Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1931-06-20
Day of Death
2021-05-01
Place of Birth
Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Olympia Dukakis
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.
Filmography (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
