Olympia Dukakis
Olympia Dukakis, 2005
Born	June 20, 1931 (1931-06-20) (age 76) Lowell, Massachusetts
Spouse(s)	Louis Zorich (1962-)
Awards won Academy Awards Best Supporting Actress 1987 Moonstruck BAFTA Awards Best Supporting Actress 1987 Moonstruck Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture 1988 Moonstruck

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Biography

Personal life

Dukakis was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the daughter of Alexandra (née Christos) and Constantine S. Dukakis, who was a manager.^[1][2] Her parents were Greek immigrants to the United States, her father from Anatolia and her mother from Peloponnese.^[3][4] She has a brother, Apollo, and is a cousin of Michael Dukakis, former governor of Massachusetts and the Democratic nominee for president in 1988, of which she was a delegate from New Jersey at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. She is an alumna of Arlington High School in Arlington, Massachusetts, and was educated at Boston University. Nickname: Motto: Art is the Handmaid of Human Good Location in Middlesex County in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country State County Middlesex Settled 1653 Incorporated 1826 A city 1836 Government  - Type Manager-City council  - Mayor William F. Martin, Jr. ... Née redirects here. ... Immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently. ... This article is about two nested areas of Turkey, a plateau region within a peninsula. ... Greece and the Peloponnese The Peloponnese or Peloponnesus (Greek: Πελοπόννησος Peloponnesos; see also List of Greek place names) is a large peninsula in southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth. ... Michael Stanley Dukakis (born November 3, 1933) is an American Democratic politician, former Governor of Massachusetts, and the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... The United States presidential election of 1988 featured an open primary for both major parties. ... The 1988 National Convention of the U.S. Democratic Party was held at The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia from July 18–21, 1988 to select a candidate for the 1988 United States presidential election. ... Arlington High School is a secondary school located in Arlington, Massachusetts. ... Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country United States State Massachusetts County Middlesex County Settled 1635 Incorporated 1807 Government  - Type Representative town meeting  - Town Manager Brian Sullivan  - Board of    Selectmen Kevin F. Greeley Annie LaCourt Diane Mahon Clarissa Rowe John W. Hurd Area  - Town  5. ... For the similarly named institution in Chestnut Hill, see Boston College. ...

Dukakis has been married to actor Louis Zorich since 1962, with whom she has three children. Louis Zorich (born February 12, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor. ...

Career

Dukakis has starred in films, including Steel Magnolias, Mr. Holland's Opus, The Thing About My Folks, and Moonstruck, for which she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. She also played the role of Anna Madrigal in the Tales of the City television mini-series, which garnered her an Emmy Award nomination, she also appeared on Search for Tomorrow as Dr. Barbara Moreno, who romanced Stu Bergman. Her Broadway theatre credits include Who's Who in Hell, Social Security, and the one-woman play Rose. Her theater, film, and television work has won her an Obie Award, a Drama Desk Award, a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, and a Golden Globe. Steel Magnolias, by Robert Harling, is a 1987 off-Broadway play, made into a movie in 1989. ... Mr. ... The Thing About My Folks film poster The Thing About My Folks is a 2005 film directed by Raymond De Felitta. ... Moonstruck is a 1987 romantic comedy film directed by Norman Jewison. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the awards given to actresses working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... 1st US edition cover of the first book in the Tales of the City series This article is about the novel series; see also Tales of the City (novel) and Tales of the City (miniseries) Tales of the City is a series of six books, originally serialized in the San... A miniseries, in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ... An Emmy Award. ... Search for Tomorrow was a soap opera which started airing on Monday, September 3, 1951 on CBS. The show was moved from CBS, its original broadcaster, on Friday, March 26, 1982, with NBC picking it up on the following Monday, March 29, 1982. ... Stu Bergman was a fictional character in the now-cancelled American soap opera, Search for Tomorrow. ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... The Obie Awards, short for Off-Broadway Theater Awards, are annual awards bestowed by the newspaper The Village Voice on theater artists performing in New York City. ... Created in 1955, the Drama Desk Award was created to recognize Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway shows in addition to Broadway shows. ... The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards were established in 1969. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ...

Dukakis won a BAFTA Award for Moonstruck and was nominated for the Canadian Academy Award for The Event. She provided the voice of Grandpa's love interest for The Simpsons episode "The Old Man and the Key". In 2003, Dukakis published her national bestselling autobiography Ask Me Again Tomorrow: A Life in Progress. Recent films include 3 Needles, The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines, In the Land of Women, and Away From Her. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... The Event is a 2003 drama film directed by Thom Fitzgerald. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... The Old Man and the Key is the thirteenth episode of the thirteenth season of The Simpsons. ... 3 Needles is a 2005 dramatic film directed by Thom Fitzgerald. ... In the Land of Women is a 2007 comedy/drama/romance film directed and written by Jon Kasdan. ... Away From Her is a Canadian film, currently in post-production and scheduled for release in late 2006. ...

In 1998 she stared as Charlotte Kisko in the British TV drama, A Life For A Life (ITV) based on the real-life story of Stefan Kisko, a man wrongfully imprisoned for seventeen years for the murder of a young child Lesley Molseed after police suppressed evidence of his innocence. Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see ITV (disambiguation). ...

She recently directed the world premiere production of Todd Logan's Botanic Garden at Victory Gardens Theatre in Chicago, IL.^[5]

Filmography

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References

External links

• Olympia Dukakis at the Internet Movie Database
• Olympia Dukakis at the Internet Broadway Database
• Olympia Dukakis at the TCM Movie Database