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Olympia Dukakis
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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As actor
Not to Forget
The New Greek Americans
The New Abolitionists
Change in the Air
Olympia
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
The Infiltrator
Starring Austin Pendleton
Her Secret Sessions
Beneath the Olive Tree
Emily & Tim
7 Chinese Brothers
Irene & Marie
Big Driver
A Little Game
Montana Amazon
The Last Keepers
The Christmas Spirit
Joe Papp in Five Acts
Cloudburst
Birds of a Feather
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Away from Her
In the Land of Women
Jesus, Mary and Joey
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
Day On Fire
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
The Thing About My Folks
The Great New Wonderful