Olympia Dukakis
Known for: Acting
Born: June 20, 1931
Died: May 1, 2021
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…
Known for
The Great New Wonderful
2005
Whiskey School
2005
Day On Fire
2006
Cloudburst
2011
Joe Papp in Five Acts
2012
Over the Hill
1992
Emily & Tim
2015
A Match Made in Heaven
1997
Fire in the Dark
1991
Ladies and The Champ
2001
Crimes of Honour
1999
Irene & Marie
2015
Charlie's War
2003
Olympia
2018
Young at Heart
1995
Never Too Late
1996
The New Greek Americans
2020
The New Abolitionists
2020
Scattering Dad
1998
Signs Out of Time: The Life of Archaeologist Marija Gimbutas
2004
Montana Amazon
2013
The Event
2003
Beneath the Olive Tree
2015
The Cemetery Club
1993
Twice a Man
1963
Digger
1993
Mafia Doctor
2003
Better Living
1998
7 Chinese Brothers
2015
Lucky Day
1991
A Life for a Life
1998
The Intended
2002
Mother
1995
Dream Journey
1995
The Thing About My Folks
2005
Look Who's Talking Now!
1993
Look Who's Talking
1989
The Rehearsal
1974
Look Who's Talking Too
1990
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
2017
Strange Relations
2001
Nicky's World
1974
Moonstruck
1987
Mr. Holland's Opus
1995
Away from Her
2007
Jesus, Mary and Joey
2006
Picture Perfect
1997
In the Land of Women
2007
The Last Keepers
2013
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009
Guilty Hearts
2002
Her Secret Sessions
2016
Steel Magnolias
1989
Dad
1989
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
2006
3 Needles
2005
In the Spirit
1990
Jane Austen's Mafia!
1998
King of America
1982
Big Driver
2014
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000
Change in the Air
2018
Borough of Kings
2000
Flanagan
1985
Made For Each Other
1971
Balkan Island: The Last Story of the Century
1997
And Never Let Her Go
2001
The Christmas Spirit
2013
Dead Badge
1995
The Seagull
1975
Not to Forget
2021
I Love Trouble
1994
Mighty Aphrodite
1995
The Idolmaker
1980
Jeffrey
1995
A Little Game
2014
Jerusalem
1996
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
2004
Sisters
1973
The Pentagon Wars
1998
The Neighborhood
1982
Working Girl
1988
John and Mary
1969
Rich Kids
1979
Lilith
1964
The Infiltrator
2016
Milk & Money
1996
Starring Austin Pendleton
2016
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
2006
Stiletto
1969
Birds of a Feather
2011
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
1982
Death Wish
1974
F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980
The Wanderers
1979
The Simpsons
1989
Numb3rs
2005
Touched by an Angel
1994
The View
1997
The Equalizer
1985
Center of the Universe
2004
So Graham Norton
1998
Tales of the City
1993
Dr. Kildare
1961
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
The Andros Targets
1977
More Tales of the City
1998
Search for Tomorrow
1951
Sinatra
1992
Intimate Portrait
1993
Further Tales of the City
2001
Frasier
1993
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Joan of Arc
1999
Tales of the City
2019
And Never Let Her Go
2001
Sex & Violence
2013
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
Great Performances
1971
Bored to Death
2009
American Playhouse
1982