When Olympia Dukakis won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar as Rose, Cher's wry mom in Moonstruck (1987), few of her new legions of adoring fans realized she was a 25-year acting veteran. The cousin of 1988 presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, the actress was born to Greek immigrant parents on Jan. 20, 1931, in Lowell, Mass., and began acting onstage after attending Boston University.Dukakis made her film debut in Lilith (1964) and, five years later, played Dustin Hoffman's mother in John and Mary. While earning two "Obies" for her off-Broadway work, she made small film appearances in the 1970s and '80s (Made for Each Other, Death Wish, The Wanderers and The Idolmaker).
After Moonstruck, Dukakis enjoyed prominent roles in Steel Magnolias, Dad, Look Who's Talking, The Cemetery Club and television's "Tales of the City." She continues to teach drama at New York University.
AddMr. Holland's OpusIn 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland (Richard Dreyfuss) takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired... Read More
Add AllTales of the CityNovelist Armistead Maupin's affectionate homage to late-1970s San Francisco follows the romantic struggles and identity crises of a cast of characters that includes Olympia Dukakis, Chloe Webb and Marcus D'Amico. The 6-hour miniseries (which caused controversy for its open drug use, nudity and... Read More
AddThe Cemetery ClubThe lives of three elderly Jewish widows (Ellen Burstyn, Olympia Dukakis, Diane Ladd) are put under a microscope. Doris (Dukakis) is prim and prudish, unable to bring herself to laugh at an off-color joke. Lucille (Ladd) is loud and outrageous. Esther (Burstyn) tries to find a balance between the... Read More
AddAnd Never Let Her GoBased on a true story, this made-for-TV crime drama follows the search for the mysteriously vanished Anne Marie Fahey (Kathryn Morris), secretary and mistress of powerful Delaware attorney Thomas Capano (Mark Harmon). As details of her kinky affair with Capano begin to surface, Detective Frank... Read More
Add AllMore Tales of the CityThis sequel to the 1994 PBS miniseries is marked by an addictive, outrageous comedy that's given the series an almost cultlike following. Set in 1970s San Francisco, the show continues to revolve around the lovelorn residents of 28 Barbary Lane -- including the bewildered but aspiring Mary Ann... Read More
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