Olympia Dukakis won an Oscar for her performance in Moonstruck Credit: Getty Seven best Olympia Dukakis quotes "The year of the Dukakii." (Dukakis was referring to 1988, when she won an Oscar and when cousin Michael Dukakis earned the Democratic nomination for president). Over the duration of their marriage, she and her husband have experienced shared successes, appearing together in "Long Day's Journey Into Night," "Camino Real, "The Three Sisters" and "The Seagull," among many others. "My ambition wasn't to win the Oscar," the veteran stage and screen actor said. I was fortunate enough to spend a few hours with Olympia one lazy Saturday morning,more than a decade ago. I'm supposed to go first. Paul composed music for Liev Schreibers Everything Is Illuminated. In role after role, she spoke mom: imperious, testy, kind, haughty and, in the end, always looking out for you. Dukakis won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1988 for her portrayal of Rose Castorini in Moonstruck. A native Brazilian,Murielhas established her career in New York City working with a wide array of projects that range from indie documentaries to studio animated feature films. Pamela has worked with innumerable clients bringing them to the next level and has established a respected reputation in doing so. Anthoula Katsimatides is an actor, writer, producer, and voice-over artist. Efforts at assimilation continued to evade her. [26] That same year she starred in the revival of Tennessee Williams' The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore, opposite Kevin Anderson at the Hartford Stage,[27] and co-adapted and starred in the world-premiere of Another Side of the Island, based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest, at Alpine Theatre Project in Whitefish, Montana. Stern but perpetually amused, with a warm leer of a grin that could light up a scene, she looked like the comedy and tragedy masks fused together. Previously Sam spent many years managing and co-producing feature/short films, and trailers for Stunning Cuts Films a Brooklyn based production company. Paul Cantelon is an American composer of film scores and contemporary classical music. Transitioning to a professional life centered in New York City, she performed many times in productions in Central Park at the renowned Delacorte Theater. The rough-and-tumble atmosphereof her earliest years acted as a crucible for Dukakis. Should men act responsibly or were they put on Earth to be wolves? I flew to Los Angeles, rented a car and plugged the address her assistant had given me into my GPS. Her no-nonsense demeanor, her candor, her feistiness, her political bent, her sexual mores, and her strident disapproval of the sins of patriarchy, all took root during her formative years. He went on to score such films as the award-winning Diving Bell And The Butterfly (2007), Sony Pictures The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), Oliver Stones W (2008), New York, I Love You (2009), Tony Goldwyns Conviction (2010), Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel (2011), Woody Allen: A Documentary (2012), and most recently Jane Fonda in Five Acts (2018). Beloved screen and stage actress Olympia Dukakis died May 1 at the age of 89. Olympia herself was a delegate from New Jersey at the 1988 Democratic national convention. [30] That same year, on May 24, she was honored with the 2,498th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Dukakis continued to be much in demand in the movies, with roles such as Jocasta in Woody Allens Mighty Aphrodite (1995), and the stern but lovable school principal in Mr Hollands Opus (1995). The actress made her Broadway debut in The Aspern Papers in 1962, and the stage had been her first love. She starred in a documentary about her life, "Olympia" (2019) the same year that she returned to one of her most famous roles in a reboot of "Tales of the . Kelly is an actor, writer, and producer whose latest award-winning short film, Touchscreen, is an official selection of the Cleveland International Film Festival, Florida Film Festival and Woods Hole Film Festival, among others. With Dukakis serving as artistic director, the theater rolled out five productions per season for almost two decades. She earned two degrees from Boston University, one in Physical Therapy and one in Acting. She later developed and produced autobiographical solo shows, What Will People Think? & Warrior Without A Cause that have garnered many accolades and won awards off-Broadway. In 2000, Dukakis appeared in London at the National Theatre in Rose, a monologue written for her by Martin Sherman. As actress, director, producer and teacher, she still found the time to raise their three young children. The family has not disclosed an official cause of death. A finalist for New Director of the Year at the 2016 shots Awards in London and winner of Best Test Commercial in North America at the 2015 Young Director Award in Cannes, Ryan's commercial direction has also received international acclaim from Porsche, Ciclope, and W3. [43] For 10 years, beginning in 1985, she studied with Indian mentor Srimata Gayatri Devi in the Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy. The film Cloudburst (2011), in which she shared a co-lead with Brenda Fricker, became a critical and audience darling, winning a multitude of "Best Film" awards and several "Best Actress" honors (Seattle, San Diego) at various film festivals.An ardent liberal and Democrat, she was the cousin of 1988 presidential nominee Michael Dukakis. And we miss your gracious heart. Olympia Dukakis, theater veteran and Oscar-winning 'Moonstruck' actress, dies at 89. 