OLYMPIA DUKAKIS
Name: Olympia Dukakis
Born: 20 June 1931 Lowell, Massachusetts
Olympia Dukakis (born June 20, 1931) is an Academy Award-winning American actress.
Dukakis was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the daughter of Alexandra (nee
Christos) and Constantine S. Dukakis, a manager, both Greek immigrants to the
United States. She has a brother, Apollo, and is a cousin of Michael
Dukakis, former governor of Massachusetts, who was the Democratic nominee for
president in 1988, of which she was 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.
Dukakis has been married to actor Louis Zorich since 1962, with whom she has
three children.
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.
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.
Name: Olympia Dukakis
Born: 20 June 1931 Lowell, Massachusetts
Olympia Dukakis (born June 20, 1931) is an Academy Award-winning American actress.
Dukakis was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the daughter of Alexandra (nee
Christos) and Constantine S. Dukakis, a manager, both Greek immigrants to the
United States. She has a brother, Apollo, and is a cousin of Michael
Dukakis, former governor of Massachusetts, who was the Democratic nominee for
president in 1988, of which she was 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.
Dukakis has been married to actor Louis Zorich since 1962, with whom she has
three children.
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.
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.