Melina Mercouri
Born in Athens, Greece — Oct 18 1920• Died Mar 06 1994
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Maria Amalia "Melina" Mercouri (Greek: Μαρία Αμαλία "Μελίνα" Μερκούρη, 18 October 1920 – 6 March 1994) was a Greek actress, singer, activist, and politician. She came from a prominent political family for multiple generations. She received an Academy Award nomination and won a French Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award for her performance in the film Never on Sunday (1960) and an Italian David di Donatello for Topkapi. Mercouri was also nominated for one Tony Award, three Golden Globes, and two BAFTA Awards in her acting career. In 1987 she was award…
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What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
À bout portant
Self
Dim Dam Dom
Self
Wünsch dir was
Self
Topkapi
Elizabeth Lipp
Phaedra
Phaedra Kyrilis
The Victors
Magda
The Last Judgment
Foreign lady
Nasty Habits
Sister Gertrude
A Man Could Get Killed
Aurora / Celeste da Costa
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
Marie de Médicis
Once Is Not Enough
Karla
Stella
Stella
Gaily, Gaily
Lil
He Who Must Die
Katerina
Never on Sunday
Ilya
The Law
Donna Lucrezia
Songs of Fire
Self
The Rehearsal
Self
A Dream of Passion
Maya / Medea
The Uninhibited
Jenny
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
Belle
The Marbles
Self - Photo Only (archive footage)
Promise at Dawn
Nina Kacewa
Lilly's Story
Writing
38-24-36
Self
Melina Stop Frame - In Search of Modern Greekness
Self (archive footage)
10:30 P.M. Summer
Maria
Melina's fight for the Parthenon sculptures
Self (archive footage)