Melina Mercouri
Birthday
1920/10/18
Day of death
1994/03/06 (73 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Athens, Greece
Also know as
Maria Amalia Mercouri, Μαρία Αμαλία Μερκούρη, Μελίνα Μερκούρη, Maria Amalia Merkuri
Biography
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 ...Read more
Acting
(1966) 10:30 P.M. Summer
as Maria
(1963) The Victors
as Magda
(1964) Topkapi
as Elizabeth Lipp
(1960) Never on Sunday
as Ilya
(1962) Phaedra
as Phaedra Kyrilis
(1978) A Dream of Passion
as Maya / Medea
(1955) Stella
as Stella
(1959) The Law
as Donna Lucrezia
(1961) The Last Judgment
as Foreign lady
(1975) Once Is Not Enough
as Karla
(1977) Nasty Habits
as Sister Gertrude
(1969) Gaily, Gaily
as Lil
(1958) The Gypsy and the Gentleman
as Belle
(1966) A Man Could Get Killed
as Aurora / Celeste da Costa
(1965) The Uninhibited
as Jenny
(1970) Promise at Dawn
as Nina Kacewa
(1974) The Rehearsal
as Self
(2017) Melina's fight for the Parthenon sculptures
as Self (archive footage)
(1957) He Who Must Die
as Katerina
(1961) Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
as Marie de Médicis
(1963) 38-24-36
as Self
(1975) Songs of Fire
as Self
(2020) Melina Stop Frame - In Search of Modern Greekness
as Self (archive footage)
(2025) The Marbles
as Self - Photo Only (archive footage)
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
(1965) Dim Dam Dom
as Self
(1984) Kronen Könner Kavaliere
as Self
(1968) À bout portant
as Self
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
(1971) V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
(1975) Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
(1956) Cinépanorama
as Self
(1969) Wünsch dir was
as Self
(1964) Die Drehscheibe
as Self
(1959) Discorama
as Self
(1971) Samedi soir
as Self