Olympia Dukakis
| Olympia Dukakis | |
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Dukakis in May 2015
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| Born |
June 20, 1931 Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1962–present |
| Spouse(s) | Louis Zorich (m. 1962) |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Michael Dukakis (cousin) |
Olympia Dukakis (born June 20, 1931) is an American actress. She started her career in theater, and won an Obie Award for Best Actress in 1963 for her Off-Broadway performance in Bertolt Brecht's Man Equals Man. She later transitioned to film acting and in 1987 she won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and a BAFTA nomination for her performance in Moonstruck. She received another Golden Globe nomination for Sinatra, and an Emmy Award nominations for Lucky Day, More Tales of the City and Joan of Arc.
Dukakis was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the daughter of Alexandra (née Christos) and Constantine S. Dukakis. Her parents were Greek immigrants, her father originally from Anatolia and her mother from the Peloponnese. She has a brother named Apollo and is a cousin of Michael Dukakis, former Governor of Massachusetts and the Democratic nominee for President in 1988, for whom 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.
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