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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Olympia Dukakis Biography / Wiki
Name | Olympia Dukakis |
Also Know | |
Gender | Female |
Known For | Acting |
Place of Birth | Lowell, Massachusetts, USA |
Date of Birth | June 20, 1931 |
Age(as in 2023 Feb) | 89 |
Deathday | 2021-05-01 |
Olympia Dukakis Acting Movies
Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
The Great New Wonderful | Judy Hillerman | 2005-04-22 | The Great New Wonderful weaves five stories against the backdrop of an anxious and uncertain post-9-11 New York City…. |
Whiskey School | Ellen Haywood | 2005-09-11 | Leopold De Angeli is a talented playwright, but like many scribes he fancies the drink a little too much. In the hopes of saving Leopold’s life, his t… |
Day On Fire | Dr. Mary Wade | 2006-05-26 | Day on Fire is an American film which was produced by Lodestar Entertainment and filmed in New York City and Israel in 2006. It is written and directe… |
Cloudburst | Stella | 2011-09-23 | When Dot’s granddaughter puts her into a nursing home, Stella stages a breakout, and takes Dot to Canada so they can get married. They pick up a hitch… |
Over the Hill | Alma Harris | 1992-06-30 | Alma can’t stand to have one more birthday without seeing her estranged daughter, Elizabeth, who lives in Sydney, Australia…. |
A Match Made in Heaven | Helen Rosner | 1997-04-27 | A dying widow plays matchmaker to her 32-year-old unmarried son and sets him up with a nurse that she meets…. |
Fire in the Dark | Emily Miller | 1991-07-01 | A 75-year old widow with battles herself as she struggles with being a burden to those she loves. Though determined not to rely on her children, she i… |
Emily & Tim | Emily (Segment 6) | 2015-08-29 | The movie is comprised of six vignettes. A look at the tumultuous marriage of Tim and Emily Hanratty over half a century…. |
Ladies and The Champ | Sara Stevens | 2001-04-21 | Two retired women (Olympia Dukakis, Marion Ross) find their lives rejuvenated when they decide to train a street thug (David deLuise) to become a priz… |
Crimes of Honour | 1999-12-31 | Throughout the Islamic world, each year hundreds of women are shot, stabbed, strangled or burned to death by male relatives because they are thought t… | |
Irene & Marie | Marie | 2015-05-17 | Olympia Dukakis and Rose Gregorio play Greek-American women in their 70s who create stories to avoid the realities of growing older…. |
Charlie’s War | Charlie | 2003-05-02 | Charlie’s War is the story of Charlotte Lewis, a woman who is experiencing serious emotional and mental turmoil brought about by nightmares of increas… |
Olympia | Herself | 2018-11-11 | Follow Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis behind the scenes in this affectionate profile of a stalwart New Yorker and beloved stage and screen treas… |
Young at Heart | Rose Garaventi | 1995-03-12 | A matriarch of three generations born and raised in Hoboken, New Jersey, discovers that her recently-deceased husband has lost their bar and home to a… |
Never Too Late | Rose | 1996-08-26 | Four old friends reunite to investigate the death of a good friend…. |
The New Greek Americans | Narrator | 2020-05-19 | A chronicle of the Greek diaspora in the United States, starting from the 60s, when young Greek Americans, despite their conservative and uptight upbr… |
The New Abolitionists | Self | 2020-10-10 | Filmmaker Christina Zorich follows abolitionists throughout Southeast Asia that have dedicated their lives to rescuing, rehabilitating, preventing and… |
Scattering Dad | Dotty | 1998-01-04 | An agoraphobic woman who hasn’t left her home in 20 years receives a visit from the spirit of her deceased husband who reminds her of a promise she ma… |
Joe Papp in Five Acts | 2012-04-30 | Joe Papp, the founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival and, subsequently, The Public Theater—arguably the most important theatre in North Americ… | |
Montana Amazon | Ira | 2013-03-08 | The Dunderheads are an eccentric Montana family who’ve been in the mountains for far too long. Now one step ahead of the law, matriarch Grandma Ira fl… |
The Event | Lila Shapiro | 2003-01-01 | An intense relationship drama that takes the form of a mystery, The Event centers around a series of unexplained deaths that occur among the gay commu… |
