Olympia Dukakis

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: Acting

Born: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA, 1931-06-20

Died: 2021-05-01

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1963	Twice a Man	Young Mother	56
2	1964	Lilith	Patient (uncredited)	65
3	1969	Stiletto	Mrs. Amato (uncredited)	52
4	1969	John and Mary	John's Mother	60
5	1971	Made For Each Other	Gig's Mother	50
6	1973	Sisters	Louise Wilanski	67
7	1974	The Rehearsal		48
8	1974	Nicky's World	Irene Kaminios	0
9	1974	Death Wish	Cop at the Precinct (uncredited)	69
10	1975	The Seagull	Pauline	0
11	1979	The Wanderers	Joey's Mother (uncredited)	70
12	1979	Rich Kids	Lawyer	50
13	1980	F.D.R.: The Last Year		58
14	1980	The Idolmaker	Mrs. Vacarri	55
15	1982	King of America	Mama Nicola	0
16	1982	National Lampoon's Movie Madness	Helena Naxos ("Success Wanters")	31
17	1982	The Neighborhood	Mrs. St Paul	0
18	1985	Flanagan	Mary	0
19	1987	Moonstruck	Rose Castorini	69
20	1988	Working Girl	Personnel Director	66
21	1989	Look Who's Talking	Rosie	63
22	1989	Dad	Bette Tremont	63
23	1989	Steel Magnolias	Clairee Belcher	72
24	1990	In the Spirit	Sue	33
25	1990	Look Who's Talking Too	Rosie	55
26	1991	Lucky Day	Katherine Campbell	70
27	1991	Fire in the Dark	Emily Miller	0
28	1992	Over the Hill	Alma Harris	42
29	1993	The Cemetery Club	Doris Silverman	53
30	1993	Digger	Bea	64
31	1993	Look Who's Talking Now!	Rosie	53
32	1994	Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult	Olympia Dukakis (uncredited)	65
33	1994	I Love Trouble	Jeannie	55
34	1995	Mother	Mrs. Jay	54
35	1995	Dream Journey	Self	0
36	1995	Young at Heart	Rose Garaventi	0
37	1995	Dead Badge	Dr. Doris Rice	68
38	1995	Jeffrey	Mrs. Marcangelo	63
39	1995	Mighty Aphrodite	Jocasta	67
40	1995	Mr. Holland's Opus	Principal Jacobs	70
41	1996	Never Too Late	Rose	40
42	1996	Jerusalem	Mother (Mrs. Gordon)	72
43	1996	Milk & Money	Goneril Plogg	40
44	1997	A Match Made in Heaven	Helen Rosner	64
45	1997	Picture Perfect	Rita	59
46	1998	A Life for a Life	Charlotte Kiszko	0
47	1998	Scattering Dad	Dotty	100
48	1998	The Pentagon Wars	Madam Chairwoman	68
49	1998	Jane Austen's Mafia!	Sophia	55
50	1998	Better Living	Nora	15
51	1999	Crimes of Honour		52
52	1999	Crimes of Honour	Narrator	52
53	2000	The Last of the Blonde Bombshells	Dinah	67
54	2000	Borough of Kings	Helen Manners	0
55	2001	Strange Relations	Esther Lipman	0
56	2001	And Never Let Her Go	Marguerite Capano	66
57	2001	Ladies and The Champ	Sara Stevens	0
58	2002	Guilty Hearts	Amanda Patterson	43
59	2002	The Intended	Erina	53
60	2003	The Event	Lila Shapiro	59
61	2003	Mafia Doctor	Rose Dellarusso	45
62	2003	Charlie's War	Charlie	60
63	2004	The Librarian: Quest for the Spear	Margie Carsen	63
64	2004	Signs Out of Time: The Life of Archaeologist Marija Gimbutas	Narrator	0
65	2005	The Great New Wonderful	Judy Hillerman	48
66	2005	The Thing About My Folks	Muriel Kleinman	63
67	2005	3 Needles	Hilde	60
68	2005	Whiskey School	Ellen Haywood	60
69	2006	Jesus, Mary and Joey	Sophia Vitello	40
70	2006	Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family	Self	60
71	2006	Day On Fire	Dr. Mary Wade	50
72	2006	The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines	Margie Carsen	62
73	2007	In the Land of Women	Phyllis	59
74	2007	Away from Her	Marian	70
75	2009	I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale	Self	69
76	2011	Birds of a Feather	Olympia	20
77	2011	Cloudburst	Stella	64
78	2012	Joe Papp in Five Acts	Self	45
79	2013	The Last Keepers	Rosmarie Carver	49
80	2013	Montana Amazon	Ira	68
81	2013	The Christmas Spirit	Gwen Hollander	50
82	2014	A Little Game	Yaya	65
83	2014	Big Driver	Doreen	57
84	2015	Beneath the Olive Tree		0
85	2015	Irene & Marie	Marie	0
86	2015	7 Chinese Brothers	Grandma	53
87	2015	Emily & Tim	Emily (Segment 6)	61
88	2016	Her Secret Sessions	Arlene	0
89	2016	Starring Austin Pendleton	Self	67
90	2016	The Infiltrator	Aunt Vicky	67
91	2017	The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin	Self	66
92	2018	Change in the Air	Margaret Lemke	57
93	2018	Olympia	Herself	80
94	2020	The New Greek Americans	Narrator	0
95	2020	The New Abolitionists	Self	0
96	2021	Cher: In Her Own Words	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	60
97	2021	Not to Forget	Judge	67

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Search for Tomorrow		70
2	1961	Dr. Kildare	Anna Nieves	55
3	1971	Great Performances	Pauline	53
4	1977	The Andros Targets	Marina Angelis	50
5	1985	The Equalizer	Judge Paula G. Walsh	72
6	1989	The Simpsons	Zelda (voice)	80
7	1992	Sinatra	Dolly Sinatra	79
8	1993	Frasier	Caller #3 (voice)	77
9	1993	Tales of the City	Anna Madrigal	80
10	1993	Intimate Portrait	Self	45
11	1994	Inside the Actors Studio	Self	75
12	1994	Touched by an Angel	Clara	72
13	1997	The View	Self	45
14	1998	More Tales of the City	Anna Madrigal	75
15	1998	So Graham Norton	Self - Guest	63
16	1999	Joan of Arc	Mother Babette	65
17	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Debby Marsh	79
18	2001	And Never Let Her Go	Marguerite Capano	70
19	2001	Further Tales of the City	Anna Madrigal	68
20	2004	Center of the Universe	Marge Barnett	70
21	2005	Numb3rs		71
22	2009	Bored to Death	Belinda	73
23	2013	Sex & Violence	Alex Mandalakis	68
24	2019	Tales of the City	Anna Madrigal	69

Olympia Dukakis

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