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Olympia Dukakis
Highest Rated: 100% Cloudburst (2011)
Lowest Rated: 0% Look Who's Talking Now (1993)
Birthday: Jun 20, 1931
Birthplace: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Having long established herself as a respected stage actress and veteran performer in dozens of film and television projects, Olympia Dukakis achieved overnight stardom at the tender age of 56 with her Oscar-winning portrayal in "Moonstruck" (1987). Originally intending to become a physical therapist, Dukakis turned to acting with work on and off-Broadway in productions such as "The Aspern Papers" and "A Man's a Man." Never the ingénue, Dukakis quickly found herself portraying young mothers in films that included "John and Mary" (1969) and "Made for Each Other" (1971). The pattern continued with features like "The Wanderers" (1979) and "The Idolmaker" (1980) until "Moonstruck" placed her at the top of the casting agent's wish list. A slew of roles in high-profile feature films followed, including turns in "Working Girl" (1988), "Look Who's Talking" (1989) and "Steel Magnolias" (1989). Occasional starring roles also presented themselves, as with the comedy-drama "The Cemetery Club" (1993). On television she essayed the character of Mrs. Madrigal in "Armistead Maupin's 'Tales of the City'" (PBS, 1993) and its two sequel miniseries, and achieved true pop culture status when she voiced Grandpa Simpson's love interest in a 2002 episode of "The Simpsons" (Fox, 1989- ). Living proof that one was never too old to reinvent oneself, the scene-stealing actress continued to delight audiences in a variety of mediums for over four decades.
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Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The New Abolitionists |
Producer, Executive Producer |
- | 2022 |
62% |
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Not to Forget | Judge (Character) | - | 2021 |
84% |
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Olympia | Self | - | 2018 |
13% |
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Change in the Air | Margaret Lemke (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Her Secret Sessions | Arlene (Character) | - | 2016 |
71% |
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The Infiltrator | Aunt Vicky (Character) | $15.4M | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Irene & Marie | Irene (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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Outliving Emily | Emily (Character) | - | 2015 |
78% |
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7 Chinese Brothers | Grandma (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beneath the Olive Tree |
Narrator, Executive Producer |
- | 2015 |
50% |
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Big Driver | Doreen (Character) | - | 2014 |
40% |
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A Little Game | YaYa (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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The Last Keepers | Rosmarie Carver (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Christmas Spirit | Gwen Hollander (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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Montana Amazon - The Adventures of the Dunderheads |
Ira (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2012 |
100% |
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Cloudburst | Stella (Character) | - | 2011 |
83% |
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I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | Unknown (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Promise of Tomorrow 1940-1960 | Narrator | - | 2009 |
44% |
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In the Land of Women | Grandmother (Character) | $11.0M | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Jesus, Mary and Joey | Sophia Vitello (Character) | - | 2006 |
94% |
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Away From Her | Marian (Character) | $4.5M | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines | Margie Carsen (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Day on Fire | Dr. Mary Wade (Character) | - | 2006 |
45% |
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The Thing About My Folks | Muriel Kleinman (Character) | $814.7K | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Whiskey School | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
36% |
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3 Needles | Hilde the Missionary Nun (Character) | - | 2005 |
73% |
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The Great New Wonderful | Judie (Character) | $150.1K | 2005 |
60% |
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The Librarian: Quest for the Spear | Margie Carsen (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family Doctor | Rose (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mafia Doctor | Rose (Character) | - | 2003 |
44% |
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The Event | Lila (Character) | $35.5K | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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My Beautiful Son | Esther Lipman (Character) | - | 2002 |
35% |
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The Intended | Erina (Character) | $7.5K | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Guilty Hearts | Unknown (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Further Tales of the City | Mrs. Anna Madrigal (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Borough of Kings | Helen Manners (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ladies and the Champ | Sara Stevens (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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The Last of the Blonde Bombshells | Dinah (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Better Living | Nora (Character) | $1.4K | 2000 |
10% |
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Joan of Arc | Mother Babette (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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The Pentagon Wars | Madam Chairwoman (Character) | - | 1998 |
14% |
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Jane Austen's Mafia! | Sophia (Character) | $19.9M | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Scattering Dad | Dotty (Character) | - | 1998 |
47% |
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Picture Perfect | Rita Mosley (Character) | $31.1M | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Milk and Money | Goneril Plogg (Character) | - | 1997 |
78% |
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A Match Made in Heaven | Helen Rosner (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Never Too Late | Rose (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mother | Mrs. Jay (Character) | - | 1996 |
80% |
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Jerusalem | Mother (Mrs. Gordon) (Character) | $10.0K | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Haunted Heart | Mrs. Jay (Character) | - | 1996 |
75% |
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Mr. Holland's Opus | Principal Helen Jacobs (Character) | $82.6M | 1995 |
71% |
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Jeffrey | Mrs. Marcangelo (Character) | $3.3M | 1995 |
78% |
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Mighty Aphrodite | Jocasta (Character) | $4.8M | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Young at Heart | Rose Garaventi (Character) | - | 1995 |
22% |
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I Love Trouble | Jeannie (Character) | $30.8M | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dead Badge | Dr. Doris Rice (Character) | - | 1994 |
0% |
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Look Who's Talking Now | Rosie (Character) | $9.4M | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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Digger | Bea (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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Sinatra | Dolly Sinatra (Character) | - | 1992 |
57% |
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The Cemetery Club | Doris Silverman (Character) | $5.6M | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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Over the Hill | Alma Harris (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lucky Day | Katherine Campbell (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fire in the Dark | Emily Miller (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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In the Spirit | Sue (Character) | $15.9K | 1990 |
13% |
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Look Who's Talking Too | Rosie (Character) | $44.2M | 1990 |
58% |
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Dad | Bette Tremont (Character) | $19.7M | 1989 |
73% |
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Steel Magnolias | Clairee Belcher (Character) | $79.4M | 1989 |
58% |
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Look Who's Talking | Rosie (Character) | $137.0M | 1989 |
83% |
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Working Girl | Personnel Director (Character) | $62.2M | 1988 |
89% |
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Moonstruck | Rose Castorini (Character) | $80.0M | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | King of America | Mama Nicola (Character) | - | 1982 |
90% |
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The Idolmaker | Mrs. Vacarri (Character) | - | 1980 |
89% |
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The Wanderers | Joey's Mom (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet |
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Anton Chekhov's The Seagull | Unknown (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nicky's World | Irene Kaminios (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rehearsal | Unknown (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Made for Each Other | Gig's Mother (Character) | - | 1971 |
38% |
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John and Mary | John's Mother (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Twice a Man | Young mother (Character) | - | 1964 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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82% | 59% | Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City | Anna Madrigal (Character) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sex & Violence | Alex Mandalakis (Character) | 2013 2015 2017 |
68% | No Score Yet | Worst Week | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 93% | Numb3ers | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
0% | No Score Yet | Center of the Universe | Marge Barnett (Character) | 2004-2005 |
14% | No Score Yet | It's All Relative | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
95% | 94% | Frasier | Caller 3 (Guest Voice) | 2002 |
85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Zelda (Guest Voice) | 2002 |
78% | No Score Yet | Armistead Maupin's More Tales of the City | Unknown (Character) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | More Tales of the City | Anna Madrigal (Character) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sinatra | Unknown (Character) | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Equalizer | Judge Paula G. Walsh (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kojak | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kildare | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |