Olympia Dukakis
Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA — Jun 20 1931• Died May 01 2021
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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…
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Debby Marsh
The Simpsons
Zelda (voice)
Frasier
Caller #3 (voice)
Great Performances
Pauline
Numb3rs
Charlotte Yates
Touched by an Angel
Clara
Dr. Kildare
Anna Nieves
The Equalizer
Judge Paula G. Walsh
Intimate Portrait
Self
Bored to Death
Belinda
Search for Tomorrow
Tales of the City
Anna Madrigal
Tales of the City
Anna Madrigal
Joan of Arc
Mother Babette
Center of the Universe
Marge Barnett
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Olympia Dukakis (uncredited)
Moonstruck
Rose Castorini
Working Girl
Personnel Director
Death Wish
Cop at the Precinct (uncredited)
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
Margie Carsen
The Andros Targets
Marina Angelis
More Tales of the City
Anna Madrigal
Further Tales of the City
Anna Madrigal
Sex & Violence
Alex Mandalakis
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
Margie Carsen
Steel Magnolias
Clairee Belcher
Mr. Holland's Opus
Principal Jacobs
Mighty Aphrodite
Jocasta
Picture Perfect
Rita
Look Who's Talking
Rosie
I Love Trouble
Jeannie
Look Who's Talking Now!
Rosie
Sinatra
Dolly Sinatra
The Idolmaker
Mrs. Vacarri
Sisters
Louise Wilanski
Jeffrey
Mrs. Marcangelo
In the Land of Women
Phyllis
The Infiltrator
Aunt Vicky
The Wanderers
Joey's Mother (uncredited)
Lilith
Patient (uncredited)
The Pentagon Wars
Madam Chairwoman
Away from Her
Marian
Look Who's Talking Too
Rosie
John and Mary
John's Mother
And Never Let Her Go
Marguerite Capano
Dad
Bette Tremont
Over the Hill
Alma Harris
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
Helena Naxos ("Success Wanters")
The Event
Lila Shapiro
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Self
Big Driver
Doreen
Mafia Doctor
Rose Dellarusso
Stiletto
Mrs. Amato (uncredited)
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Self
The Intended
Erina
Rich Kids
Lawyer
Emily & Tim
Emily (Segment 6)
Jane Austen's Mafia!
Sophia
Montana Amazon
Ira
Whiskey School
Ellen Haywood
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
Dinah
Lucky Day
Katherine Campbell
F.D.R.: The Last Year
Starring Austin Pendleton
Self
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
Self
King of America
Mama Nicola
Day On Fire
Dr. Mary Wade
A Little Game
Yaya
Mother
Mrs. Jay
In the Spirit
Sue
Better Living
Nora
3 Needles
Hilde
Change in the Air
Margaret Lemke
The Cemetery Club
Doris Silverman
Dead Badge
Dr. Doris Rice
The Great New Wonderful
Judy Hillerman
Guilty Hearts
Amanda Patterson
Charlie's War
Charlie
The Seagull
Pauline
The Rehearsal
Strange Relations
Esther Lipman
Cloudburst
Stella
Jesus, Mary and Joey
Sophia Vitello
A Match Made in Heaven
Helen Rosner
Milk & Money
Goneril Plogg
Flanagan
Mary
Digger
Bea
Fire in the Dark
Emily Miller
Joe Papp in Five Acts
Self
Not to Forget
Judge
7 Chinese Brothers
Grandma
Jerusalem
Mother (Mrs. Gordon)
The Last Keepers
Rosmarie Carver
The Thing About My Folks
Muriel Kleinman
Scattering Dad
Dotty
The Neighborhood
Mrs. St Paul
Olympia
Herself
And Never Let Her Go
Marguerite Capano
Borough of Kings
Helen Manners
Made For Each Other
Gig's Mother
Ladies and The Champ
Sara Stevens
Twice a Man
Young Mother
The Christmas Spirit
Gwen Hollander
Young at Heart
Rose Garaventi
Nicky's World
Irene Kaminios
Birds of a Feather
Olympia
Never Too Late
Rose
Her Secret Sessions
Arlene
Irene & Marie
Marie
A Life for a Life
Charlotte Kiszko
The New Abolitionists
Self
The New Greek Americans
Narrator
Crimes of Honour
Narrator (voice)
Balkan Island: The Last Story of the Century
Mother
Dream Journey
Self
Beneath the Olive Tree
Signs Out of Time: The Life of Archaeologist Marija Gimbutas
Narrator