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Olympia Dukakis
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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 (1…
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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.
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Olympia Dukakis's Filmography
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The New Abolitionists
as Self
Not to Forget
as Judge
The New Greek Americans
as Narrator
Olympia
as Self
Change in the Air
as Margaret Lemke
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
as Self
The Infiltrator
as Aunt Vicky
Starring Austin Pendleton
as Self
Her Secret Sessions
as Arlene
Emily & Tim
as Emily (Segment 6)
7 Chinese Brothers
as Grandma
Irene & Marie
as Marie
Beneath the Olive Tree
Big Driver
as Doreen
A Little Game
as Yaya
The Christmas Spirit
as Gwen Hollander
Montana Amazon
as Ira
The Last Keepers
as Rosmarie Carver
Joe Papp in Five Acts
as Self
Cloudburst
as Stella
Birds of a Feather
as Olympia
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
as Self
Away from Her
as Marian
In the Land of Women
as Phyllis
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
as Margie Carsen
Day On Fire
as Dr. Mary Wade
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
as Self
Jesus, Mary and Joey
as Sophia Vitello
No Poster
Whiskey School
as Ellen Haywood
3 Needles
as Hilde
The Thing About My Folks
as Muriel Kleinman
The Great New Wonderful
as Judy Hillerman
Signs Out of Time: The Life of Archaeologist Marija Gimbutas
as Narrator
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
as Margie Carsen
Charlie's War
as Charlie
Mafia Doctor
as Rose Dellarusso
The Event
as Lila Shapiro
No Poster
The Intended
as Erina
Guilty Hearts
as Amanda Patterson
Strange Relations
as Esther Lipman
Ladies and The Champ
as Sara Stevens
And Never Let Her Go
as Marguerite Capano
Borough of Kings
as Helen Manners
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
as Dinah
No Poster
Crimes of Honour
as Narrator (voice)
Better Living
as Nora
Jane Austen's Mafia!
as Sophia
The Pentagon Wars
as Madam Chairwoman
Scattering Dad
as Dotty
No Poster
A Life for a Life
as Charlotte Kiszko
Picture Perfect
as Rita
A Match Made in Heaven
as Helen Rosner
No Poster
Balkan Island: The Last Story of the Century
as Mother
Milk & Money
as Goneril Plogg
Jerusalem
as Mother (Mrs. Gordon)
Never Too Late
as Rose
Mr. Holland's Opus
as Principal Jacobs
Mighty Aphrodite
as Jocasta
Jeffrey
as Mrs. Marcangelo
Dead Badge
as Dr. Doris Rice
Young at Heart
as Rose Garaventi
Dream Journey
as Self
Mother
as Mrs. Jay
I Love Trouble
as Jeannie
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as Olympia Dukakis (uncredited)
Look Who's Talking Now!
as Rosie
Digger
as Bea
The Cemetery Club
as Doris Silverman
Over the Hill
as Alma Harris
Fire in the Dark
as Emily Miller
Lucky Day
as Katherine Campbell
Look Who's Talking Too
as Rosie
In the Spirit
as Sue
Steel Magnolias
as Clairee Belcher
Dad
as Bette Tremont
Look Who's Talking
as Rosie
Working Girl
as Personnel Director
Moonstruck
as Rose Castorini
Flanagan
as Mary
The Neighborhood
as Mrs. St Paul
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
as Helena Naxos ("Success Wanters")
King of America
as Mama Nicola
The Idolmaker
as Mrs. Vacarri
F.D.R.: The Last Year
Rich Kids
as Lawyer
The Wanderers
as Joey's Mother (uncredited)
The Seagull
as Pauline
Death Wish
as Cop at the Precinct (uncredited)
No Poster
Nicky's World
as Irene Kaminios
The Rehearsal
Sisters
as Louise Wilanski
Made For Each Other
as Gig's Mother
John and Mary
as John's Mother
Stiletto
as Mrs. Amato (uncredited)
Lilith
as Patient (uncredited)
Twice a Man
as Young Mother