Acting

Olympia Dukakis

1931–2021 · Acting

66.1avg grm
10titles
#945best rank
5honors
Abest title · #945 on siteAway from Her2006 · as Marian75.1

Honors

5
1988Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress
1987Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
—Obie Award
—Ellis Island Medal of Honor
—star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Bio

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.

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

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2010s3 titlesTTales of the City2019 · as Anna Madrigal · series64.8SSex & Violence2013 · as Alex Mandalakis · series64.1CCloudburst2011 · as Stella56.0
2000s2 titlesAAway from Her2006 · as Marian75.1FFurther Tales of the City2001 · as Mrs. Anna Madrigal · series64.1
1990s3 titlesMMore Tales of the City1998 · as Anna Madrigal · series64.2MMr. Holland's Opus1995 · as Principal Jacobs69.3TTales of the City1993 · as Anna Madrigal · series64.3
1980s2 titlesSSteel Magnolias1989 · as Clairee Belcher67.7MMoonstruck1987 · as Rose Castorini71.5

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Olympia Dukakis

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born1931
died2021
known forActing
titles on site10
best title rank#945 · Away from Her (2006)
avg GRM66.1
honors5 · Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress, 1988
Honors
  • 1988Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress
  • 1987Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
  • —Obie Award
  • —Ellis Island Medal of Honor
  • —star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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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