Olympia Dukakis
Acting
Born: June 20, 1931 · Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Died: May 1, 2021 (aged 89)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
The Simpsons
1989
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
Look Who's Talking
1989
The Infiltrator
2016
Look Who's Talking Too
1990
Moonstruck
1987
Look Who's Talking Now!
1993
Working Girl
1988
Death Wish
1974
Frasier
1993
Mighty Aphrodite
1995
Photos (4)
Movies (83)
Steel Magnolias
Clairee Belcher
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Olympia Dukakis (uncredited)
Death Wish
Cop at the Precinct (uncredited)
Moonstruck
Rose Castorini
Working Girl
Personnel Director
Look Who's Talking
Rosie
Look Who's Talking Now!
Rosie
Look Who's Talking Too
Rosie
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
Margie Carsen
The Infiltrator
Aunt Vicky
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
Margie Carsen
The Wanderers
Joey's Mother (uncredited)
Picture Perfect
Rita
Mighty Aphrodite
Jocasta
I Love Trouble
Jeannie
Mr. Holland's Opus
Principal Jacobs
Emily & Tim
Emily (Segment 6)
Fire in the Dark
Emily Miller
In the Land of Women
Phyllis
Away from Her
Marian
The Pentagon Wars
Madam Chairwoman
Dad
Bette Tremont
Jane Austen's Mafia!
Sophia
The Cemetery Club
Doris Silverman
Sisters
Louise Wilanski
Jeffrey
Mrs. Marcangelo
Big Driver
Doreen
Montana Amazon
Ira
Dead Badge
Dr. Doris Rice
Lilith
Patient (uncredited)
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
Helena Naxos ("Success Wanters")
Mafia Doctor
Rose Dellarusso
A Little Game
Yaya
The Idolmaker
Mrs. Vacarri
The Intended
Erina
Stiletto
Mrs. Amato (uncredited)
John and Mary
John's Mother
The Thing About My Folks
Muriel Kleinman
In the Spirit
Sue
And Never Let Her Go
Marguerite Capano
The Great New Wonderful
Judy Hillerman
Rich Kids
Lawyer
Change in the Air
Margaret Lemke
7 Chinese Brothers
Grandma
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
Dinah
The Seagull
Pauline
Strange Relations
Esther Lipman
Guilty Hearts
Amanda Patterson
The Christmas Spirit
Gwen Hollander
3 Needles
Hilde
Not to Forget
Judge
A Match Made in Heaven
Helen Rosner
Lucky Day
Katherine Campbell
Never Too Late
Rose
Irene & Marie
Marie
The Rehearsal
1974
Cloudburst
Stella
The Last Keepers
Rosmarie Carver
Jesus, Mary and Joey
Sophia Vitello
Day On Fire
Dr. Mary Wade
Digger
Bea
Better Living
Nora
Jerusalem
Mother (Mrs. Gordon)
Milk & Money
Goneril Plogg
Young at Heart
Rose Garaventi
F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980
The Event
Lila Shapiro
Scattering Dad
Dotty
The Neighborhood
Mrs. St Paul
Made For Each Other
Gig's Mother
The New Greek Americans
Narrator
Ladies and The Champ
Sara Stevens
Birds of a Feather
Olympia
Flanagan
Mary
King of America
Mama Nicola
Charlie's War
Charlie
Mother
Mrs. Jay
Her Secret Sessions
Arlene
Twice a Man
Young Mother
Over the Hill
Alma Harris
Borough of Kings
Helen Manners
Signs Out of Time: The Life of Archaeologist Marija Gimbutas
Narrator
Beneath the Olive Tree
2015
TV Shows (22)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Debby Marsh · 1 eps
The Simpsons
Zelda (voice) · 1 eps
Frasier
Caller #3 (voice) · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Mama Nicola · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Anna Madrigal · 1 eps
Great Performances
Pauline · 1 eps
Numb3rs
Charlotte Yates · 1 eps
Touched by an Angel
Clara · 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
Anna Nieves · 1 eps
The Equalizer
Judge Paula G. Walsh · 1 eps
Bored to Death
Belinda · 4 eps
Tales of the City
Anna Madrigal · 10 eps
Joan of Arc
Mother Babette · 2 eps
Tales of the City
Anna Madrigal · 5 eps
Center of the Universe
Marge Barnett · 10 eps
Further Tales of the City
Anna Madrigal · 4 eps
More Tales of the City
Anna Madrigal · 6 eps
Sex & Violence
Alex Mandalakis · 15 eps
The Andros Targets
Marina Angelis · 1 eps
Search for Tomorrow
1 eps
Sinatra
Dolly Sinatra · 2 eps
And Never Let Her Go
Marguerite Capano · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (12)
The View
Self · 2 eps
Intimate Portrait
Self · 1 eps
So Graham Norton
Self - Guest · 1 eps
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Self
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
Olympia
Self
Dream Journey
Self
Starring Austin Pendleton
Self
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
Self
Joe Papp in Five Acts
Self
The New Abolitionists
Self