Olympia Dukakis

Olympia Dukakis

  • Birthday: 1931-06-20
  • Deathday: 2021-05-01
  • Place of birth: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

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

The Great New Wonderful

2005

As Judy Hillerman

Whiskey School

2005

As Ellen Haywood

Day On Fire

2006

As Dr. Mary Wade

Cloudburst

2011

As Stella

Over the Hill

1992

As Alma Harris

A Match Made in Heaven

1997

As Helen Rosner

Fire in the Dark

1991

As Emily Miller

Emily & Tim

2015

As Emily (Segment 6)

Ladies and The Champ

2001

As Sara Stevens

Irene & Marie

2015

As Marie

Charlie's War

2003

As Charlie

Olympia

2018

As Herself

Young at Heart

1995

As Rose Garaventi

Never Too Late

1996

As Rose

The New Greek Americans

2020

As Narrator

Scattering Dad

1998

As Dotty

Montana Amazon

2013

As Ira

The Event

2003

As Lila Shapiro

The Cemetery Club

1993

As Doris Silverman

Twice a Man

1963

As Young Mother

In the Spirit

1990

As Sue

The Christmas Spirit

2013

As Gwen Hollander

Digger

1993

As Bea

Better Living

1998

As Nora

7 Chinese Brothers

2015

As Grandma

Lucky Day

1991

As Katherine Campbell

Crimes of Honour

1999

As Narrator

The Intended

2002

As Erina

Mother

1995

As Mrs. Jay

Mafia Doctor

2003

As Rose Dellarusso

The Thing About My Folks

2005

As Muriel Kleinman

Nicky's World

1974

As Irene Kaminios

Away from Her

2007

As Marian

Moonstruck

1987

As Rose Castorini

Mr. Holland's Opus

1995

As Principal Jacobs

Jesus, Mary and Joey

2006

As Sophia Vitello

Picture Perfect

1997

As Rita

Look Who's Talking

1989

As Rosie

The Last Keepers

2013

As Rosmarie Carver

Guilty Hearts

2002

As Amanda Patterson

My Beautiful Son

2001

As Esther Lipman

Steel Magnolias

1989

As Clairee Belcher

Dad

1989

As Bette Tremont

In the Land of Women

2007

As Phyllis

3 Needles

2005

As Hilde

Jane Austen's Mafia!

1998

As Sophia

Big Driver

2014

As Doreen

Change in the Air

2018

As Margaret Lemke

Borough of Kings

2000

As Helen Manners

Flanagan

1985

As Mary

Made For Each Other

1971

As Gig's Mother

King of America

1982

As Mama Nicola

Dead Badge

1995

As Dr. Doris Rice

The Seagull

1975

As Pauline

Not to Forget

2021

As Judge

And Never Let Her Go

2001

As Marguerite Capano

I Love Trouble

1994

As Jeannie

Mighty Aphrodite

1995

As Jocasta

The Idolmaker

1980

As Mrs. Vacarri

A Little Game

2014

As Yaya

Joan of Arc

1999

As Mother Babette

Jerusalem

1996

As Mother (Mrs. Gordon)

Sisters

1972

As Louise Wilanski

Cher: In Her Own Words

2021

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Pentagon Wars

1998

As Madam Chairwoman

The Neighborhood

1982

As Mrs. St Paul

Working Girl

1988

As Personnel Director

John and Mary

1969

As John's Mother

Jeffrey

1995

As Mrs. Marcangelo

Rich Kids

1979

As Lawyer

Milk & Money

1996

As Goneril Plogg

The Infiltrator

2016

As Aunt Vicky

Lilith

1964

As Patient (uncredited)

The Wanderers

1979

As Joey's Mom

Stiletto

1969

As Mrs. Amato (uncredited)

Birds of a Feather

2011

As Olympia

National Lampoon's Movie Madness

1982

As Helena Naxos ("Success Wanters")

Death Wish

1974

As Cop at the Precinct (uncredited)

The Wanderers

1979

As Joey's Mother (uncredited)

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

1994

As Olympia Dukakis (uncredited)

Production

The New Abolitionists

2020

As Producer

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