Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 20, 1931
Place of Birth:
Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
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Olympia Dukakis
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Cher: In Her Own Words | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2021 | Not to Forget | Judge |
| 2020 | The New Greek Americans | Narrator |
| 2020 | The New Abolitionists | Self |
| 2018 | Change in the Air | Margaret Lemke |
| 2018 | Olympia | Herself |
| 2017 | The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin | Self |
| 2016 | The Infiltrator | Aunt Vicky |
| 2016 | Starring Austin Pendleton | Self |
| 2016 | Her Secret Sessions | Arlene |
| 2015 | Beneath the Olive Tree | |
| 2015 | Emily & Tim | Emily (Segment 6) |
| 2015 | 7 Chinese Brothers | Grandma |
| 2015 | Irene & Marie | Marie |
| 2014 | Big Driver | Doreen |
| 2014 | A Little Game | Yaya |
| 2013 | Montana Amazon | Ira |
| 2013 | The Last Keepers | Rosmarie Carver |
| 2013 | The Christmas Spirit | Gwen Hollander |
| 2012 | Joe Papp in Five Acts | Self |
| 2011 | Cloudburst | Stella |
| 2011 | Birds of a Feather | Olympia |
| 2009 | I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | Self |
| 2007 | Away from Her | Marian |
| 2007 | In the Land of Women | Phyllis |
| 2006 | Jesus, Mary and Joey | Sophia Vitello |
| 2006 | The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines | Margie Carsen |
| 2006 | Day On Fire | Dr. Mary Wade |
| 2006 | Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family | Self |
| 2005 | The Thing About My Folks | Muriel Kleinman |
| 2005 | The Great New Wonderful | Judy Hillerman |
| 2005 | 3 Needles | Hilde |
| 2005 | Whiskey School | Ellen Haywood |
| 2004 | The Librarian: Quest for the Spear | Margie Carsen |
| 2004 | Signs Out of Time: The Life of Archaeologist Marija Gimbutas | Narrator |
| 2003 | The Event | Lila Shapiro |
| 2003 | Mafia Doctor | Rose Dellarusso |
| 2003 | Charlie's War | Charlie |
| 2002 | The Intended | Erina |
| 2002 | Guilty Hearts | Amanda Patterson |
| 2001 | And Never Let Her Go | Marguerite Capano |
| 2001 | Ladies and The Champ | Sara Stevens |
| 2001 | My Beautiful Son | Esther Lipman |
| 2000 | The Last of the Blonde Bombshells | Dinah |
| 2000 | Borough of Kings | Helen Manners |
| 1999 | Crimes of Honour | |
| 1999 | Crimes of Honour | Narrator |
| 1998 | The Pentagon Wars | Madam Chairwoman |
| 1998 | Jane Austen's Mafia! | Sophia |
| 1998 | Better Living | Nora |
| 1998 | A Life for a Life | Charlotte Kiszko |
| 1998 | Scattering Dad | Dotty |
| 1997 | Picture Perfect | Rita |
| 1997 | A Match Made in Heaven | Helen Rosner |
| 1996 | Jerusalem | Mother (Mrs. Gordon) |
| 1996 | Never Too Late | Rose |
| 1996 | Milk & Money | Goneril Plogg |
| 1995 | Mr. Holland's Opus | Principal Jacobs |
| 1995 | Mighty Aphrodite | Jocasta |
| 1995 | Jeffrey | Mrs. Marcangelo |
| 1995 | Mother | Mrs. Jay |
| 1995 | Young at Heart | Rose Garaventi |
| 1995 | Dead Badge | Dr. Doris Rice |
| 1995 | Dream Journey | Self |
| 1994 | I Love Trouble | Jeannie |
| 1994 | Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult | Olympia Dukakis (uncredited) |
| 1993 | Look Who's Talking Now! | Rosie |
| 1993 | The Cemetery Club | Doris Silverman |
| 1993 | Digger | Bea |
| 1992 | Over the Hill | Alma Harris |
| 1991 | Fire in the Dark | Emily Miller |
| 1991 | Lucky Day | Katherine Campbell |
| 1990 | In the Spirit | Sue |
| 1990 | Look Who's Talking Too | Rosie |
| 1989 | Steel Magnolias | Clairee Belcher |
| 1989 | Dad | Bette Tremont |
| 1989 | Look Who's Talking | Rosie |
| 1988 | Working Girl | Personnel Director |
| 1987 | Moonstruck | Rose Castorini |
| 1985 | Flanagan | Mary |
| 1982 | The Neighborhood | Mrs. St Paul |
| 1982 | King of America | Mama Nicola |
| 1982 | National Lampoon's Movie Madness | Helena Naxos ("Success Wanters") |
| 1980 | The Idolmaker | Mrs. Vacarri |
| 1980 | F.D.R.: The Last Year | |
| 1979 | Rich Kids | Lawyer |
| 1979 | The Wanderers | Joey's Mother (uncredited) |
| 1975 | The Seagull | Pauline |
| 1974 | The Rehearsal | |
| 1974 | Death Wish | Cop at the Precinct (uncredited) |
| 1974 | Nicky's World | Irene Kaminios |
| 1973 | Sisters | Louise Wilanski |
| 1971 | Made For Each Other | Gig's Mother |
| 1969 | John and Mary | John's Mother |
| 1969 | Stiletto | Mrs. Amato (uncredited) |
| 1964 | Lilith | Patient (uncredited) |
| 1963 | Twice a Man | Young Mother |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Tales of the City | Anna Madrigal |
| 2013 | Sex & Violence | Alex Mandalakis |
| 2009 | Bored to Death | Belinda |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | |
| 2004 | Center of the Universe | Marge Barnett |
| 2001 | Further Tales of the City | Anna Madrigal |
| 2001 | And Never Let Her Go | Marguerite Capano |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Debby Marsh |
| 1999 | Joan of Arc | Mother Babette |
| 1998 | So Graham Norton | Self - Guest |
| 1998 | More Tales of the City | Anna Madrigal |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Clara |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio | Self |
| 1993 | Tales of the City | Anna Madrigal |
| 1993 | Intimate Portrait | Self |
| 1993 | Frasier | Caller #3 (voice) |
| 1992 | Sinatra | Dolly Sinatra |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Zelda (voice) |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Judge Paula G. Walsh |
| 1977 | The Andros Targets | Marina Angelis |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Pauline |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Anna Nieves |
| 1951 | Search for Tomorrow |