Olympia Dukakis
American actress (1931-2021) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 89
Olympia Dukakis was an American actress. She performed in more than 130 stage productions, in some 60 films, and in approximately 50 television series. Best known as a screen actress, she started her career in theater.
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Tales of the CitySeries, Anna Madrigal2018
Change in the AirFilm, Margaret Lemke2016
The InfiltratorFilm, Aunt Vicky2014
A Little GameFilm, Yaya2011
CloudburstFilm, Stella2009
Bored to DeathSeries, Belinda2006
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's MinesFilm, Margie Carsen2004
Center of the UniverseSeries, Marge Barnett
The Librarian: Quest for the SpearFilm, 2004Margie Carsen1999
Joan of ArcSeries, Mother Babette1998
Jane Austen's Mafia!Film, Sophia1997
The ViewSeries1995
JeffreyFilm, Mrs. Marcangelo1993
Look Who's Talking Now!Film, Rosie1992
SinatraSeries, Dolly Sinatra1989
The SimpsonsSeries, Zelda (voice)
DadFilm, 1989Bette Tremont1988Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressAward1987Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion PictureAward1982
American PlayhouseSeries, Mama Nicola
National Lampoon's Movie MadnessFilm, 1982Helena Naxos ("Success Wanters")1979
The WanderersFilm, Joey's Mother (uncredited)1973
SistersFilm, Louise Wilanski1971
Great PerformancesSeries, Pauline1964
LilithFilm, Patient (uncredited)1951
Search for TomorrowSeries1931Born20 June 1931People around Olympia
Amy Heckerling Directed Look Who's Talking (1990)
Thom Fitzgerald Directed 3 Needles, Cloudburst and The Event
Jonathan D. Krane Produced Look Who's Talking (1990)
John Travolta Also in Look Who's Talking Now (1994)
Kirstie Alley Also in Look Who's Talking Now (1994)
Jim Abrahams Directed Mafia! (1998)
Robert Greenhut Produced Mighty Aphrodite and Working Girl
Bob Newhart Also in The Librarian
George Segal Also in Look Who's Talking (1989)
Noah Wyle Also in The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (2007)
Jay Mohr Also in Mafia! and Picture Perfect
Sarah Polley Directed Away from Her (2007)
Jane Curtin Also in The Librarian
Dean Devlin Produced The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (2007)
Leslie Dixon Produced Look Who's Talking Now (1993)
Woody Allen Directed Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
Julia Roberts Also in Steel Magnolias and I Love Trouble
Sigourney Weaver Also in Working Girl and Jeffrey
Diane Keaton Also in Look Who's Talking Now (1994)
Shirley MacLaine Also in Steel Magnolias and Joan of Arc
Leslie Nielsen Also in Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)
Maximilian Schell Also in Joan of Arc and The Rehearsal
Peter Falk Also in In the Spirit (1990)
Melina Mercouri Produced The Rehearsal (1974)
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Steel Magnolias 1989
Away from Her 2007
Mr. Holland's Opus 1995
The Wanderers 1979
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale 2009
Filmography 40
125 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
Photos 5
Dukakis at the 1998 Emmy Awards
Dukakis at Malaparte for Norman Jewison and Friends with Moonstruck, August 2011
Dukakis rides up Market Street as one of the Celebrity Grand Marshals in the LGBT Pride Parade in San Francisco on June 26, 2011, from the film, Olympia.
The theatrical poster of the film Olympia, directed by Harry Mavromichalis, documenting Dukakis's careerAwards
About this person
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.