The Cemetery Club | Doris Silverman | 1993-02-03 | The story of three Pittsburgh widows who meet every year to visit their husband’s graves and talk about perspectives in their lives…. |
Twice a Man | Young Mother | 1963-12-27 | A reworking of the myth of Hippolytus, in which a chaste youth rejects the incestuous advances of his mother and is saved from death by a caring physi… |
In the Spirit | Sue | 1990-04-06 | A woman moves back to New York and hires a ditzy New Age woman to redecorate her apartment in this Odd Couple styled comedy. The movie takes a turn as… |
The Christmas Spirit | Gwen Hollander | 2013-12-01 | Charlotte Hart, a distinguished journalist, is spending time with her family over the holidays when a real estate developer approaches their small tow… |
Digger | Bea | 1993-04-22 | A young boy is sent to live with relatives when his parents break up. He befriends a dying boy who has an eerie connection with nature…. |
Better Living | Nora | 1998-11-02 | A comedy about families, the elements that bind them together, and about hope in the face of hardship…. |
7 Chinese Brothers | Grandma | 2015-08-14 | Larry is an unqualified, unemployable, inebriated prankster who rides a tide of booze onto the glorious shores of an undiscriminating Quick-Lube. Tak… |
Lucky Day | Katherine Campbell | 1991-03-10 | When 30-year-old Allison Campbell wins a $2 million lottery, her family life turns upside down not just because of her winnings but because Allison is… |
Crimes of Honour | Narrator | 1999-12-31 | Throughout the Islamic world, each year hundreds of women are shot, stabbed, strangled or burned to death by male relatives because they are thought t… |
The Intended | Erina | 2002-06-06 | A period drama/thriller about a surveyor and his fiancée who arrive in a remote Malaysian trading post and encounter a closed-fisted ivory trader and… |
Mother | Mrs. Jay | 1995-01-01 | Weisser is a young college bound man whose future is threatened when his mother interferes with his love life and a pending scholarship. He also disco… |
Beneath the Olive Tree | 2015-03-07 | The departure point for this film is a series of notebooks created during the Greek civil war of 1946-49 and first discovered years later, under an ol… | |
Mafia Doctor | Rose Dellarusso | 2003-03-16 | Growing up poor on the streets of New Jersey, Frank Siena (Danny Nucci) has little hope of realizing his dream of becoming a doctor. But “fate” has a … |
The Thing About My Folks | Muriel Kleinman | 2005-06-02 | Ben’s dad Sam shows up one night with a note from Ben’s mother (Sam’s wife of 46 years), that she has left. While Ben’s wife and his three sisters try… |
The Rehearsal | 1974-01-01 | An indictment of the Greek military junta of 1967–1974. The film tries to give a reconstruction of the events during the students’ uprising in the A… | |
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin | Self | 2017-03-11 | The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin celebrates one of the world’s most beloved storytellers, following his evolution from a conservative son of the… |
Nicky’s World | Irene Kaminios | 1974-04-19 | A close-knit Greek-American family, jeopardized when its Manhattan bakery goes up in flames, looks desperately for ways to solve the financial dilemma… |
Away from Her | Marian | 2007-05-04 | A man coping with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer’s disease faces an epiphany when she transfers her affections to another m… |
Moonstruck | Rose Castorini | 1987-12-16 | No sooner does Italian-American widow Loretta accept a marriage proposal from her doltish boyfriend, Johnny, than she finds herself falling for his yo… |
Mr. Holland’s Opus | Principal Jacobs | 1995-12-29 | In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it’s just a small obstacle on the road to his tru… |
Jesus, Mary and Joey | Sophia Vitello | 2006-01-01 | Twenty-something and aimless, Joey Vitello still lives at home with his colorful Italian-American family when he is reunited with a childhood schoolma… |
Picture Perfect | Rita | 1997-08-01 | A young advertising executive’s life becomes increasingly complicated when, in order to impress her boss, she pretends to be engaged to a man she has … |
Look Who’s Talking | Rosie | 1989-10-12 | Mollie is a single working mother who’s out to find the perfect father for her child. Her baby, Mikey, prefers James, a cab driver turned babysitter w… |
