Olympia Dukakis

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1931-06-20 (90 years old)

Deathday

2021-05-01

Place of Birth

Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

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)...

Acting

1987

Moonstruck

as Rose Castorini

1995

Mr. Holland's Opus

as Principal Jacobs

2007

Away from Her

as Marian

1988

Working Girl

as Personnel Director

1989

Steel Magnolias

as Clairee Belcher

1994

I Love Trouble

as Jeannie

1989

Dad

as Bette Tremont

1995

1964

Lilith

as Patient (uncredited)

2006

Jesus, Mary and Joey

as Sophia Vitello

2005

The Thing About My Folks

as Muriel Kleinman

2005

The Great New Wonderful

as Judy Hillerman

1997

1989

2021

Cher: In Her Own Words

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2007

2013

2003

The Event

as Lila Shapiro

1980

The Idolmaker

as Mrs. Vacarri

1998

The Pentagon Wars

as Madam Chairwoman

2013

The Last Keepers

as Rosmarie Carver

1969

John and Mary

as John's Mother

1995

Jeffrey

as Mrs. Marcangelo

2005

3 Needles

as Hilde

1982

The Neighborhood

as Mrs. St Paul

1979

Rich Kids

as Lawyer

1993

The Cemetery Club

as Doris Silverman

1963

Twice a Man

as Young Mother

2005

Whiskey School

as Ellen Haywood

2006

Day On Fire

as Dr. Mary Wade

2011

Cloudburst

as Stella

2001

And Never Let Her Go

as Marguerite Capano

1990

1992

Over the Hill

as Alma Harris

1996

Jerusalem

as Mother (Mrs. Gordon)

2015

Emily & Tim

as Emily (Segment 6)

2013

The Christmas Spirit

as Gwen Hollander

1997

A Match Made in Heaven

as Helen Rosner

1982

King of America

as Mama Nicola

1979

The Wanderers

as Joey's Mother (uncredited)

2014

Big Driver

as Doreen

1993

Digger

as Bea

1982

National Lampoon's Movie Madness

as Helena Naxos ("Success Wanters")

2003

Mafia Doctor

as Rose Dellarusso

2014

1998

1991

Fire in the Dark

as Emily Miller

2015

1974

Death Wish

as Cop at the Precinct (uncredited)

1991

Lucky Day

as Katherine Campbell

1973

Sisters

as Louise Wilanski

2001

Ladies and The Champ

as Sara Stevens

1999

Crimes of Honour

as Narrator

1998

A Life for a Life

as Charlotte Kiszko

2016

The Infiltrator

as Aunt Vicky

2002

The Intended

as Erina

2015

2003

Charlie's War

as Charlie

2018

Change in the Air

as Margaret Lemke

2000

Borough of Kings

as Helen Manners

2002

Guilty Hearts

as Amanda Patterson

1995

Mother

as Mrs. Jay

2018

Olympia

as Herself

2011

1985

Flanagan

as Mary

1995

Young at Heart

as Rose Garaventi

1996

1971

Made For Each Other

as Gig's Mother

1995

Dead Badge

as Dr. Doris Rice

1996

Milk & Money

as Goneril Plogg

2001

Strange Relations

as Esther Lipman

1974

Nicky's World

as Irene Kaminios

1975

The Seagull

as Pauline

1969

Stiletto

as Mrs. Amato (uncredited)

2021

1994

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

as Olympia Dukakis (uncredited)

1998

2016

1995

Production

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