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.

Filmography

• 2022The New Abolitionists — Self, Producer
• 2021Not to Forget — Judge
• 2020The New Greek Americans — Narrator
• Tales of the City — Anna Madrigal
• 2018Change in the Air — Margaret Lemke
• 2016Her Secret Sessions — Arlene
• 2016The Infiltrator — Aunt Vicky
• 20157 Chinese Brothers — Grandma
• 2015Beneath the Olive Tree
• 2015Emily & Tim — Emily (Segment 6)
• 2015Irene & Marie — Marie
• 2014A Little Game — Yaya
• 2014Big Driver — Doreen
• 2013Montana Amazon — Ira
• Sex & Violence — Alex Mandalakis, Executive Producer
• 2013The Christmas Spirit — Gwen Hollander
• 2013The Last Keepers — Rosmarie Carver
• 2011Birds of a Feather — Olympia
• 2011Cloudburst — Stella
• Bored to Death — Belinda
• 2007Away from Her — Marian
• 2007In the Land of Women — Phyllis
• 2006Day On Fire — Dr. Mary Wade
• 2006Jesus, Mary and Joey — Sophia Vitello
• 2006The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines — Margie Carsen
• 20053 Needles — Hilde
• Numb3rs — Charlotte Yates
• 2005The Great New Wonderful — Judy Hillerman
• 2005The Thing About My Folks — Muriel Kleinman
• 2005Whiskey School — Ellen Haywood
• Center of the Universe — Marge Barnett
• 2004Signs Out of Time: The Life of Archaeologist Marija Gimbutas — Narrator
• 2004The Librarian: Quest for the Spear — Margie Carsen
• 2003Charlie's War — Charlie
• 2003Mafia Doctor — Rose Dellarusso
• 2003The Event — Lila Shapiro
• 2002Guilty Hearts — Amanda Patterson
• 2002The Intended — Erina
• 2001And Never Let Her Go — Marguerite Capano
• And Never Let Her Go — Marguerite Capano
• Further Tales of the City — Anna Madrigal
• 2001Ladies and The Champ — Sara Stevens
• 2001Strange Relations — Esther Lipman
• 2000Borough of Kings — Helen Manners
• 2000The Last of the Blonde Bombshells — Dinah
• 1999Crimes of Honour — Narrator (voice)
• Joan of Arc — Mother Babette
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Debby Marsh
• 1998A Life for a Life — Charlotte Kiszko
• 1998Better Living — Nora
• 1998Jane Austen's Mafia! — Sophia
• More Tales of the City — Anna Madrigal
• 1998Scattering Dad — Dotty
• 1998The Pentagon Wars — Madam Chairwoman
• 1997A Match Made in Heaven — Helen Rosner
• 1997Balkan Island: The Last Story of the Century — Mother
• 1997Picture Perfect — Rita
• 1996Jerusalem — Mother (Mrs. Gordon)
• 1996Milk & Money — Goneril Plogg
• 1996Never Too Late — Rose
• 1995Dead Badge — Dr. Doris Rice
• 1995Jeffrey — Mrs. Marcangelo
• 1995Mighty Aphrodite — Jocasta
• 1995Mother — Mrs. Jay
• 1995Mr. Holland's Opus — Principal Jacobs
• 1995Young at Heart — Rose Garaventi
• 1994I Love Trouble — Jeannie
• 1994Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult — Olympia Dukakis (uncredited)
• Touched by an Angel — Clara
• 1993Digger — Bea
• Frasier — Caller #3 (voice)
• 1993Look Who's Talking Now! — Rosie
• Tales of the City — Anna Madrigal
• 1993The Cemetery Club — Doris Silverman
• 1992Over the Hill — Alma Harris
• Sinatra — Dolly Sinatra
• 1991Fire in the Dark — Emily Miller
• 1991Lucky Day — Katherine Campbell
• The General Motors Playwrights Theater — Laura Cunningham
• 1990In the Spirit — Sue
• 1990Look Who's Talking Too — Rosie
• 1989Dad — Bette Tremont
• 1989Look Who's Talking — Rosie
• 1989Steel Magnolias — Clairee Belcher
• The Simpsons — Zelda (voice)
• 1988Working Girl — Personnel Director
• 1987Moonstruck — Rose Castorini
• 1985Flanagan — Mary
• The Equalizer — Judge Paula G. Walsh
• American Playhouse — Mama Nicola, Anna Madrigal
• 1982King of America — Mama Nicola
• 1982National Lampoon's Movie Madness — Helena Naxos ("Success Wanters")
• 1982The Neighborhood — Mrs. St Paul
• 1980F.D.R.: The Last Year
• 1980The Idolmaker — Mrs. Vacarri
• 1979Rich Kids — Lawyer
• 1979The Wanderers — Joey's Mother (uncredited)
• The Andros Targets — Marina Angelis
• 1975The Seagull — Pauline
• 1974Death Wish — Cop at the Precinct (uncredited)
• 1974Nicky's World — Irene Kaminios
• 1974The Rehearsal
• 1973Sisters — Louise Wilanski
• Great Performances — Pauline
• 1971Made For Each Other — Gig's Mother
• 1969John and Mary — John's Mother
• 1969Stiletto — Mrs. Amato (uncredited)
• 1964Lilith — Patient (uncredited)
• 1963Twice a Man — Young Mother
• Dr. Kildare — Anna Nieves
• Search for Tomorrow

Appearances as themselves (11)

• 2018Olympia — Self
• 2017The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin — Self
• 2016Starring Austin Pendleton — Self
• 2012Joe Papp in Five Acts — Self
• 2009I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale — Self
• 2006Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family — Self
• So Graham Norton — Self - Guest
• The View — Self
• 1995Dream Journey — Self
• Inside the Actors Studio — Self
• Intimate Portrait — Self