Olympia Dukakis
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 her performance in Moonstruck (1987). She received another Golden Globe nomination for Sinatra (1992) and Emmy Award nominations for Lucky Day (1991), More Tales of the City (1998) and Joan of Arc (1999). Dukakis's autobiography, Ask Me Again Tomorrow: A Life in Progress, was published in 2003. In 2018, a feature-length documentary about her life, titled Olympia, was released theatrically in the United States. Description above from the Wikipedia article Olympia Dukakis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Not to Forget | Judge | Hit | |
| 2018 | Olympia | Herself | Super Hit | |
| 2018 | Change in the Air | Margaret Lemke | Average | |
| 2017 | The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin | Self | Average | |
| 2016 | The Infiltrator | Aunt Vicky | Hit | |
| 2016 | Starring Austin Pendleton | Self | Hit | |
| 2015 | Emily & Tim | Emily (Segment 6) | Average | |
| 2014 | Big Driver | Doreen | Average | |
| 2014 | A Little Game | Yaya | Hit | |
| 2013 | Montana Amazon | Ira | Hit | |
| 2011 | Cloudburst | Stella | Average | |
| 2009 | I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | Self | Hit | |
| 2007 | Away from Her | Marian | Hit | |
| 2007 | In the Land of Women | Phyllis | Average | |
| 2006 | The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines | Margie Carsen | Average | |
| 2006 | Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family | Self | Average | |
| 2005 | Whiskey School | Ellen Haywood | Average | |
| 2005 | 3 Needles | Hilde | Average | |
| 2005 | The Thing About My Folks | Muriel Kleinman | Average | |
| 2004 | The Librarian: Quest for the Spear | Margie Carsen | Average | |
| 2003 | Charlie's War | Charlie | Average | |
| 2003 | The Event | Lila Shapiro | Average | |
| 2001 | And Never Let Her Go | Marguerite Capano | Hit | |
| 2000 | The Last of the Blonde Bombshells | Dinah | Hit | |
| 1998 | The Pentagon Wars | Madam Chairwoman | Hit | |
| 1998 | Scattering Dad | Dotty | Super Hit | |
| 1997 | Picture Perfect | Rita | Average | |
| 1997 | A Match Made in Heaven | Helen Rosner | Average | |
| 1996 | Jerusalem | Mother (Mrs. Gordon) | Hit | |
| 1995 | Mr. Holland's Opus | Principal Jacobs | Hit | |
| 1995 | Mighty Aphrodite | Jocasta | Hit | |
| 1995 | Jeffrey | Mrs. Marcangelo | Average | |
| 1995 | Dead Badge | Dr. Doris Rice | Hit | |
| 1994 | I Love Trouble | Jeannie | Average | |
| 1994 | Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult | Olympia Dukakis (uncredited) | Hit | |
| 1993 | Digger | Bea | Average | |
| 1991 | Lucky Day | Katherine Campbell | Hit | |
| 1990 | Look Who's Talking Too | Rosie | Average | |
| 1989 | Steel Magnolias | Clairee Belcher | Hit | |
| 1989 | Dad | Bette Tremont | Average | |
| 1989 | Look Who's Talking | Rosie | Average | |
| 1988 | Working Girl | Personnel Director | Hit | |
| 1987 | Moonstruck | Rose Castorini | Hit | |
| 1982 | The Neighborhood | Mrs. St Paul | Average | |
| 1980 | F.D.R.: The Last Year | - | Average | |
| 1979 | The Wanderers | Joey's Mother (uncredited) | Hit | |
| 1974 | Death Wish | Cop at the Precinct (uncredited) | Hit | |
| 1973 | Sisters | Louise Wilanski | Hit | |
| 1969 | John and Mary | John's Mother | Average | |
| 1964 | Lilith | Patient (uncredited) | Average |