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Aliases: المپیا دوکاکیس

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

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Movie Involvements: 54

TV Involvements: 15


Most Famous Work

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 Famous Work

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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8
Intimate Portrait
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5

Intimate Portrait

(1993) Self
The Equalizer
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7

The Equalizer

(1985) Judge Paula G. Walsh
Touched by an Angel
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7

Touched by an Angel

(1994) Clara
Dr. Kildare
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5

Dr. Kildare

(1961) Anna Nieves
Tales of the City
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7

Tales of the City

(2019) Anna Madrigal
Joan of Arc
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7

Joan of Arc

(1999) Mother Babette
The Andros Targets
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5

The Andros Targets

(1977) Marina Angelis

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2021 Judge
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2020 Self
Narrator
2019 Anna Madrigal
2018 Herself
Margaret Lemke
2017 Self
2016 Aunt Vicky
Self
2015 Emily (Segment 6)
Grandma
Marie
N/A
2014 Doreen
Yaya
2013 Gwen Hollander
Alex Mandalakis
Ira
Rosmarie Carver
2012 Self
2011 Stella
Olympia
2009 Self
2007 Marian
Phyllis
2006 Margie Carsen
Dr. Mary Wade
Self
Sophia Vitello
2005 Ellen Haywood
Hilde
Muriel Kleinman
Judy Hillerman
N/A
2004 Marge Barnett
Margie Carsen
2003 Charlie
Rose Dellarusso
Lila Shapiro
2002 Erina
Amanda Patterson
2001 Anna Madrigal
Sara Stevens
Marguerite Capano
Marguerite Capano
Esther Lipman
2000 Helen Manners
Dinah
1999 N/A
Narrator
Debby Marsh
Mother Babette
1998 Nora
Sophia
Self - Guest
Anna Madrigal
Madam Chairwoman
Dotty
1997 Self
Rita
Helen Rosner
1996 Goneril Plogg
Mother (Mrs. Gordon)
Rose
1995 Principal Jacobs
Jocasta
Mrs. Marcangelo
Dr. Doris Rice
Rose Garaventi
Mrs. Jay
1994 Clara
Self
Jeannie
Olympia Dukakis (uncredited)
1993 Self
Rosie
Bea
Anna Madrigal
Caller #3 (voice)
Doris Silverman
1992 Dolly Sinatra
Alma Harris
1991 Emily Miller
Katherine Campbell
1990 Rosie
Sue
1989 N/A
Clairee Belcher
Bette Tremont
Rosie
1988 Personnel Director
1987 Rose Castorini
1985 Mary
Judge Paula G. Walsh
1982 Mrs. St Paul
Helena Naxos ("Success Wanters")
Mama Nicola
1980 Mrs. Vacarri
N/A
1979 Lawyer
Joey's Mom
Joey's Mother (uncredited)
1977 Marina Angelis
1975 Pauline
1974 Cop at the Precinct (uncredited)
Irene Kaminios
N/A
1972 Louise Wilanski
1971 Gig's Mother
Pauline
1969 John's Mother
Mrs. Amato (uncredited)
1964 Patient (uncredited)
1963 Young Mother
1961 Anna Nieves
1951 N/A
Charlotte Kiszko
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2020 Producer
2013 Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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