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Olympia practiced as a physical therapist during the polio epidemic. And yet, this ethnic commonality did little to ease her entry into the social circles of the neighborhood. Winning the Oscar led inevitably to more recognition, though not necessarily bigger parts. In the post-production realm, she workedwith Company 3 in films such as The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) and 20th Century Fox in the films Epic (2013), Rio 2 (2014) and Ferdinand (2017). In Norman Jewisons Moonstruck, a modern fairytale of love, with each leading character destined to have his or her moment of glory, Dukakis is by turns warm, humorous and cynical, and poignantly wonders why men (especially her husband) are unfaithful. All Rights Reserved. What was Olympia Dukakiss cause of death? We miss your fighting spirit. You could easily have envisioned her as the shrink on The Sopranos but then, with a nudge, it wouldnt be hard to imagine her as Tony Sopranos mother, since even in the quaintest settings Olympia Dukakis had a stealth power and an old-world comfortableness with the dark side. She was 89. Keren Seol is a film producer based in New York City. Academy Award-winning actress and theater icon Olympia Dukakis is well known and beloved to viewers across America for her performances on stage and in classic films like Moonstruck and Steel Magnolias. She earned two degrees from Boston University, one in Physical Therapy and one in Acting. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, Olympia was the daughter of Constantine Dukakis and Alexandra (nee Christos), both Greek immigrants. According to a Facebook. "I love this chaotic, contradictory, loving mess that has been my life.". MAPLEWOOD, N.J. Olympia Dukakis, the veteran stage and screen actress whose flair for maternal roles helped her win an Oscar as Cher's mother in the romantic comedy Moonstruck, has died. Or her 1989 performance as one of the Steel Magnolias, a fitting title for a woman known for her winsome heart and yet resolute demeanor. "My beloved sister, Olympia Dukakis, passed away this morning in New York City," he wrote. The Crown star opens up about queerness. Dukakis passed away three years after the death of her husband, fellow actor Louis Zorich. He had the privilege to work with Miss Dukakis again on the latest installment of Tales of the City in 2019 for Netflix where he was the Director of Photography forthe entire series. Several recurring TV roles also came her way with Center of the Universe (2004), Bored to Death (2009), Sex & Violence (2013), Forgive Me (2013), Switch (2018) and one last return to her popular Anna Madrigal role with the series sequel Tales of the City (2019).The septuagenarian hardly slowed down and continued strongly into the millennium with top supporting film credits including The Intended (2002), The Event (2003), the title role in the mystery Charlie's War (2003), The Thing About My Folks (2005), Jesus, Mary and Joey (2005), Away from Her (2006), Day on Fire (2006), In the Land of Women (2007), The Last Keepers (2013), A Little Game (2014), 7 Chinese Brothers (2015), The Infiltrator (2016), Broken Links (2016) and Change in the Air (2018). Susan Dey - The Partridge Family. Thats a fitting reference, since Dukakis was of Greek heritage and, in a stage career that stretched back to 1961, appeared in classics from Electra to Titus Andronicus to Long Days Journey Into Night. Yet even when she was carving out her place in movies and TV, often cast as the Grande Dame Whos Smarter Than Anyone in the Room (its telling that she took on that role as far back as the 1969 Dustin Hoffman/Mia Farrow trifle John and Mary, when she was just 38), the Dukakis face, part cherub and part statue, made it seem that whatever reality she was confronting, she saw the absurdity of it, and the heartbreak as well. by her passion for theatre work. Steam as well as, Mr Comas latest feature film American Falls, currently in post-production. Id like to take a photograph of your hands. Alicia Vikander [a l i s a v k a n d r] [1] couter, est une actrice sudoise, ne le 3 octobre 1988 Gteborg ().. Elle a acquis, depuis le film sudois Pure (Till det som r vackert, 2010), une stature internationale.Elle est considre comme une des toiles montantes du cinma europen, comme en tmoignent les nombreux prix qui lui ont t dcerns [2]. "[6][46], After a period of ill health, Dukakis died under hospice care at her home in Manhattan on May 1, 2021, at the age of 