Name
Olympia Dukakis
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1931-06-20
Deathday
2021-05-01 (90 years old)
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.
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- 1995 Mr. Holland's Opus as Principal Jacobs
- 2007 Away from Her as Marian
- 1988 Working Girl as Personnel Director
- 1989 Steel Magnolias as Clairee Belcher
- 1994 I Love Trouble as Jeannie
- 1989 Dad as Bette Tremont
- 1995 Mighty Aphrodite as Jocasta
- 1964 Lilith as Patient (uncredited)
- 2006 Jesus, Mary and Joey as Sophia Vitello
- 2005 The Thing About My Folks as Muriel Kleinman
- 2005 The Great New Wonderful as Judy Hillerman
- 1993 Look Who's Talking Now! as Rosie
- 1997 Picture Perfect as Rita
- 1989 Look Who's Talking as Rosie
- 2007 In the Land of Women as Phyllis
- 2013 Montana Amazon as Ira
- 2003 The Event as Lila Shapiro
- 1980 The Idolmaker as Mrs. Vacarri
- 1998 The Pentagon Wars as Madam Chairwoman
- 2006 The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines as Margie Carsen
- 2004 The Librarian: Quest for the Spear as Margie Carsen
- 2013 The Last Keepers as Rosmarie Carver
- 1969 John and Mary as John's Mother
- 1995 Jeffrey as Mrs. Marcangelo
- 2005 3 Needles as Hilde
- 1982 The Neighborhood as Mrs. St Paul
- 2015 Beneath the Olive Tree
- 1979 Rich Kids as Lawyer
- 1993 The Cemetery Club as Doris Silverman
- 1963 Twice a Man as Young Mother
- 2005 Whiskey School as Ellen Haywood
- 2006 Day On Fire as Dr. Mary Wade
- 2011 Cloudburst as Stella
- 2001 And Never Let Her Go as Marguerite Capano
- 1990 In the Spirit as Sue
- 2012 Joe Papp in Five Acts as Self
- 1992 Over the Hill as Alma Harris
- 1996 Jerusalem as Mother (Mrs. Gordon)
- 2015 Emily & Tim as Emily (Segment 6)
- 2013 The Christmas Spirit as Gwen Hollander
- 1997 A Match Made in Heaven as Helen Rosner
- 1998 Jane Austen's Mafia! as Sophia
- 1982 King of America as Mama Nicola
- 1979 The Wanderers as Joey's Mother (uncredited)
- 2014 Big Driver as Doreen
- 1993 Digger as Bea
- 1974 The Rehearsal
- 1990 Look Who's Talking Too as Rosie
- 1982 National Lampoon's Movie Madness as Helena Naxos ("Success Wanters")
- 2003 Mafia Doctor as Rose Dellarusso
- 2000 The Last of the Blonde Bombshells as Dinah
- 2014 A Little Game as Yaya
- 1998 Better Living as Nora
- 1991 Fire in the Dark as Emily Miller
- 2015 7 Chinese Brothers as Grandma
- 1980 F.D.R.: The Last Year
- 1974 Death Wish as Cop at the Precinct (uncredited)
- 1991 Lucky Day as Katherine Campbell
- 1973 Sisters as Louise Wilanski
- 2001 Ladies and The Champ as Sara Stevens
- 1999 Crimes of Honour as Narrator (voice)
- 1998 A Life for a Life as Charlotte Kiszko
- 2009 I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale as Self
- 2016 The Infiltrator as Aunt Vicky
- 2002 The Intended as Erina
- 2015 Irene & Marie as Marie
- 2017 The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin as Self
- 2003 Charlie's War as Charlie
- 2018 Change in the Air as Margaret Lemke
- 2000 Borough of Kings as Helen Manners
- 2002 Guilty Hearts as Amanda Patterson
- 2016 Starring Austin Pendleton as Self
- 1995 Mother as Mrs. Jay
- 2018 Olympia as Self
- 2011 Birds of a Feather as Olympia
- 1985 Flanagan as Mary
- 1995 Young at Heart as Rose Garaventi
- 1996 Never Too Late as Rose
- 1971 Made For Each Other as Gig's Mother
- 1995 Dead Badge as Dr. Doris Rice
- 2006 Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family as Self
- 2020 The New Greek Americans as Narrator
- 1996 Milk & Money as Goneril Plogg
- 2001 Strange Relations as Esther Lipman
- 1974 Nicky's World as Irene Kaminios
- 2020 The New Abolitionists as Self
- 1975 The Seagull as Pauline
- 1969 Stiletto as Mrs. Amato (uncredited)
- 2021 Not to Forget as Judge
- 1994 Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult as Olympia Dukakis (uncredited)
- 1998 Scattering Dad as Dotty
- 2004 Signs Out of Time: The Life of Archaeologist Marija Gimbutas as Narrator
- 2016 Her Secret Sessions as Arlene
- 1995 Dream Journey as Self
- 1997 Balkan Island: The Last Story of the Century as Mother
- 1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as Zelda (voice)
- 2005 Numb3rs ( 1 episode ) as Charlotte Yates
- 1994 Touched by an Angel ( 1 episode ) as Clara
- 1997 The View ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1985 The Equalizer ( 1 episode ) as Judge Paula G. Walsh
- 2004 Center of the Universe ( 10 episodes ) as Marge Barnett
- 1998 So Graham Norton ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1993 Tales of the City ( 5 episodes ) as Anna Madrigal
- 1961 Dr. Kildare ( 1 episode ) as Anna Nieves
- 1977 The Andros Targets ( 1 episode ) as Marina Angelis
- 1998 More Tales of the City ( 6 episodes ) as Anna Madrigal
- 1951 Search for Tomorrow ( 1 episode )
- 1992 Sinatra ( 2 episodes ) as Dolly Sinatra
- 1993 Intimate Portrait ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2001 Further Tales of the City ( 4 episodes ) as Anna Madrigal
- 1993 Frasier ( 1 episode ) as Caller #3 (voice)
- 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1 episode ) as Debby Marsh
- 1999 Joan of Arc ( 2 episodes ) as Mother Babette
- 2019 Tales of the City ( 10 episodes ) as Anna Madrigal
- 2001 And Never Let Her Go ( 2 episodes ) as Marguerite Capano
- 2013 Sex & Violence ( 15 episodes ) as Alex Mandalakis
- 1994 Inside the Actors Studio ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1971 Great Performances ( 1 episode ) as Pauline
- 2009 Bored to Death ( 4 episodes ) as Belinda
- 1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Mama Nicola
- 1991 The General Motors Playwrights Theater ( 1 episode ) as Laura Cunningham
- 1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Anna Madrigal
