Olympia Dukakis
Birthday
1931/06/20
Day of death
2021/05/01 (89 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Also know as
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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...Read more
Acting
(1979) The Wanderers
as Joey's Mom
(1987) Moonstruck
as Rose Castorini
(1995) Mr. Holland's Opus
as Principal Jacobs
(2007) Away from Her
as Marian
(1988) Working Girl
as Personnel Director
(1989) Steel Magnolias
as Clairee Belcher
(1994) I Love Trouble
as Jeannie
(1989) Dad
as Bette Tremont
(1964) Lilith
as Patient (uncredited)
(1995) Mighty Aphrodite
as Jocasta
(2006) Jesus, Mary and Joey
as Sophia Vitello
(2005) The Thing About My Folks
as Muriel Kleinman
(2005) The Great New Wonderful
as Judy Hillerman
(1993) Look Who's Talking Now!
as Rosie
(1997) Picture Perfect
as Rita
(1989) Look Who's Talking
as Rosie
(2021) Cher: In Her Own Words
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2007) In the Land of Women
as Phyllis
(2013) Montana Amazon
as Ira
(2003) The Event
as Lila Shapiro
(1980) The Idolmaker
as Mrs. Vacarri
(1998) The Pentagon Wars
as Madam Chairwoman
(2004) The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
as Margie Carsen
(2006) The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
as Margie Carsen
(2013) The Last Keepers
as Rosmarie Carver
(1969) John and Mary
as John's Mother
(1995) Jeffrey
as Mrs. Marcangelo
(2005) 3 Needles
as Hilde
(1982) The Neighborhood
as Mrs. St Paul
(2015) Beneath the Olive Tree
as ---
(1979) Rich Kids
as Lawyer
(1993) The Cemetery Club
as Doris Silverman
(1963) Twice a Man
as Young Mother
(2005) Whiskey School
as Ellen Haywood
(2006) Day On Fire
as Dr. Mary Wade
(2011) Cloudburst
as Stella
(2001) And Never Let Her Go
as Marguerite Capano
(1990) In the Spirit
as Sue
(2012) Joe Papp in Five Acts
as Self
(1992) Over the Hill
as Alma Harris
(1996) Jerusalem
as Mother (Mrs. Gordon)
(2015) Emily & Tim
as Emily (Segment 6)
(2013) The Christmas Spirit
as Gwen Hollander
(1997) A Match Made in Heaven
as Helen Rosner
(1998) Jane Austen's Mafia!
as Sophia
(1982) King of America
as Mama Nicola
(1979) The Wanderers
as Joey's Mother (uncredited)
(2014) Big Driver
as Doreen
(1993) Digger
as Bea
(1974) The Rehearsal
as ---
(1990) Look Who's Talking Too
as Rosie
(1982) National Lampoon's Movie Madness
as Helena Naxos ("Success Wanters")
(2003) Mafia Doctor
as Rose Dellarusso
(2000) The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
as Dinah
(2014) A Little Game
as Yaya
(1998) Better Living
as Nora
(1991) Fire in the Dark
as Emily Miller
(2015) 7 Chinese Brothers
as Grandma
(1980) F.D.R.: The Last Year
as ---
(1974) Death Wish
as Cop at the Precinct (uncredited)
(1991) Lucky Day
as Katherine Campbell
(1973) Sisters
as Louise Wilanski
(2001) Ladies and The Champ
as Sara Stevens
(1999) Crimes of Honour
as Narrator
(1999) Crimes of Honour
as ---
(1998) A Life for a Life
as Charlotte Kiszko
(2009) I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
as Self
(2016) The Infiltrator
as Aunt Vicky
(2002) The Intended
as Erina
(2015) Irene & Marie
as Marie
(2017) The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
as Self
(2003) Charlie's War
as Charlie
(2018) Change in the Air
as Margaret Lemke
(2000) Borough of Kings
as Helen Manners
(2002) Guilty Hearts
as Amanda Patterson
(2016) Starring Austin Pendleton
as Self
(1995) Mother
as Mrs. Jay
(2018) Olympia
as Herself
(2011) Birds of a Feather
as Olympia
(1985) Flanagan
as Mary
(1995) Young at Heart
as Rose Garaventi
(1996) Never Too Late
as Rose
(1971) Made For Each Other
as Gig's Mother
(1995) Dead Badge
as Dr. Doris Rice
(2006) Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
as Self
(2020) The New Greek Americans
as Narrator
(1996) Milk & Money
as Goneril Plogg
(2001) My Beautiful Son
as Esther Lipman
(1974) Nicky's World
as Irene Kaminios
(2020) The New Abolitionists
as Self
(1975) The Seagull
as Pauline
(1969) Stiletto
as Mrs. Amato (uncredited)
(2021) Not to Forget
as Judge
(1994) Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as Olympia Dukakis (uncredited)
(1998) Scattering Dad
as Dotty
(1989) The Simpsons
as Zelda (voice)
(2005) Numb3rs
as ---
(1994) Touched by an Angel
as Clara
(1997) The View
as Self
(1985) The Equalizer
as Judge Paula G. Walsh
(2004) Center of the Universe
as Marge Barnett
(1998) So Graham Norton
as Self - Guest
(1993) Tales of the City
as Anna Madrigal
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Anna Nieves
(1977) The Andros Targets
as Marina Angelis
(1998) More Tales of the City
as Anna Madrigal
(1951) Search for Tomorrow
as ---
(1992) Sinatra
as Dolly Sinatra
(1993) Intimate Portrait
as Self
(2001) Further Tales of the City
as Anna Madrigal
(1993) Frasier
as Caller #3 (voice)
(1999) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Debby Marsh
(1999) Joan of Arc
as Mother Babette
(2019) Tales of the City
as Anna Madrigal
(2001) And Never Let Her Go
as Marguerite Capano
(2013) Sex & Violence
as Alex Mandalakis
(1994) Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
(1971) Great Performances
as Pauline
(2009) Bored to Death
as Belinda