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 Wanderers

1979

As Joey's Mom

Away from Her

2007

As Marian

Moonstruck

1987

As Rose Castorini

Mr. Holland's Opus

1995

As Principal Jacobs

Working Girl

1988

As Personnel Director

I Love Trouble

1994

As Jeannie

Steel Magnolias

1989

As Clairee Belcher

Dad

1989

As Bette Tremont

Mighty Aphrodite

1995

As Jocasta

Jesus, Mary and Joey

2006

As Sophia Vitello

The Great New Wonderful

2005

As Judy Hillerman

The Thing About My Folks

2005

As Muriel Kleinman

Picture Perfect

1997

As Rita

Look Who's Talking

1989

As Rosie

In the Land of Women

2007

As Phyllis

Montana Amazon

2013

As Ira

The Event

2003

As Lila Shapiro

The Idolmaker

1980

As Mrs. Vacarri

The Pentagon Wars

1998

As Madam Chairwoman

The Last Keepers

2013

As Rosmarie Carver

John and Mary

1969

As John's Mother

Jeffrey

1995

As Mrs. Marcangelo

3 Needles

2005

As Hilde

Rich Kids

1979

As Lawyer

The Cemetery Club

1993

As Doris Silverman

Twice a Man

1963

As Young Mother

Whiskey School

2005

As Ellen Haywood

A Little Game

2014

As Yaya

Day On Fire

2006

As Dr. Mary Wade

Cloudburst

2011

As Stella

In the Spirit

1990

As Sue

Over the Hill

1992

As Alma Harris

Jerusalem

1996

As Mother (Mrs. Gordon)

The Christmas Spirit

2013

As Gwen Hollander

A Match Made in Heaven

1997

As Helen Rosner

Jane Austen's Mafia!

1998

As Sophia

Big Driver

2014

As Doreen

Digger

1993

As Bea

National Lampoon's Movie Madness

1982

As Helena Naxos ("Success Wanters")

Better Living

1998

As Nora

Fire in the Dark

1991

As Emily Miller

7 Chinese Brothers

2015

As Grandma

Lucky Day

1991

As Katherine Campbell

Sisters

1972

As Louise Wilanski

Emily & Tim

2015

As Emily (Segment 6)

Ladies and The Champ

2001

As Sara Stevens

Crimes of Honour

1999

As Narrator

The Infiltrator

2016

As Aunt Vicky

The Intended

2002

As Erina

Irene & Marie

2015

As Marie

Charlie's War

2003

As Charlie

Change in the Air

2018

As Margaret Lemke

Borough of Kings

2000

As Helen Manners

Guilty Hearts

2002

As Amanda Patterson

Mother

1995

As Mrs. Jay

Olympia

2018

As Herself

Birds of a Feather

2011

As Olympia

Flanagan

1985

As Mary

Young at Heart

1995

As Rose Garaventi

Never Too Late

1996

As Rose

Made For Each Other

1971

As Gig's Mother

Dead Badge

1995

As Dr. Doris Rice

The New Greek Americans

2020

As Narrator

Milk & Money

1996

As Goneril Plogg

My Beautiful Son

2001

As Esther Lipman

Nicky's World

1974

As Irene Kaminios

The Seagull

1975

As Pauline

Stiletto

1969

As Mrs. Amato (uncredited)

Not to Forget

2021

As Judge

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

1994

As Olympia Dukakis (uncredited)

Scattering Dad

1998

As Dotty

Lilith

1964

As Patient (uncredited)

Mafia Doctor

2003

As Rose Dellarusso

Death Wish

1974

As Cop at the Precinct (uncredited)

Cher: In Her Own Words

2021

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Neighborhood

1982

As Mrs. St Paul

And Never Let Her Go

2001

As Marguerite Capano

King of America

1982

As Mama Nicola

The Wanderers

1979

As Joey's Mother (uncredited)

Production

The New Abolitionists

2020

As Producer

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