89. Soon enough, I found myself in front of a small bungalow in a nondescript part ofWest Hollywood. Movie (and TV) fans then discovered what East coast theater-going audiences had uncovered decades before -- Olympia Dukakis was an acting treasure. Pamela is also an Associate Producer for "Olympia", a feature documentary about the poetic life of Academy Award winning actress, Olympia Dukakis. Olympia Dukakis and Cher hold the Golden Globes they won in January 1988 for their performances in "Moonstruck." [37], In 1962, Dukakis married fellow Manhattan stage actor Louis Zorich. Sid Ganis co-founded OUT OF THE BLUE ENTERTAINMENT with partner (and wife) Nancy Hult Ganis, in 1996 following a distinguished career as an executive at major studios including Sony Pictures, Lucasfilm, Warner Bros., Paramount, and Columbia Pictures. In crafting his revealing bio-documentary Olympia, Greek American filmmaker Harry Mavromichalis had unprecedented access to Olympia, her family, and the story of her life. In 1962 she married the actor Louis Zorich, and they were the artistic inspiration behind the Whole Theatre in Monclair, New Jersey (1973-1990), adapting plays for the company and directing dinner theatre there and at summer festivals elsewhere in the US. She was nominated for the Canadian Academy Award for The Event (2003) and in the middle of the first decade of the 21st century, her roles included 3 Needles, The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines, In the Land of Women, and Away From Her, the 2006 film which cast her alongside Gordon Pinsent as the spouses of two Alzheimer's patients. 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. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the pair met while auditioning for an off-Broadway play. In Dad (1989), as a woman laid up with a heart attack watching her husband (Jack Lemmon) enjoying a certain freedom, she is wickedly funny, putting a tincture of venom into almost every line. "After many months of failing health she is finally at peace and with her [husband] Louis [Zorich]." Dukakis was married to actor Louis Zorich from 1962 until his death in 2018. I had a chip on my shoulder so big it was like a tree, she mused. My ambition wasnt to win the Oscar, she said after her Moonstruck win. With a career spanning thirty years, and 45recorded albumin the United States, Europeand Greece,Alexia changed Greek record sales history with her series of gold and platinum albums for CBS-Columbia, Air Music, Polygram, Universal Music, BMG, and Sony Music Internationalin the genres of Pop, Jazz, Improvisation/ Experimental, Worldand Film Music. Olympia published her best-selling autobiography "Ask Me Again Tomorrow: A Life in Progress" in 2003, an introspective chronicle full of her trademark candor and wry humor. Sam has been working in Brooklyn for the last 10 years as an editor, assistant editor, and writer on many documentary feature films and television shows. Olympia Dukakis, the Oscar-winning actress best known for her roles in Moonstruck and Steel Magnolias, has died at the age of 89. Among her many roles were starring turns in "Steel Magnolias," "Mr. Holland's Opus," and "Look Who's Talking.". [17] She believed him after receiving the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She majored in physical therapy at Boston University, where she graduated with a BA. Both are master interpreters of Chekhovian plays -- one of their more recent acting collaborations was in "The Chekhov Cycle" in 2003.Making an inauspicious debut in a bit role as a mental patient in Lilith (1964), she tended to gravitate toward off-the-wall films with various offshoots of the ethnic mother. Since graduating from the New York Film Academy in 2011, she collaborated with numerous filmmakers in New York City for short films, web-series, documentary, and feature films. I never told my parents, but by the time I turned 11, I carried a knife with me everywhere I went. A Warner Bros. Discovery Company. Moonstruck is a 1987 American romantic comedy-drama film directed and co-produced by Norman Jewison, written by John Patrick Shanley, and starring Cher, Nicolas Cage, Danny Aiello, Olympia Dukakis, and Vincent Gardenia.The film follows Loretta Castorini, a widowed Italian-American woman who falls in love with her fianc's hot-tempered, estranged younger brother. As a girl, she dominated in sports and was a three-time New England fencing champion. A member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA, a true artist at heart, her love for performing on-screen ismatched by her passion for theatre work. Or the transgendered landlady of "Tales of the City," Anna Madrigal, the characters name an anagram for a man and a woman. This 1993 project came significantly before most actors were willing to take such roles. Olympia Dukakis, the dry-witted stage and screen actress who toiled under the radar for nearly 30 years before becoming a household name with her scene-stealing turn as the indomitable matriarch . [36], Dukakis' final performance is as a judge in the 2021 film Not to Forget. At the same time as