Olympia Dukakis
Known for Acting · 120 credits
- Born
- 1931-06-20
- Died
- 2021-05-01
- Place of birth
- Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
- Also known as
- المپیا دوکاکیس
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (24)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Debby Marsh
The Simpsons
1989
as Zelda (voice)
Frasier
1993
as Caller #3 (voice)
The View
1997
as Self
Great Performances
1971
as Pauline
Numb3rs
2005
as Charlotte Yates
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Clara
The Equalizer
1985
as Judge Paula G. Walsh
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Anna Nieves
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
Bored to Death
2009
as Belinda
Tales of the City
2019
as Anna Madrigal
So Graham Norton
1998
as Self - Guest
Tales of the City
1993
as Anna Madrigal
Search for Tomorrow
1951
Center of the Universe
2004
as Marge Barnett
Sex & Violence
2013
as Alex Mandalakis
Joan of Arc
1999
as Mother Babette
The Andros Targets
1977
as Marina Angelis
More Tales of the City
1998
as Anna Madrigal
Further Tales of the City
2001
as Anna Madrigal
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Sinatra
1992
as Dolly Sinatra
And Never Let Her Go
2001
as Marguerite Capano
Movies (96)
Steel Magnolias
1989
as Clairee Belcher
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
as Olympia Dukakis (uncredited)
Moonstruck
1987
as Rose Castorini
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
2004
as Margie Carsen
Death Wish
1974
as Cop at the Precinct (uncredited)
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
2006
as Margie Carsen
Working Girl
1988
as Personnel Director
The Infiltrator
2016
as Aunt Vicky
Look Who's Talking Too
1990
as Rosie
Mighty Aphrodite
1995
as Jocasta
Look Who's Talking Now!
1993
as Rosie
Mr. Holland's Opus
1995
as Principal Jacobs
Look Who's Talking
1989
as Rosie
I Love Trouble
1994
as Jeannie
Big Driver
2014
as Doreen
The Wanderers
1979
as Joey's Mother (uncredited)
Sisters
1973
as Louise Wilanski
Jane Austen's Mafia!
1998
as Sophia
Jeffrey
1995
as Mrs. Marcangelo
Picture Perfect
1997
as Rita
Dad
1989
as Bette Tremont
Away from Her
2007
as Marian
Olympia
2018
as Self
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009
as Self
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
1982
as Helena Naxos ("Success Wanters")
In the Land of Women
2007
as Phyllis
The Great New Wonderful
2005
as Judy Hillerman
The Last Keepers
2013
as Rosmarie Carver
Rich Kids
1979
as Lawyer
The Thing About My Folks
2005
as Muriel Kleinman
The Pentagon Wars
1998
as Madam Chairwoman
John and Mary
1969
as John's Mother
The Cemetery Club
1993
as Doris Silverman
Starring Austin Pendleton
2016
as Self
Lilith
1964
as Patient (uncredited)
Change in the Air
2018
as Margaret Lemke
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
2006
as Self
In the Spirit
1990
as Sue
A Little Game
2014
as Yaya
Whiskey School
2005
as Ellen Haywood
The Idolmaker
1980
as Mrs. Vacarri
The Intended
2002
as Erina
Montana Amazon
2013
as Ira
Jesus, Mary and Joey
2006
as Sophia Vitello
F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980
The Christmas Spirit
2013
as Gwen Hollander
Milk & Money
1996
as Goneril Plogg
Mother
1995
as Mrs. Jay
3 Needles
2005
as Hilde
Digger
1993
as Bea
Emily & Tim
2015
as Emily (Segment 6)
Stiletto
1969
as Mrs. Amato (uncredited)
Mafia Doctor
2003
as Rose Dellarusso
Young at Heart
1995
as Rose Garaventi
Fire in the Dark
1991
as Emily Miller
And Never Let Her Go
2001
as Marguerite Capano
Made For Each Other
1971
as Gig's Mother
A Match Made in Heaven
1997
as Helen Rosner
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
2017
as Self
King of America
1982
as Mama Nicola
Charlie's War
2003
as Charlie
Jerusalem
1996
as Mother (Mrs. Gordon)
Cloudburst
2011
as Stella
Strange Relations
2001
as Esther Lipman
Never Too Late
1996
as Rose
Scattering Dad
1998
as Dotty
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000
as Dinah
Day On Fire
2006
as Dr. Mary Wade
7 Chinese Brothers
2015
as Grandma
The Neighborhood
1982
as Mrs. St Paul
Borough of Kings
2000
as Helen Manners
Lucky Day
1991
as Katherine Campbell
A Life for a Life
1998
as Charlotte Kiszko
Better Living
1998
as Nora
Flanagan
1985
as Mary
Nicky's World
1974
as Irene Kaminios
Guilty Hearts
2002
as Amanda Patterson
The Event
2003
as Lila Shapiro
Not to Forget
2021
as Judge
The Seagull
1975
as Pauline
The Rehearsal
1974
Over the Hill
1992
as Alma Harris
Her Secret Sessions
2016
as Arlene
Dead Badge
1995
as Dr. Doris Rice
The New Abolitionists
2020
as Self
Joe Papp in Five Acts
2012
as Self
Twice a Man
1963
as Young Mother
Balkan Island: The Last Story of the Century
1997
as Mother
Crimes of Honour
1999
as Narrator (voice)
Ladies and The Champ
2001
as Sara Stevens
Signs Out of Time: The Life of Archaeologist Marija Gimbutas
2004
as Narrator
Irene & Marie
2015
as Marie
Dream Journey
1995
as Self
Birds of a Feather
2011
as Olympia
Beneath the Olive Tree
2015
The New Greek Americans
2020
as Narrator
About 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 receive… With 120 credits spanning from 1951 to 2021, Olympia Dukakis has appeared in 96 films and 24 TV shows.
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- Steel Magnolias (1989) — as Clairee Belcher
- Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994) — as Olympia Dukakis (uncredited)
- Moonstruck (1987) — as Rose Castorini
- The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004) — as Margie Carsen
- Death Wish (1974) — as Cop at the Precinct (uncredited)
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