Cast & creator
Olympia Dukakis
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Simpsons, The View
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.
Also known as: المپیا دوکاکیس, Ολυμπία Δουκάκη, Olympia Doukakis
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1951–2022 · acting roles
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Filmography (125)
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Debby Marsh
1999
The Simpsons
Zelda (voice)
1989
The View
Self
1997
Frasier
Caller #3 (voice)
1993
Great Performances
Pauline
1971
Numb3rs
Charlotte Yates
2005
Touched by an Angel
Clara
1994
American Playhouse
Mama Nicola
1982American Playhouse
Anna Madrigal
1982
Dr. Kildare
Anna Nieves
1961
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
The Equalizer
Judge Paula G. Walsh
1985
Bored to Death
Belinda
2009
So Graham Norton
Self - Guest
1998
Tales of the City
Anna Madrigal
2019
Tales of the City
Anna Madrigal
1993
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Olympia Dukakis (uncredited)
1994
Look Who's Talking
Rosie
1989
Center of the Universe
Marge Barnett
2004
Steel Magnolias
Clairee Belcher
1989The General Motors Playwrights Theater
Laura Cunningham
1991
The Infiltrator
Aunt Vicky
2016
Death Wish
Cop at the Precinct (uncredited)
1974
Look Who's Talking Now!
Rosie
1993
Working Girl
Personnel Director
1988
Moonstruck
Rose Castorini
1987
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
Margie Carsen
2004
More Tales of the City
Anna Madrigal
1998
Mr. Holland's Opus
Principal Jacobs
1995
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
Margie Carsen
2006
Joan of Arc
Mother Babette
1999
The Andros Targets
Marina Angelis
1977
Sex & Violence
Alex Mandalakis
2013Sex & Violence
Executive Producer
2013
Look Who's Talking Too
Rosie
1990
Picture Perfect
Rita
1997
Mighty Aphrodite
Jocasta
1995
Further Tales of the City
Anna Madrigal
2001
I Love Trouble
Jeannie
1994
The Wanderers
Joey's Mother (uncredited)
1979
In the Land of Women
Phyllis
2007
The Pentagon Wars
Madam Chairwoman
1998
Jane Austen's Mafia!
Sophia
1998
Sinatra
Dolly Sinatra
1992
Dad
Bette Tremont
1989
And Never Let Her Go
Marguerite Capano
2001
Away from Her
Marian
2007
Search for Tomorrow
1951
Change in the Air
Margaret Lemke
2018
Lilith
Patient (uncredited)
1964
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
Helena Naxos ("Success Wanters")
1982
The Cemetery Club
Doris Silverman
1993
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Sisters
Louise Wilanski
1973
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Self
2009
John and Mary
John's Mother
1969
Dead Badge
Dr. Doris Rice
1995
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Self
2017
Montana Amazon
Ira
2013
Mafia Doctor
Rose Dellarusso
2003
Big Driver
Doreen
2014
Jeffrey
Mrs. Marcangelo
1995
Emily & Tim
Emily (Segment 6)
2015
The Great New Wonderful
Judy Hillerman
2005
Olympia
Self
2018
The Idolmaker
Mrs. Vacarri
1980
Joe Papp in Five Acts
Self
2012
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
Dinah
2000
Fire in the Dark
Emily Miller
1991
Dream Journey
Self
1995
And Never Let Her Go
Marguerite Capano
2001
Irene & Marie
Marie
2015The Intended
Erina
2002
Jesus, Mary and Joey
Sophia Vitello
2006
The Thing About My Folks
Muriel Kleinman
2005
F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980
Digger
Bea
1993
Lucky Day
Katherine Campbell
1991
Rich Kids
Lawyer
1979
A Match Made in Heaven
Helen Rosner
1997
Made For Each Other
Gig's Mother
1971
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
Self
2006
Jerusalem
Mother (Mrs. Gordon)
1996
Stiletto
Mrs. Amato (uncredited)
1969
Guilty Hearts
Amanda Patterson
2002
Ladies and The Champ
Sara Stevens
2001
Starring Austin Pendleton
Self
2016
A Little Game
Yaya
2014
Twice a Man
Young Mother
1963
The Event
Lila Shapiro
2003
Strange Relations
Esther Lipman
2001
The Rehearsal
1974
7 Chinese Brothers
Grandma
2015
3 Needles
Hilde
2005
In the Spirit
Sue
1990Whiskey School
Ellen Haywood
2005
Scattering Dad
Dotty
1998
Young at Heart
Rose Garaventi
1995A Life for a Life
Charlotte Kiszko
1998
Cloudburst
Stella
2011Balkan Island: The Last Story of the Century
Mother
1997
Not to Forget
Judge
2021
Her Secret Sessions
Arlene
2016Crimes of Honour
Narrator (voice)
1999
The Last Keepers
Rosmarie Carver
2013
Day On Fire
Dr. Mary Wade
2006
Charlie's War
Charlie
2003
The New Greek Americans
Narrator
2020
Better Living
Nora
1998
Milk & Money
Goneril Plogg
1996
Signs Out of Time: The Life of Archaeologist Marija Gimbutas
Narrator
2004
The Christmas Spirit
Gwen Hollander
2013
Borough of Kings
Helen Manners
2000Nicky's World
Irene Kaminios
1974
The Neighborhood
Mrs. St Paul
1982
King of America
Mama Nicola
1982
Birds of a Feather
Olympia
2011
Mother
Mrs. Jay
1995
Beneath the Olive Tree
2015
The New Abolitionists
Self
2022The New Abolitionists
Producer
2022
The Seagull
Pauline
1975
Over the Hill
Alma Harris
1992
Never Too Late
Rose
1996
Flanagan
Mary
1985