she had picked up the Oscar for Moonstruck, her first cousin Michael Dukakis began his unsuccessful quest for the presidency against George HW Bush. In 2014 he was awarded the ARRI-CSC Bahnemann Award for his outstanding student cinematography. She has been successful placing clients in the media such as, THE TALK (CBS), Home & Family (Hallmark Channel), KTLA 5 Morning News, Good Day LA, Daily Variety, Los Angeles Times, OC Register, LA Weekly, LA Magazine, amongst others. [14][15] For the role, she won the 2000 Outer Critics Circle Awards for Outstanding Solo Performance. Has To Travel (2011), Woody Allen: A Documentary (2012), and most recently Jane Fonda in Five Acts (2018). Currently, she is a producer at Boipeba Filmes, led by the Academy Award-nominated director Carlos Saldanha. "After many months of failing health she is finally at peace and with her [husband] Louis [Zorich]" (viaLos Angeles Times). Dukakis was a longtime stage actress, but she broke into the Hollywood mainstream at the age of 56 when she portrayed Cher's mother in the 1987 classic romantic comedy "Moonstruck." [10] But her stage work began across the summer of 1961, in productions at the Williamstown Summer Theatre,[11] she continued to perform there every few years, with her last appearance on that stage occurring in 2003, where she played multiple roles in The Chekov Cycle. She was an Editor onthe pay-it-forward series Returning The Favor (Facebook) with Mike Rowe. Lily Tomlin - Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. Her family home was located in The Acre, the largely Greek section of town. You have been subscribed to WBUR Today. Her producing credit for documentary includes the feature "The Case of Josephine H." by the renowned Polish artist Izabella Gustowska which was released in the 2014 New Horizons International Film Festival and the short Suit Yourself showcased at 2012 My Hero Film Festival. She taught acting for 15 years at NYU[42] and gave master classes for professional theatre universities, colleges and companies across the country. Once out of that corner of New England and hitting the pavement of the Great White Way, it didn't take long for her to be recognized for her talent and skill. Olympia Dukakis, star of film and Broadway, is remembered after her death at 89 02:11. 2023 TV GUIDE, A FANDOM COMPANY. After many months of failing health she is finally at peace and with her Louis, her brother Apollo Dukakis posted on Facebook. As if by reflex, she clenched her hands into two fists and placed them on top of her thighs. She had agreed to be interviewed for a graduate school research project I was conducting on the evolution of feminism. Paul composed music for Liev Schreibers Everything Is, Illuminated. Honored in 2012 as one of Greek Americas 40 Under 40. [25], In 2008, Dukakis directed the world premiere production of Todd Logan's "Botanic Garden" at Victory Gardens Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. In a 1991 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Dukakis revealed that she enjoyed her new fame and the fans it earned her, and was particularly amused when they shouted her famous lines at her while she was out and about even when it was her "Moonstruck" quote, "Your life is going down the toilet. He has a degree in music and architecture and holds an MFA in filmmaking from NYU Tisch. All rights reserved. But then, that's really the fate of many women today. By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. [2], Olympia Dukakis (Greek: ) was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, on June 20, 1931, the daughter of Alexandra "Alec" (ne Christos) and Constantine "Costa" S. Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much Thank you! You can try. Should marriage be everyday drudgery or moonstruck craziness? I-I don't think I can take this! Your lifes going down the toilet!) into addled diva classics, but the reason the film won her the Oscar for supporting actress is that she cut right to the romantic paradox that Rose was the only one in the movie wise enough to see. She made her Broadway debut as an understudy in "The Aspern Papers" at age 30, followed by very short runs in the plays "Abraham Cochrane" (1964) and "Who's Who in Hell" (1974). No, no, I stammered, not of your face. She received three Emmy nominations for her editing work on the non-fiction series The Mind of a Chef (PBS, Netflix). 