Olympia Dukakis

Personal Info

Birthday

June 20, 1931

Day of Death

2021-05-01

(89 years old)

Place of Birth

Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As

المپیا دوکاکیس

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).

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Simpsons

Frasier

Numb3rs

Great Performances

The Equalizer

Dr. Kildare

Touched by an Angel

Filmography

2021
Not to Forget
as Judge
Cher: In Her Own Words
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2020
The New Abolitionists
as Self
The New Greek Americans
as Narrator
2018
Olympia
as Herself
Change in the Air
as Margaret Lemke
2017
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
as Self
2016
The Infiltrator
as Aunt Vicky
Starring Austin Pendleton
as Self
Her Secret Sessions
as Arlene
2015
Emily & Tim
as Emily (Segment 6)
7 Chinese Brothers
as Grandma
Irene & Marie
as Marie
2014
Big Driver
as Doreen
A Little Game
as Yaya
2013
The Christmas Spirit
as Gwen Hollander
Montana Amazon
as Ira
The Last Keepers
as Rosmarie Carver
2012
Joe Papp in Five Acts
as Self
2011
Cloudburst
as Stella
Birds of a Feather
as Olympia
2009
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
as Self
2007
Away from Her
as Marian
In the Land of Women
as Phyllis
2006
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
as Margie Carsen
Day On Fire
as Dr. Mary Wade
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
as Self
Jesus, Mary and Joey
as Sophia Vitello
2005
Whiskey School
as Ellen Haywood
3 Needles
as Hilde
The Thing About My Folks
as Muriel Kleinman
The Great New Wonderful
as Judy Hillerman
2004
Signs Out of Time: The Life of Archaeologist Marija Gimbutas
as Narrator
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
as Margie Carsen
2003
Charlie's War
as Charlie
Mafia Doctor
as Rose Dellarusso
The Event
as Lila Shapiro
2002
The Intended
as Erina
Guilty Hearts
as Amanda Patterson
2001
Ladies and The Champ
as Sara Stevens
And Never Let Her Go
as Marguerite Capano
Strange Relations
as Esther Lipman
2000
Borough of Kings
as Helen Manners
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
as Dinah
1999
Crimes of Honour
as Narrator
1998
Better Living
as Nora
Jane Austen's Mafia!
as Sophia
The Pentagon Wars
as Madam Chairwoman
Scattering Dad
as Dotty
A Life for a Life
as Charlotte Kiszko
1997
Picture Perfect
as Rita
A Match Made in Heaven
as Helen Rosner
1996
Milk & Money
as Goneril Plogg
Jerusalem
as Mother (Mrs. Gordon)
Never Too Late
as Rose
1995
Mr. Holland's Opus
as Principal Jacobs
Mighty Aphrodite
as Jocasta
Jeffrey
as Mrs. Marcangelo
Dead Badge
as Dr. Doris Rice
Young at Heart
as Rose Garaventi
Mother
as Mrs. Jay
Dream Journey
as Self
1994
I Love Trouble
as Jeannie
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as Olympia Dukakis (uncredited)
1993
Look Who's Talking Now!
as Rosie
Digger
as Bea
The Cemetery Club
as Doris Silverman
1992
Over the Hill
as Alma Harris
1991
Fire in the Dark
as Emily Miller
Lucky Day
as Katherine Campbell
1990
Look Who's Talking Too
as Rosie
In the Spirit
as Sue
1989
Steel Magnolias
as Clairee Belcher
Dad
as Bette Tremont
Look Who's Talking
as Rosie
1988
Working Girl
as Personnel Director
1987
Moonstruck
as Rose Castorini
1985
Flanagan
as Mary
1982
The Neighborhood
as Mrs. St Paul
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
as Helena Naxos ("Success Wanters")
King of America
as Mama Nicola
1980
The Idolmaker
as Mrs. Vacarri
1979
Rich Kids
as Lawyer
The Wanderers
as Joey's Mother (uncredited)
1975
The Seagull
as Pauline
1974
Death Wish
as Cop at the Precinct (uncredited)
Nicky's World
as Irene Kaminios
1973
Sisters
as Louise Wilanski
1971
Made For Each Other
as Gig's Mother
1969
John and Mary
as John's Mother
Stiletto
as Mrs. Amato (uncredited)
1964
Lilith
as Patient (uncredited)
1963
Twice a Man
as Young Mother