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 Aw...
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The Wanderers
As Joey's Mom
Moonstruck
As Rose Castorini
Mr. Holland's Opus
As Principal Jacobs
Away from Her
As Marian
Working Girl
As Personnel Director
Steel Magnolias
As Clairee Belcher
I Love Trouble
As Jeannie
Dad
As Bette Tremont
Lilith
As Patient (uncredited)
Mighty Aphrodite
As Jocasta
Jesus, Mary and Joey
As Sophia Vitello
The Thing About My Folks
As Muriel Kleinman
The Great New Wonderful
As Judy Hillerman
Look Who's Talking Now!
As Rosie
Picture Perfect
As Rita
Look Who's Talking
As Rosie
Cher: In Her Own Words
As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
In the Land of Women
As Phyllis
Montana Amazon
As Ira
The Event
As Lila Shapiro
The Idolmaker
As Mrs. Vacarri
The Pentagon Wars
As Madam Chairwoman
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
As Margie Carsen
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
As Margie Carsen
The Last Keepers
As Rosmarie Carver
John and Mary
As John's Mother
Jeffrey
As Mrs. Marcangelo
3 Needles
As Hilde
The Neighborhood
As Mrs. St Paul
Beneath the Olive Tree
Rich Kids
As Lawyer
The Cemetery Club
As Doris Silverman
Twice a Man
As Young Mother
Whiskey School
As Ellen Haywood
Day On Fire
As Dr. Mary Wade
Cloudburst
As Stella
And Never Let Her Go
As Marguerite Capano
In the Spirit
As Sue
Joe Papp in Five Acts
As Self
Over the Hill
As Alma Harris
Jerusalem
As Mother (Mrs. Gordon)
Emily & Tim
As Emily (Segment 6)
The Christmas Spirit
As Gwen Hollander
A Match Made in Heaven
As Helen Rosner
Jane Austen's Mafia!
As Sophia
King of America
As Mama Nicola
Big Driver
As Doreen
Digger
As Bea
The Rehearsal
Look Who's Talking Too
As Rosie
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
As Helena Naxos ("Success Wanters")
Mafia Doctor
As Rose Dellarusso
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
As Dinah
A Little Game
As Yaya
Better Living
As Nora
Fire in the Dark
As Emily Miller
7 Chinese Brothers
As Grandma
F.D.R.: The Last Year
Death Wish
As Cop at the Precinct (uncredited)
Lucky Day
As Katherine Campbell
Sisters
As Louise Wilanski
Ladies and The Champ
As Sara Stevens
Crimes of Honour
As Narrator
A Life for a Life
As Charlotte Kiszko
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
As Self
The Infiltrator
As Aunt Vicky
The Intended
As Erina
Irene & Marie
As Marie
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
As Self
Charlie's War
As Charlie
Change in the Air
As Margaret Lemke
Borough of Kings
As Helen Manners
Guilty Hearts
As Amanda Patterson
Starring Austin Pendleton
As Self
Mother
As Mrs. Jay
Olympia
As Herself
Birds of a Feather
As Olympia
Flanagan
As Mary
Young at Heart
As Rose Garaventi
Never Too Late
As Rose
Made For Each Other
As Gig's Mother
Dead Badge
As Dr. Doris Rice
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
As Self
The New Greek Americans
As Narrator
Milk & Money
As Goneril Plogg
My Beautiful Son
As Esther Lipman
Nicky's World
As Irene Kaminios
The New Abolitionists
As Self
The Seagull
As Pauline
Stiletto
As Mrs. Amato (uncredited)
Not to Forget
As Judge
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
As Olympia Dukakis (uncredited)
Scattering Dad
As Dotty
The Simpsons
As Zelda (voice)
Numb3rs
Touched by an Angel
As Clara
The View
As Self
The Equalizer
As Judge Paula G. Walsh
Center of the Universe
As Marge Barnett
So Graham Norton
As Self - Guest
Tales of the City
As Anna Madrigal
Dr. Kildare
As Anna Nieves
The Andros Targets
As Marina Angelis
More Tales of the City
As Anna Madrigal
Search for Tomorrow
Sinatra
As Dolly Sinatra
Intimate Portrait
As Self
Further Tales of the City
As Anna Madrigal
Frasier
As Caller #3 (voice)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
As Debby Marsh
Joan of Arc
As Mother Babette
Tales of the City
As Anna Madrigal
And Never Let Her Go
As Marguerite Capano
Sex & Violence
As Alex Mandalakis
Inside the Actors Studio
As Self
Great Performances
As Pauline
Bored to Death
As Belinda