1972: Ruth Buzzi - Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. She is a proud board member of TheNationalSeptember 11th. And thats what she continued to do. I've always been ready to go first! Anthoulais thrilled to be an executive producer ofOlympia, a film, about herinspiringmentor. This work is among more than 40 other series, mini-series and guest starring roles she accumulated over her long career. (Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images) Olympia Dukakis, the Emmy- and Academy Award-winning actress hailed for her landmark portrayal of the transgender Anna Madrigal in Tales of the City, died on. "Olympia married Yugoslav-American actor Louis Zorich in 1962. "I never told my parents, but by the time I turned 11, I carried a knife with me everywhere I went.. Her surname is well-known to my fellow Bostonians. Movie (and TV) fans then discovered what East coast theater-going audiences had uncovered decades before -- Olympia Dukakis was an acting treasure. Gail Fisher - Mannix. kitchen in 1989. In Moonstruck, she turned lines like that (or the even more indelible Whats the matter with you? [31], In 2018, Dukakis starred in Eleftheromania, which follows an Auschwitz survivor as she recites a true story about a group from the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Ryan is based in New York City. Best known as a screen actress, she started her career in theater. "After many months of failing health she is finally at peace and with her [husband] Louis [Zorich].". Olympia won an Academy Award for her performance in Moonstruck, a role that also earned her a Golden Globe Award, American Comedy Award, and the Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. Olympia Dukakis in Moonstruck, 1987, in which she played Chers mother. She was seen again at Shakespeare & Co. in the summer of 2013 as the title role in "Mother Courage and Her Children. Her producing, credit for documentary includes the feature "The Case of Josephine H." by the renowned, Polish artist Izabella Gustowska which was released in the 2014 New Horizons International. A native Brazilian,Murielhas established her career in New York City working with a. wide array of projects that range from indie documentaries to studio animated feature films. Her theatrical credits read like the canon of classic and modern plays: she had roles in plays by Euripides, Sophocles, Shakespeare, Chekhov, Ibsen, Lorca, Pirandello, Brecht, Eugene ONeill and Tennessee Williams, on and off Broadway, as well as in various regional theatres across the country. Commercial clients have included McDonalds, Bombas, Skagen, American Express, and Storyhunter. Birth Place:Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. This gritty formermill town served as the backdrop for the first nine years of Dukakis life. Paul Cantelon is an American composer of film scores and contemporary classical music. Currently, she is a producer at Boipeba Filmes, led by the Academy Award-nominated director Carlos Saldanha. Michael Dukakis began his unsuccessful quest for the presidency. Her Best Supporting Actress Oscar statuette was stolen from her home In this June 26, 2011 file photo, Actress Olympia Dukakis, a celebrity Grand Marshall for the 41st annual Gay Pride parade, waves to the crowd in San Francisco. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. In 1963, Dukakis' early life Off-Broadway was rewarded with an Obie Award for Distinguished Performance, as Widow Leocadia Begbick in Man Equals Man (a.k.a., A Man's A Man). She scored theater triumphs in "A Man's a Man," for which she won an Off-Broadway Obie Award in 1962; several productions of "The Cherry Orchard" and "Mother Courage"; "Six Characters in Search of an Author"; "The Rose Tattoo"; "The Seagull"; "The Marriage of Bette and Boo" (another Obie Award); and, more notably, her many performances as the title role in "Hecuba." Dukakis introduced her cousin at the 1988 Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, and also served as a delegate-at-large. She was 89. [33][34], In 2018, Olympia, an American documentary film about her life and career, had its festival premiere at DOC NYC. I always thought people's hands were the best barometer of the kind of life they had led. Her shoulders relaxed and she motioned for me to come alongside her. in a career that spanned more than six decades, actor olympia dukakis appeared in classic stage plays like ibsen's peer gynt, sophocles' electra, and eugene o'neill's long day's journey into night, but it was her performance as cher's sardonic mother, rose castorini, in the 1987 romantic comedy moonstruck that brought her fameand an academy Olympia Dukakis sneaks a cigarette in a rare moment alone in her apartment during the play "Vigil" at . The Academy Award win for Best Supporting Actress was the last of a stream of awards she earned for that part, including the Los Angeles Film Critics, Golden Globe and American Comedy awards.From then on, silver-haired Olympia was frequently first in line for a number of cream-of-the-crop matron roles: Steel Magnolias (1989), Dad (1989), Look Who's Talking (1989), The Cemetery Club (1993), Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) and Mother (1995).On TV, she received high praise for her work especially for her sympathetic trans-gendered landlady Anna Madrigal in the acclaimed miniseries Tales of the City (1993) and its sequels More Tales of the City (1998) (Emmy Nominee) and Further Tales of the City (2001). Not so for Dukakis. As a producer, Mr. Ganis found box office success withBig Daddy,Deuce Bigalow,Mr. Born in South Korea, she has worked as a director, producer, and editor for broadcast networks 'KBS', 'SBS', and 'M-net' since 2005. 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