Olympia Dukakis

ActorProducer Jun 20 (died age 89) Lowell, Massachusetts, USA 1951–2021 (70 year career)

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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

Film

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Olympia Dukakis (uncredited)

Film

The Infiltrator

Aunt Vicky

Film

Look Who's Talking

Rosie

Film

Moonstruck

Rose Castorini

Film

Steel Magnolias

Clairee Belcher

Film

Death Wish

Cop at the Precinct (uncredited)

Film

Working Girl

Personnel Director

Film

Mighty Aphrodite

Jocasta

Filmography

Acting (120)

Movies (96)

Not to Forget

2021

as Judge

6.7

The New Greek Americans

2020

as Narrator

The New Abolitionists

2020

as Self

Olympia

as Herself

Change in the Air

as Margaret Lemke

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

as Self

The Infiltrator

as Aunt Vicky

Starring Austin Pendleton

2016

as Self

6.7

Her Secret Sessions

2016

as Arlene

Emily & Tim

as Emily (Segment 6)

7 Chinese Brothers

as Grandma

Beneath the Olive Tree

2015

Irene & Marie

2015

as Marie

Big Driver

as Doreen

A Little Game

as Yaya

The Christmas Spirit

as Gwen Hollander

Montana Amazon

as Ira

The Last Keepers

as Rosmarie Carver

Joe Papp in Five Acts

as Self

Cloudburst

as Stella

Birds of a Feather

as Olympia

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

as Self

Away from Her

as Marian

In the Land of Women

as Phyllis

Day On Fire

as Dr. Mary Wade

The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines

as Margie Carsen

Jesus, Mary and Joey

as Sophia Vitello

Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family

as Self

3 Needles

as Hilde

Whiskey School

as Ellen Haywood

The Thing About My Folks

2005

as Muriel Kleinman

6.3

The Great New Wonderful

2005

as Judy Hillerman

4.7

The Librarian: Quest for the Spear

2004

as Margie Carsen

6.3

Signs Out of Time: The Life of Archaeologist Marija Gimbutas

2004

as Narrator

Mafia Doctor

as Rose Dellarusso

The Event

as Lila Shapiro

Charlie's War

as Charlie

The Intended

as Erina

Guilty Hearts

as Amanda Patterson

Ladies and The Champ

as Sara Stevens

Strange Relations

2001

as Esther Lipman

And Never Let Her Go

2001

as Marguerite Capano

6.6

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

2000

as Dinah

6.7

Borough of Kings

2000

as Helen Manners

Crimes of Honour

Jane Austen's Mafia!

as Sophia

The Pentagon Wars

as Madam Chairwoman

Scattering Dad

as Dotty

Better Living

as Nora

A Life for a Life

as Charlotte Kiszko

Picture Perfect

1997

as Rita

5.9

A Match Made in Heaven

1997

as Helen Rosner

6.4

Balkan Island: The Last Story of the Century

1997

as Mother

Never Too Late

as Rose

Milk & Money

as Goneril Plogg

Jerusalem

as Mother (Mrs. Gordon)

7.2

Young at Heart

1995

as Rose Garaventi

Mr. Holland's Opus

as Principal Jacobs

Mighty Aphrodite

as Jocasta

Jeffrey

as Mrs. Marcangelo

Dead Badge

as Dr. Doris Rice

Dream Journey

as Self

Mother

1995

as Mrs. Jay

5.1

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

1994

as Olympia Dukakis (uncredited)

6.5

I Love Trouble

1994

as Jeannie

5.5

Look Who's Talking Now!

as Rosie

Digger

as Bea

The Cemetery Club

as Doris Silverman

Over the Hill

as Alma Harris

Fire in the Dark

as Emily Miller

Lucky Day

1991

as Katherine Campbell

7.0

Look Who's Talking Too

as Rosie

In the Spirit

as Sue

Steel Magnolias

as Clairee Belcher

Dad

as Bette Tremont

Look Who's Talking

as Rosie

Working Girl

as Personnel Director

Moonstruck

as Rose Castorini

Flanagan

as Mary

The Neighborhood

1982

as Mrs. St Paul

6.0

National Lampoon's Movie Madness

1982

as Helena Naxos ("Success Wanters")

3.1

King of America

1982

as Mama Nicola

The Idolmaker

1980

as Mrs. Vacarri

5.4

F.D.R.: The Last Year

1980

5.8

The Wanderers

1979

as Joey's Mother (uncredited)

Rich Kids

as Lawyer

The Seagull

as Pauline

Death Wish

1974

as Cop at the Precinct (uncredited)

The Rehearsal

Nicky's World

as Irene Kaminios

Sisters

as Louise Wilanski

Made For Each Other

as Gig's Mother

John and Mary

as John's Mother

Stiletto

as Mrs. Amato (uncredited)

5.0

Lilith

1964

as Patient (uncredited)

6.4

Twice a Man

1963

as Young Mother

5.3

Television (24)

Tales of the City

as Anna Madrigal

Sex & Violence

as Alex Mandalakis

Bored to Death

as Belinda

Numb3rs

as Charlotte Yates

Center of the Universe

2004

as Marge Barnett

7.0

Further Tales of the City

as Anna Madrigal

And Never Let Her Go

as Marguerite Capano

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Debby Marsh

Joan of Arc

as Mother Babette

So Graham Norton

as Self - Guest

More Tales of the City

as Anna Madrigal

The View

as Self

Touched by an Angel

as Clara

Inside the Actors Studio

as Self

Frasier

as Caller #3 (voice)

Intimate Portrait

as Self

Tales of the City

as Anna Madrigal

Sinatra

as Dolly Sinatra

The Simpsons

as Zelda (voice)

The Equalizer

as Judge Paula G. Walsh

The Andros Targets

as Marina Angelis

Great Performances

as Pauline

Dr. Kildare

as Anna Nieves

Search for Tomorrow

Crew (2)

Movies (1)

The New Abolitionists

2020

Producer

Television (1)

Sex & Violence

2013

Executive Producer

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