Olympia Dukakis
- Known For: Acting
- Birthday: 20-06-1931
- Gender: Female
- Place of Birth: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
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- Popularity: 6.63
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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.
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| Year | Movie | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The Great New Wonderful | as Judy Hillerman |
| 2005 | Whiskey School | as Ellen Haywood |
| 2006 | Day On Fire | as Dr. Mary Wade |
| 2011 | Cloudburst | as Stella |
| 1992 | Over the Hill | as Alma Harris |
| 2015 | Emily & Tim | as Emily (Segment 6) |
| 1996 | Never Too Late | as Rose |
| 2013 | Montana Amazon | as Ira |
| 2003 | The Event | as Lila Shapiro |
| 1993 | The Cemetery Club | as Doris Silverman |
| 1963 | Twice a Man | as Young Mother |
| 1990 | In the Spirit | as Sue |
| 2013 | The Christmas Spirit | as Gwen Hollander |
| 1997 | A Match Made in Heaven | as Helen Rosner |
| 1991 | Fire in the Dark | as Emily Miller |
| 2015 | 7 Chinese Brothers | as Grandma |
| 2001 | Ladies and The Champ | as Sara Stevens |
| 1999 | Crimes of Honour | |
| 2015 | Irene & Marie | as Marie |
| 2003 | Charlie's War | as Charlie |
| 2018 | Olympia | as Herself |
| 1995 | Young at Heart | |
| 2020 | The New Greek Americans | as Narrator |
| 2020 | The New Abolitionists | as Self |
| 1998 | Scattering Dad | as Dotty |
| 2012 | Joe Papp in Five Acts | |
| 2005 | The Thing About My Folks | as Muriel Kleinman |
| 1993 | Digger | as Bea |
| 1998 | Better Living | as Nora |
| 1991 | Lucky Day | as Katherine Campbell |
| 1999 | Crimes of Honour | as Narrator |
| 2002 | The Intended | as Erina |
| 2017 | The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin | as Herself |
| 1995 | Mother | as Mrs. Jay |
| 1974 | Nicky's World | as Irene Kaminios |
| 2015 | Beneath the Olive Tree | |
| 2007 | Away from Her | as Marian |
| 1987 | Moonstruck | as Rose Castorini |
| 1995 | Mr. Holland's Opus | as Principal Jacobs |
| 2006 | Jesus, Mary and Joey | as Sophia Vitello |
| 1997 | Picture Perfect | as Rita |
| 1989 | Look Who's Talking | as Rosie |
| 2013 | The Last Keepers | as Rosmarie Carver |
| 1974 | The Rehearsal | |
| 1989 | Steel Magnolias | as Clairee Belcher |
| 1989 | Dad | as Bette Tremont |
| 1993 | Look Who's Talking Now! | as Rosie |
| 2007 | In the Land of Women | as Phyllis |
| 2006 | The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines | as Margie Carsen |
| 2005 | 3 Needles | as Hilde |
| 1998 | Jane Austen's Mafia! | as Sophia |
| 2014 | Big Driver | as Doreen |
| 2009 | I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | as Herself |
| 2018 | Change in the Air | as Margaret Lemke |
| 2000 | Borough of Kings | as Helen Manners |
| 2002 | Guilty Hearts | as Amanda Patterson |
| 1985 | Flanagan | as Mary |
| 1971 | Made For Each Other | as Gig's Mother |
| 2001 | My Beautiful Son | as Esther Lipman |
| 2000 | The Last of the Blonde Bombshells | as Dinah |
| 1994 | I Love Trouble | as Jeannie |
| 1995 | Mighty Aphrodite | as Jocasta |
| 1980 | The Idolmaker | as Mrs. Vacarri |
| 1995 | Dead Badge | as Dr. Doris Rice |
| 1975 | The Seagull | as Pauline |
| 2021 | Not to Forget | as Judge |
| 2004 | The Librarian: Quest for the Spear | as Margie Carsen |
| 2014 | A Little Game | as Yaya |
| 1996 | Jerusalem | as Mother (Mrs. Gordon) |
| 1990 | Look Who's Talking Too | as Rosie |
| 1973 | Sisters | as Louise Wilanski |
| 1998 | The Pentagon Wars | as Madam Chairwoman, Armed Services Committee |
| 1988 | Working Girl | as Personnel Director |
| 1969 | John and Mary | as John's Mother |
| 1995 | Jeffrey | as Mrs. Marcangelo |
| 1979 | Rich Kids | as Lawyer |
| 1974 | Death Wish | as Cop at the Precinct |
| 2016 | The Infiltrator | as Aunt Vicky |
| 1964 | Lilith | as Patient (uncredited) |
| 1996 | Milk & Money | as Goneril Plogg |
| 2016 | Starring Austin Pendleton | |
| 1979 | The Wanderers | as Joey's Mom |
| 2006 | Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family | as Self |
| 1969 | Stiletto | as Mrs. Amato (uncredited) |
| 2011 | Birds of a Feather | as Olympia |
| 1982 | National Lampoon's Movie Madness | as Helena Naxos ("Success Wanters") |
| 1994 | Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult | as Olympia Dukakis (uncredited) |
| 2020 | The New Abolitionists |