Olympia Dukakis
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday20 June 1931
Died1 May 2021 (age 89)
Place of birthLowell, Massachusetts, USA
Known credits122
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 (199…
Not to Forget
2021 · Judge
The New Abolitionists
2020 · Self
The New Abolitionists
2020 · Producer
The New Greek Americans
2020 · Narrator
Tales of the City
2019 · Anna Madrigal
Olympia
2018 · Self
Change in the Air
2018 · Margaret Lemke
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
2017 · Self
The Infiltrator
2016 · Aunt Vicky
Starring Austin Pendleton
2016 · Self
Her Secret Sessions
2016 · Arlene
Emily & Tim
2015 · Emily (Segment 6)
7 Chinese Brothers
2015 · Grandma
Irene & Marie
2015 · Marie
Beneath the Olive Tree
2015
Big Driver
2014 · Doreen
A Little Game
2014 · Yaya
The Christmas Spirit
2013 · Gwen Hollander
Sex & Violence
2013 · Alex Mandalakis
Sex & Violence
2013 · Executive Producer
Montana Amazon
2013 · Ira
The Last Keepers
2013 · Rosmarie Carver
Joe Papp in Five Acts
2012 · Self
Cloudburst
2011 · Stella
Birds of a Feather
2011 · Olympia
Bored to Death
2009 · Belinda
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009 · Self
Away from Her
2007 · Marian
In the Land of Women
2007 · Phyllis
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
2006 · Margie Carsen
Day On Fire
2006 · Dr. Mary Wade
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
2006 · Self
Jesus, Mary and Joey
2006 · Sophia Vitello
Whiskey School
2005 · Ellen Haywood
3 Needles
2005 · Hilde
The Thing About My Folks
2005 · Muriel Kleinman
The Great New Wonderful
2005 · Judy Hillerman
Numb3rs
2005 · Charlotte Yates
Signs Out of Time: The Life of Archaeologist Marija Gimbutas
2004 · Narrator
Center of the Universe
2004 · Marge Barnett
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
2004 · Margie Carsen
Charlie's War
2003 · Charlie
Mafia Doctor
2003 · Rose Dellarusso
The Event
2003 · Lila Shapiro
The Intended
2002 · Erina
Guilty Hearts
2002 · Amanda Patterson
Strange Relations
2001 · Esther Lipman
Further Tales of the City
2001 · Anna Madrigal
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