Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
6/20/1931
Place of Birth
Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
المپیا دوکاکیس
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 (199...
Known For
The Wanderers
as Joey's Mother (uncredited)
Big Driver
as Doreen
Emily & Tim
as Emily (Segment 6)
Working Girl
as Personnel Director
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as Olympia Dukakis (uncredited)
The Infiltrator
as Aunt Vicky
Mighty Aphrodite
as Jocasta
Sisters
as Louise Wilanski
Better Living
as Nora
Dad
as Bette Tremont
The Seagull
as Pauline
Lilith
as Patient (uncredited)
3 Needles
as Hilde
Picture Perfect
as Rita
Jeffrey
as Mrs. Marcangelo
Jerusalem
as Mother (Mrs. Gordon)
Stiletto
as Mrs. Amato (uncredited)
Cloudburst
as Stella
The Rehearsal
Unknown Role
Milk & Money
as Goneril Plogg