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Olympia Dukakis (
Greek: Ολυμπία Δουκάκη; born
June 20,
1931) is an
Academy Award-winning
American actress.
Biography
Personal life
Dukakis was born in
Lowell, Massachusetts, the daughter of Alexandra (
née Christos) and Constantine S. Dukakis, who was a manager. Her parents were
Greek immigrants to the United States, her father from
Anatolia and her mother from
Peloponnese. She has a brother, Apollo, and is a cousin of
Michael Dukakis, former governor of
Massachusetts and the Democratic nominee for president in
1988, for whom she was a delegate from New Jersey at the
1988 Democratic National Convention. She is an alumna of
Arlington High School in
Arlington, Massachusetts, and was educated at
Boston University.
Dukakis has been married to actor
Louis Zorich since 1962, with whom she's three children.
Career
Dukakis has starred in films, including
Steel Magnolias,
Mr. Holland's Opus,
The Thing About My Folks, and
Moonstruck, for which she won an
Oscar for
Best Supporting Actress. She also played the role of Anna Madrigal in the
Tales of the City television mini-series, which garnered her an
Emmy Award nomination, she also appeared on
Search for Tomorrow as Dr. Barbara Moreno, who romanced
Stu Bergman. Her
Broadway theatre credits include
Who's Who in Hell,
Social Security, and the one-woman play
Rose. Her theater, film, and television work has won her an
Obie Award, a
Drama Desk Award, a
Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, and a
Golden Globe.
Dukakis won a
BAFTA Award for
Moonstruck and was nominated for the Canadian Academy Award for
The Event. She provided the voice of Grandpa's love interest for
The Simpsons episode "
The Old Man and the Key". In 2003, Dukakis published her national bestselling autobiography
Ask Me Again Tomorrow: A Life in Progress. Recent films include
3 Needles,,
In the Land of Women, and
Away From Her.
In
1998 she stared as Charlotte Kisko in the
British TV drama,
A Life For A Life (
ITV) based on the real-life story of Stefan Kisko, a man wrongfully imprisoned for seventeen years for the murder of a young child
Lesley Molseed after police suppressed evidence of his innocence.
She recently directed the world premiere production of Todd Logan's
Botanic Garden at
Victory Gardens Theatre in Chicago, IL.
In the 2008 season of Hartford Stage, Dukakis is starring in the revival of Tennessee Williams "The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore," opposite Kevin Anderson.
Filmography
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