
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

The Equalizer
1985
as Judge Paula G. Walsh

Touched by an Angel
1994
as Clara

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

Center of the Universe
2004
as Marge Barnett

Joan of Arc
1999
as Mother Babette

Search for Tomorrow
1951

The Andros Targets
1977
as Marina Angelis

Sex & Violence
2013
as Alex Mandalakis

Further Tales of the City
2001
as Anna Madrigal

More Tales of the City
1998
as Anna Madrigal

Sinatra
1992
as Dolly Sinatra

Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self

And Never Let Her Go
2001
as Marguerite Capano
Movies (96)

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
as Olympia Dukakis (uncredited)

Moonstruck
1987
as Rose Castorini

Death Wish
1974
as Cop at the Precinct (uncredited)

Steel Magnolias
1989
as Clairee Belcher

Working Girl
1988
as Personnel Director

The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
2004
as Margie Carsen

The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
2006
as Margie Carsen

Look Who's Talking Now!
1993
as Rosie

The Infiltrator
2016
as Aunt Vicky

Big Driver
2014
as Doreen

Look Who's Talking
1989
as Rosie

Olympia
2018
as Self

Picture Perfect
1997
as Rita

Mighty Aphrodite
1995
as Jocasta

Mr. Holland's Opus
1995
as Principal Jacobs

I Love Trouble
1994
as Jeannie

The Wanderers
1979
as Joey's Mother (uncredited)

Look Who's Talking Too
1990
as Rosie

Dad
1989
as Bette Tremont

Montana Amazon
2013
as Ira

Jeffrey
1995
as Mrs. Marcangelo

Sisters
1973
as Louise Wilanski

Away from Her
2007
as Marian

Starring Austin Pendleton
2016
as Self

Jane Austen's Mafia!
1998
as Sophia

Lilith
1964
as Patient (uncredited)

In the Land of Women
2007
as Phyllis

Milk & Money
1996
as Goneril Plogg

Rich Kids
1979
as Lawyer

The Thing About My Folks
2005
as Muriel Kleinman

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009
as Self

National Lampoon's Movie Madness
1982
as Helena Naxos ("Success Wanters")

The Pentagon Wars
1998
as Madam Chairwoman

The Last Keepers
2013
as Rosmarie Carver

The Great New Wonderful
2005
as Judy Hillerman

Change in the Air
2018
as Margaret Lemke

John and Mary
1969
as John's Mother

3 Needles
2005
as Hilde

Mafia Doctor
2003
as Rose Dellarusso

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
2017
as Self

The Intended
2002
as Erina

The Cemetery Club
1993
as Doris Silverman

Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
2006
as Self

In the Spirit
1990
as Sue

Emily & Tim
2015
as Emily (Segment 6)

A Match Made in Heaven
1997
as Helen Rosner

Guilty Hearts
2002
as Amanda Patterson

7 Chinese Brothers
2015
as Grandma

F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980

Stiletto
1969
as Mrs. Amato (uncredited)
Whiskey School
2005
as Ellen Haywood

The Christmas Spirit
2013
as Gwen Hollander

Digger
1993
as Bea

Scattering Dad
1998
as Dotty

A Little Game
2014
as Yaya

Charlie's War
2003
as Charlie

The Idolmaker
1980
as Mrs. Vacarri

And Never Let Her Go
2001
as Marguerite Capano

Made For Each Other
1971
as Gig's Mother

Mother
1995
as Mrs. Jay

Jerusalem
1996
as Mother (Mrs. Gordon)

Strange Relations
2001
as Esther Lipman

Jesus, Mary and Joey
2006
as Sophia Vitello

Never Too Late
1996
as Rose

Dead Badge
1995
as Dr. Doris Rice

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000
as Dinah

Better Living
1998
as Nora

King of America
1982
as Mama Nicola

Fire in the Dark
1991
as Emily Miller

Young at Heart
1995
as Rose Garaventi

Lucky Day
1991
as Katherine Campbell

Not to Forget
2021
as Judge

Cloudburst
2011
as Stella

Joe Papp in Five Acts
2012
as Self

The Seagull
1975
as Pauline

The Event
2003
as Lila Shapiro

Ladies and The Champ
2001
as Sara Stevens

The Neighborhood
1982
as Mrs. St Paul
Nicky's World
1974
as Irene Kaminios

Day On Fire
2006
as Dr. Mary Wade

Irene & Marie
2015
as Marie
A Life for a Life
1998
as Charlotte Kiszko
Crimes of Honour
1999
as Narrator (voice)

Her Secret Sessions
2016
as Arlene

Flanagan
1985
as Mary

Borough of Kings
2000
as Helen Manners

Twice a Man
1963
as Young Mother

Signs Out of Time: The Life of Archaeologist Marija Gimbutas
2004
as Narrator

The Rehearsal
1974

Over the Hill
1992
as Alma Harris

The New Abolitionists
2020
as Self

Birds of a Feather
2011
as Olympia
Balkan Island: The Last Story of the Century
1997
as Mother

The New Greek Americans
2020
as Narrator

Beneath the Olive Tree
2015

Dream Journey
1995
as Self
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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- Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994) — as Olympia Dukakis (uncredited)
- Moonstruck (1987) — as Rose Castorini
- Death Wish (1974) — as Cop at the Precinct (uncredited)
- Steel Magnolias (1989) — as Clairee Belcher
- Working Girl (1988) — as Personnel Director
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