Olympia Dukakis
Known For
Acting
Born
1931-06-20 in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Died
2021-05-01
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Olympia Dukakis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
The Simpsons
as Zelda (voice)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Debby Marsh
Frasier
as Caller #3 (voice)
The View
as Self
Great Performances
as Pauline
Numb3rs
as Charlotte Yates
The Equalizer
as Judge Paula G. Walsh
Touched by an Angel
as Clara
Dr. Kildare
as Anna Nieves
Intimate Portrait
as Self
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as Olympia Dukakis (uncredited)
Tales of the City
as Anna Madrigal
Steel Magnolias
as Clairee Belcher
Tales of the City
as Anna Madrigal
Joan of Arc
as Mother Babette
So Graham Norton
as Self - Guest
Picture Perfect
as Rita
Death Wish
as Cop at the Precinct (uncredited)
Olympia
as Herself
Dead Badge
as Dr. Doris Rice