Personal Info
Known Credits
23
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1920-10-18 (105 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Athens, Greece
Also Known For
Maria Amalia MercouriΜαρία Αμαλία ΜερκούρηΜελίνα ΜερκούρηMaria Amalia Merkuri
Melina Mercouri
Biography
Melina Mercouri (Greek: Μελίνα Μερκούρη), born as Maria Amalia Mercouri (October 18, 1920, Athens, Greece – March 6, 1994, New York City, New York) was a Greek actress, singer and politician. As an actress she made her film debut in Stella (1955) and met international success with her performances in Never on Sunday, Phaedra, Topkapi and Promise at Dawn. She won the award for Best Actress at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival, and she was also nominated for an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Award ...
Known For
Acting
2020 --
Melina Stop Frame - In Search of Modern Greekness
| (Archival Footage)
2017 --
Melina's fight for the Parthenon sculptures
| Herself (Archive Footage)
1978 --
A Dream of Passion
| Maya / Medea
1977 --
Nasty Habits
| Sister Gertrude
1975 --
Once Is Not Enough
| Karla
1975 --
Songs of Fire
| Self
1974 --
The Rehearsal
| Self
1970 --
Promise at Dawn
| Nina Kacewa
1969 --
Gaily, Gaily
| Lil
1966 --
10:30 P.M. Summer
| Maria
1966 --
A Man Could Get Killed
| Aurora / Celeste da Costa
1965 --
The Uninhibited
| Jenny
1964 --
Topkapi
| Elizabeth Lipp
1963 --
The Victors
| Magda
1963 --
38-24-36
| Self
1962 --
Phaedra
| Phaedra Kyrilis
1961 --
The Last Judgment
| Foreign lady
1961 --
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
| Marie de Médicis
1960 --
Never on Sunday
| Ilya
1959 --
The Law
| Donna Lucrezia
1958 --
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
| Belle
1957 --
He Who Must Die
| Katerina
1955 --
Stella
| Stella