Olympia Dukakis
Acting
Born June 20, 1931 · Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
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 (199…
Known For · 40 titles
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Simpsons
Frasier
Great Performances
The View
Numb3rs
Touched by an Angel
Dr. Kildare
American Playhouse
The Equalizer
Intimate Portrait
So Graham Norton
Bored to Death
Search for Tomorrow
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Tales of the City
Tales of the City
Steel Magnolias
Working Girl
Sex & Violence
Joan of Arc
Death Wish
Moonstruck
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
Look Who's Talking
The Infiltrator
Center of the Universe
Look Who's Talking Too
The Andros Targets
More Tales of the City
Look Who's Talking Now!
The Wanderers
Mr. Holland's Opus
Dad
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
Mighty Aphrodite
Further Tales of the City
Away from Her
Jane Austen's Mafia!