narrator
2020
0.0
Tales of the City
as Anna Madrigal
2019
6.8
Olympia
as Herself
2018
8.0
Change in the Air
as Margaret Lemke
2018
5.7
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
as Self
2017
6.3
The Infiltrator
as Aunt Vicky
2016
6.7
Starring Austin Pendleton
as Self
2016
6.7
Her Secret Sessions
as Arlene
2016
0.0
Emily & Tim
as Emily (Segment 6)
2015
5.6
7 Chinese Brothers
as Grandma
2015
5.3
Irene & Marie
as Marie
2015
0.0
Beneath the Olive Tree
2015
0.0
Big Driver
as Doreen
2014
5.7
A Little Game
as Yaya
2014
6.5
The Christmas Spirit
as Gwen Hollander
2013
5.0
Sex & Violence
as Alex Mandalakis
2013
6.0
Montana Amazon
as Ira
2013
6.8
The Last Keepers
as Rosmarie Carver
2013
4.8
Joe Papp in Five Acts
as Self
2012
4.5
Cloudburst
as Stella
2011
6.4
Birds of a Feather
as Olympia
2011
2.0
Bored to Death
as Belinda
2009
7.3
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
as Self
2009
6.9
Away from Her
as Marian
2007
7.0
In the Land of Women
as Phyllis
2007
5.9
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
as Margie Carsen
2006
6.3
Day On Fire
as Dr. Mary Wade
2006
5.0
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
as Self
2006
6.0
Jesus, Mary and Joey
as Sophia Vitello
2006
4.0
🎬
Whiskey School
as Ellen Haywood
2005
6.0
3 Needles
as Hilde
2005
5.8
The Thing About My Folks
as Muriel Kleinman
2005
6.3
The Great New Wonderful
as Judy Hillerman
2005
4.7
Numb3rs
as Charlotte Yates
2005
7.0
Signs Out of Time: The Life of Archaeologist Marija Gimbutas
as Narrator
2004
0.0
Center of the Universe
as Marge Barnett
2004
7.0
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
as Margie Carsen
2004
6.3
Charlie's War
as Charlie
2003
6.0
Mafia Doctor
as Rose Dellarusso
2003
4.5
The Event
as Lila Shapiro
2003
5.6
The Intended
as Erina
2002
5.0
Guilty Hearts
as Amanda Patterson
2002
3.5
Strange Relations
as Esther Lipman
2001
0.0
Further Tales of the City
as Anna Madrigal
2001
6.5
Ladies and The Champ
as Sara Stevens
2001
0.0
And Never Let Her Go
as Marguerite Capano
2001
7.0
And Never Let Her Go
as Marguerite Capano
2001
6.6
Borough of Kings
as Helen Manners
2000
0.0
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
as Dinah
2000
6.7
🎬
Crimes of Honour
1999
5.2
🎬
Crimes of Honour
as Narrator
1999
5.2
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Debby Marsh
1999
7.9
Joan of Arc
as Mother Babette
1999
6.6
Better Living
as Nora
1998
1.7
Jane Austen's Mafia!
as Sophia
1998
5.4
So Graham Norton
as Self - Guest
1998
6.3
More Tales of the City
as Anna Madrigal
1998
7.2
The Pentagon Wars
as Madam Chairwoman
1998
6.9
Scattering Dad
as Dotty
1998
10.0
🎬
A Life for a Life
as Charlotte Kiszko
1998
0.0
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
Picture Perfect
as Rita
1997
5.9
A Match Made in Heaven
as Helen Rosner
1997
6.4
Milk & Money
as Goneril Plogg
1996
4.0
Jerusalem
as Mother (Mrs. Gordon)
1996
7.2
Never Too Late
as Rose
1996
4.0
Mr. Holland's Opus
as Principal Jacobs
1995
6.9
Mighty Aphrodite
as Jocasta
1995
6.7
Jeffrey
as Mrs. Marcangelo
1995
6.2
Dead Badge
as Dr. Doris Rice
1995
6.8
Young at Heart
as Rose Garaventi
1995
0.0
Dream Journey
as Self
1995
0.0
Mother
as Mrs. Jay
1995
5.1
Touched by an Angel
as Clara
1994
7.2
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
7.5
I Love Trouble
as Jeannie
1994
5.5
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as Olympia Dukakis (uncredited)
1994
6.5
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
4.5
Look Who's Talking Now!
as Rosie
1993
5.3
Digger
as Bea
1993
6.4
Tales of the City
as Anna Madrigal
1993
7.7
Frasier
as Caller #3 (voice)
1993
7.7
The Cemetery Club
as Doris Silverman
1993
5.3
Sinatra
as Dolly Sinatra
1992
7.9
Over the Hill
as Alma Harris
1992
3.8
Fire in the Dark
as Emily Miller
1991
0.0
Lucky Day
as Katherine Campbell
1991
7.0
Look Who's Talking Too
as Rosie
1990
5.5
In the Spirit
as Sue
1990
3.3
The Simpsons
as Zelda (voice)
1989
8.0
Steel Magnolias
as Clairee Belcher
1989
7.2
Dad
as Bette Tremont
1989
6.4
Look Who's Talking
as Rosie
1989
6.3
Working Girl
as Personnel Director
1988
6.6
Moonstruck
as Rose Castorini
1987
6.8
Flanagan
as Mary
1985
0.0
The Equalizer
as Judge Paula G. Walsh
1985
7.1
The Neighborhood
as Mrs. St Paul
1982
6.0
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
as Helena Naxos ("Success Wanters")
1982
3.1
King of America
as Mama Nicola
1982
0.0
The Idolmaker
as Mrs. Vacarri
1980
5.4
F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980
5.8
Rich Kids
as Lawyer
1979
4.8
The Wanderers
as Joey's Mother (uncredited)
1979
7.0
The Andros Targets
as Marina Angelis
1977
5.0
The Seagull
as Pauline
1975
0.0
Death Wish
as Cop at the Precinct (uncredited)
1974
6.9
🎬
Nicky's World
as Irene Kaminios
1974
0.0
The Rehearsal
1974
4.8
Sisters
as Louise Wilanski
1973
6.7
Made For Each Other
as Gig's Mother
1971
4.3
Great Performances
as Pauline
1971
5.8
John and Mary
as John's Mother
1969
5.8
Stiletto
as Mrs. Amato (uncredited)
1969
5.0
Lilith
as Patient (uncredited)
1964
6.4
Twice a Man
as Young Mother
1963
5.3
Dr. Kildare
as Anna Nieves
1961
5.5
Search for Tomorrow
1951
7.0