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.
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Academy Awards
Best Supporting Actress
Golden Globe Awards
Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Known For
Moonstruck
(1987)
Rose Castorini
Death Wish
(1974)
Cop at the Precinct (uncredited)
Steel Magnolias
(1989)
Clairee Belcher
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
(1994)
Olympia Dukakis (uncredited)
The Wanderers
(1979)
Joey's Mom
Working Girl
(1988)
Personnel Director
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
(2004)
Margie Carsen
Look Who's Talking Now!
(1993)
Rosie
Look Who's Talking Too
(1990)
Rosie
Look Who's Talking
(1989)
Rosie
Picture Perfect
(1997)
Rita
The Infiltrator
(2016)
Aunt Vicky
Mr. Holland's Opus
(1995)
Principal Jacobs
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
(2006)
Margie Carsen
Jeffrey
(1995)
Mrs. Marcangelo
Lilith
(1964)
Patient (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
Twice a Man
(1963)
Young Mother
Lilith
(1964)
Patient (uncredited)
John and Mary
(1969)
John's Mother
Stiletto
(1969)
Mrs. Amato (uncredited)
Made For Each Other
(1971)
Gig's Mother
Sisters
(1972)
Louise Wilanski
The Rehearsal
(1974)
Nicky's World
(1974)
Irene Kaminios
Death Wish
(1974)
Cop at the Precinct (uncredited)
The Seagull
(1975)
Pauline
The Wanderers
(1979)
Joey's Mom
Rich Kids
(1979)
Lawyer
The Idolmaker
(1980)
Mrs. Vacarri
F.D.R.: The Last Year
(1980)
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
(1982)
Helena Naxos ("Success Wanters")
The Neighborhood
(1982)
Mrs. St Paul
King of America
(1982)
Mama Nicola
Flanagan
(1985)
Mary
Moonstruck
(1987)
Rose Castorini
Working Girl
(1988)
Personnel Director
Steel Magnolias
(1989)
Clairee Belcher
Dad
(1989)
Bette Tremont
Look Who's Talking
(1989)
Rosie
In the Spirit
(1990)
Sue
Look Who's Talking Too
(1990)
Rosie
Fire in the Dark
(1991)
Emily Miller
Lucky Day
(1991)
Katherine Campbell
Over the Hill
(1992)
Alma Harris
Look Who's Talking Now!
(1993)
Rosie
The Cemetery Club
(1993)
Doris Silverman
Digger
(1993)
Bea
I Love Trouble
(1994)
Jeannie
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
(1994)
Olympia Dukakis (uncredited)
Mr. Holland's Opus
(1995)
Principal Jacobs
Mighty Aphrodite
(1995)
Jocasta
Jeffrey
(1995)
Mrs. Marcangelo
Mother
(1995)
Mrs. Jay
Young at Heart
(1995)
Rose Garaventi
Dead Badge
(1995)
Dr. Doris Rice
Jerusalem
(1996)
Mother (Mrs. Gordon)
Never Too Late
(1996)
Rose
Milk & Money
(1996)
Goneril Plogg
Picture Perfect
(1997)
Rita
A Match Made in Heaven
(1997)
Helen Rosner
The Pentagon Wars
(1998)
Madam Chairwoman
Jane Austen's Mafia!
(1998)
Sophia
Better Living
(1998)
Nora
Scattering Dad
(1998)
Dotty
Crimes of Honour
(1999)
Narrator
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
(2000)
Dinah
Borough of Kings
(2000)
Helen Manners
Ladies and The Champ
(2001)
Sara Stevens
My Beautiful Son
(2001)
Esther Lipman
And Never Let Her Go
(2001)
Marguerite Capano
The Intended
(2002)
Erina
Guilty Hearts
(2002)
Amanda Patterson
The Event
(2003)
Lila Shapiro
Charlie's War
(2003)
Charlie
Mafia Doctor
(2003)
Rose Dellarusso
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
(2004)
Margie Carsen
The Great New Wonderful
(2005)
Judy Hillerman
The Thing About My Folks
(2005)
Muriel Kleinman
3 Needles
(2005)
Hilde
Whiskey School
(2005)
Ellen Haywood
Jesus, Mary and Joey
(2006)
Sophia Vitello
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
(2006)
Margie Carsen
Day On Fire
(2006)
Dr. Mary Wade
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
(2006)
Self
Away from Her
(2007)
Marian
In the Land of Women
(2007)
Phyllis
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
(2009)
Self
Cloudburst
(2011)
Stella
Birds of a Feather
(2011)
Olympia
Joe Papp in Five Acts
(2012)
Self
Montana Amazon
(2013)
Ira
The Last Keepers
(2013)
Rosmarie Carver
The Christmas Spirit
(2013)
Gwen Hollander
A Little Game
(2014)
Yaya
Big Driver
(2014)
Doreen
7 Chinese Brothers
(2015)
Grandma
Emily & Tim
(2015)
Emily (Segment 6)
Irene & Marie
(2015)
Marie
Beneath the Olive Tree
(2015)
The Infiltrator
(2016)
Aunt Vicky
Starring Austin Pendleton
(2016)
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
(2017)
Self
Change in the Air
(2018)
Margaret Lemke
Olympia
(2018)
Herself
The New Greek Americans
(2020)
Narrator
The New Abolitionists
(2020)
Self
Not to Forget
(2021)
Judge
Cher: In Her Own Words
(2021)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Production