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Olympia Dukakis
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Olympia Dukakis was an American artist whose professional career spanned from 1961 to 2021. Born on June 20, 1931, she passed away on May 1, 2021. She had three children. Her recorded works include *Supplications* and the *Ask Me Again Tomorrow* series, which was released on both LP and CD formats.
Dukakis was recognized in the Academy Award Best Supporting Actress collection and the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection. She is also referenced by 540 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Wikiquote, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Supplications
- Ask Me Again Tomorrow LP
- Ask Me Again Tomorrow CD
- Ask Me Again Tomorrow
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 22
- Total plays
- 95
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Olympia+Dukakis">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Another look at the instrumental variable estimation of error-components models
· 1995 · cited 14,649x
- Storylines of research in diffusion of innovation: a meta-narrative approach to systematic review
· 2005 · cited 670x
- Review on Psychological Stress Detection Using Biosignals
· 2022 · cited 627x
- A bright and fast source of coherent single photons
· 2021 · cited 553x
- Genetic Correction of a LRRK2 Mutation in Human iPSCs Links Parkinsonian Neurodegeneration to ERK-Dependent Changes in Gene Expression
· 2013 · cited 466x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “Growing up I was always feeling like an outsider, being Greek in communities that were not very ethnic. I felt like an outsider in the Greek community, too, because women were expected to behave and socialize in a certain way, and I didn't. Also being an actor I felt like an outsider, because not many Greek American women were actors then. But once you realize that you are an outsider, there can be a freedom in that. You can find your own way.”
- “Olympia speak about growing up in 2007.”
- “I believe that in the theater you really can't do anything that doesn't have some political consequence. My work has been about finding my own voice and a way to express myself.”
- “If you are convinced this is what you want to do, don't be afraid, go forward. You have to know what you want and go for it. Don't let the money be an issue. You can always pay your bills if you're willing to work.”
- “Critics were surprised that I was convincing as the southern Clarey in Steel Magnolias. The bias is still there but not as much.”
- “I really enjoy that sort of exploration in a community of people. That's what I really like. All those people come, and sit together, and then we all go through this experience, and some aspect of our humanity is touched.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Olympia
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Lowell
- Place of death
- Manhattan
- Spouse
- Louis Zorich
- Occupation
- pedagogue
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Obie Award
- Field of work
- pedagogy
- Image
- Olympia Dukakis 2019.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
- Residence
- New York City
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- Commons category
- Olympia Dukakis
- date of birth
- 1931-06-20
- Commons gallery
- Olympia Dukakis
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- relative
- Michael Dukakis
- start of work period
- 1961-00-00
- social media followers
- 2303
- date of death
- 2021-05-01
- end of work period
- 2021-00-00
- name in native language
- Olympia Dukakis
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Encyclopedic overview
Olympia Dukakis (June 20, 1931 – May 1, 2021) was an American actress. She performed in more than 130 stage productions, in some 60 films, and in approximately 50 television series. Best known as a screen actress, she started her career in theater. Not long after her arrival in New York City, she won an Obie Award for Best Actress in 1963 for her off-Broadway performance in Bertolt Brecht's Man Equals Man.
She later moved to film acting and won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe, among other accolades, for her performance in Moonstruck (1987). She received another Golden Globe nomination for Sinatra (1992) and Emmy Award nominations for Lucky Day (1991), More Tales of the City (1998) and Joan of Arc (1999). Dukakis's autobiography, Ask Me Again Tomorrow: A Life in Progress, was published in 2003. In 2018, a feature-length documentary about her life, titled Olympia, was released theatrically in the United States.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Olympia Dukakis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.