The Last Keepers | Rosmarie Carver | 2013-01-04 | This romantic fantasy movie is about two people who are the last survivors of an ancient line of goddess worshipers, who sell art at a shop. When thei… |
Big Driver | Doreen | 2014-10-18 | Based on a novella from Stephen King, A famous mystery writer sets out for revenge after a brutal attack…. |
Guilty Hearts | Amanda Patterson | 2002-02-10 | Quiet and unassuming church organist Jenny Moran is depressed with her marriage to working-class Matt and leaves him. Jenny begins an affair with the … |
My Beautiful Son | Esther Lipman | 2001-01-01 | Drama – A NYC psychiatrist is diagnosed with leukemia – and when he finds out he was adopted, he travels to England in search of his birth mother and … |
Steel Magnolias | Clairee Belcher | 1989-11-15 | A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friends… |
Dad | Bette Tremont | 1989-10-27 | A busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father’s caretaker and becomes… |
Look Who’s Talking Now! | Rosie | 1993-11-05 | When Samantha LeBon hatches a scheme to spend a romantic Christmas with her new employee — the unsuspecting, blithesome James — his wife, their kids… |
In the Land of Women | Phyllis | 2007-04-16 | After a bad breakup with his girlfriend leaves him heartbroken, Carter Webb moves to Michigan to take care of his ailing grandmother. Once there, he g… |
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon’s Mines | Margie Carsen | 2006-09-09 | After retrieving the Crystal Skull in Utah, Flynn Carsen receives a map in the mail with the secret location of King Solomon’s Mines. When the scroll … |
3 Needles | Hilde | 2005-09-09 | A three-paneled look at the worldwide AIDS crisis: in Montreal, a porn actor schemes to pass his mandatory blood test; a young nun makes a personal sa… |
Jane Austen’s Mafia! | Sophia | 1998-07-24 | Takeoff on the Godfather with the son of a mafia king taking over for his dying father…. |
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells | Dinah | 2000-08-26 | After Elizabeth’s husband dies, she begins to play her tenor saxophone again, and remembers when she was 15 and a member of the Blonde Bombshells, an … |
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | Self | 2009-01-16 | John Cazale was in only five films – The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather – Part Two, Dog Day Afternoon and The Deer Hunter – each was nomin… |
Change in the Air | Margaret Lemke | 2018-10-19 | A peaceful community is forever changed when a mysterious young woman moves in. As the quirky locals embrace her, their lives soon improve. But, they … |
Borough of Kings | Helen Manners | 2000-12-31 | Toil and trouble. Jimmy, an aspiring actor, wants out of South Brooklyn where hoods run the show. Since the death of his firefighter father, Jimmy’s f… |
Flanagan | Mary | 1985-10-30 | Aging New York cabbie Flanagan still has hopes of making it as a stage actor. He can recite any Shakespeare sonnet and is facile with accents, but he … |
Made For Each Other | Gig’s Mother | 1971-12-12 | An eccentric woman meets an equally odd man at a group therapy session and they begin a relationship…. |
Dead Badge | Dr. Doris Rice | 1995-03-28 | After a cop dies, his shield goes back on duty. They call it a “dead badge” – a way to honor a fallen officer. Badge #2424 used to belong to Many Tor… |
The Seagull | Pauline | 1975-01-05 | Anton Chekhov’s play “The Seagull” is brought to life in this acclaimed 1975 production directed by John Desmond. Seeking to reform the theater, Konst… |
Not to Forget | Judge | 2021-11-26 | A judge sentences a self-centered millennial to take care of his grandmother, who’s affected by Alzheimer’s. As he realizes the extent of the elderly … |
I Love Trouble | Jeannie | 1994-06-29 | Rival Chicago reporters Sabrina Peterson and Peter Brackett join forces to uncover a train wreck conspiracy…. |
Mighty Aphrodite | Jocasta | 1995-09-13 | When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy’s biological mother i… |
The Idolmaker | Mrs. Vacarri | 1980-11-14 | Based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marucci, who discovered, among others, Frankie Avalon and Fabian…. |
A Little Game | Yaya | 2014-04-26 | Ostracized at her posh new uptown school and shaken by the death of her beloved grandmother, a 10 year-old downtown girl finds an unlikely mentor in t… |
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear | Margie Carsen | 2004-07-12 | When a magical artifact is lifted from his library, a meek librarian sets out to ensure its safe return…. |
