Actor
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 ...

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