Jerusalem | Mother (Mrs. Gordon) | 1996-09-06 | Members of a devout Christian congregation try to start a new life in Palestine…. |
Look Who’s Talking Too | Rosie | 1990-12-14 | Mollie and James are together and raising a family, which now consists of an older Mikey and his baby sister, Julie. Tension between the siblings aris… |
Sisters | Louise Wilanski | 1973-03-26 | Inquisitive journalist Grace Collier is horrified when she witnesses her neighbor, fashion model Danielle Breton, violently murder a man. Panicking, s… |
Cher: In Her Own Words | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2021-05-04 | Cher, the star who refused to be boxed in, stood up to conformity, and championed female independence. Proving the doubters wrong with every change of… |
The Pentagon Wars | Madam Chairwoman, Armed Services Committee | 1998-02-28 | From the director of “Made In America†and “The Money Pit†comes a hilarious look at one of the most expensive blunders in military history. O… |
Working Girl | Personnel Director | 1988-12-20 | Tess McGill is an ambitious secretary with a unique approach for climbing the ladder to success. When her classy, but villainous boss breaks a leg ski… |
John and Mary | John’s Mother | 1969-12-14 | John and Mary meet in a singles bar, sleep together, and spend the next day getting to know each other…. |
Jeffrey | Mrs. Marcangelo | 1995-08-18 | Jeffrey, a gay man living in New York City with an overwhelming fear of contracting AIDS, concludes that being celibate is the only option to protect … |
Rich Kids | Lawyer | 1979-08-01 | Two 12-year-olds, the products of Upper West Side broken homes, struggle to make sense of their parents lives and their own adolescent feelings…. |
The Infiltrator | Aunt Vicky | 2016-07-13 | A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar…. |
Milk & Money | Goneril Plogg | 1996-10-19 | When David drops out of medical school, he finds out what life isn’t really like. He meets beautiful women, holds a box, helps make a movie, and takes… |
Lilith | Patient (uncredited) | 1964-10-01 | Vincent Bruce, a war veteran, begins working as an occupational therapist at Poplar Lodge, a private psychiatric facility for wealthy people where he … |
Starring Austin Pendleton | 2016-04-01 | A quirky and inspirational documentary film on the philosophical approach to the life and work of character actor, Austin Pendleton…. | |
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family | Self | 2006-01-31 | Documentary highlighting the development of the screenplay into a film with the desired cast. It also describes the closeness among Italian families, … |
The Wanderers | Joey’s Mom | 1979-07-13 | The streets of the Bronx are owned by ’60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by R… |
Stiletto | Mrs. Amato (uncredited) | 1969-07-30 | A rich, jet-setting playboy has a secret life: he’s also a professional Mafia hitman. When he decides it’s time to retire from that life, he finds tha… |
Birds of a Feather | Olympia | 2011-03-03 | A coming of age film for 40 year olds. Three middle-aged friends reunite to put on a play and find themselves again…. |
National Lampoon’s Movie Madness | Helena Naxos (“Success Wanters”) | 1982-04-23 | A parody of film genres composed of three shorts, spoofing personal growth films, glossy soap operas, and police stories…. |
Death Wish | Cop at the Precinct (uncredited) | 1974-07-24 | After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad, prowling the streets for would-be … |
F.D.R.: The Last Year | 1980-05-15 | Though visibly frail and weary, President Franklin D. Roosevelt runs for a precedent-setting fourth term. He also oversees plans for the D-Day Invasio… | |
Naked Gun 33â…“: The Final Insult | Olympia Dukakis (uncredited) | 1994-03-18 | Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for wh… |
Olympia Dukakis Production Movies
Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
The New Abolitionists | Producer | 2020-10-10 | Filmmaker Christina Zorich follows abolitionists throughout Southeast Asia that have dedicated their lives to rescuing, rehabilitating, preventing and… |
Executive Producer | Follows the lives of a social worker, a victims’ advocate and four others who provide support to victims of violence…. | ||
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