She and her late husband shared three children - Christina, Peter, and Stefan. I have a willingness to engage that is rooted in being Greek, a willingness to take on a fight. Voiced with her signature gravelly timbre, Olympia told her truth, loudly and often. Her adaptability to various ethnicities (Greek, Italian, Jewish, Eastern European, etc. I-I don't think I can take this! 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. In 1999, she premiered a one-woman play "Rose," at the National Theatre in London and subsequently on Broadway in 2000. 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 brother, Apollo, confirmed the news in a Facebook post. She also played the role of Anna Madrigal in the Tales of the City television mini-series, which garnered her an Emmy Award nomination, and appeared on Search for Tomorrow as Dr. Barbara Moreno (1983), who romanced Stu Bergman. He is a writer, director, producer with multiple short films, music videos and commercials under his belt. Across that span, productions included the works of Euripides, Eugene O'Neill, Samuel Beckett, Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, and Lanford Wilson. What was Olympia Dukakiss cause of death? Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, Olympia was the daughter of Constantine Dukakis and Alexandra (nee Christos), both Greek immigrants. The actress referred to her 1988 win as the year of the Dukakii because it was also the year Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, her cousin, was the Democratic Partys presidential nominee. Currently, she is a producer at Boipeba Filmes, led by the Academy Award-nominated director Carlos Saldanha. In one scene, she remains hostile until, alone in the hallway, she shrieks: Get that woman out of my house.. 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. 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. I never told my parents, but by the time I turned 11, I carried a knife with me everywhere I went. Variety is a part of Penske Media Corporation. "I love this chaotic, contradictory, loving mess that has been my life.". 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In addition to decades in the theater and an award-winning film career, Dukakis also taught drama classes at New York University. The Heartbreaking Death Of Olympia Dukakis. Her brother, Apollo, confirmed the news in a Facebook post. Gail Fisher - Mannix. She also adapted such plays as "Mother Courage" and The Trojan Women for her Montclair, New Jersey situated theater company. [18] The role of a no-nonsense matriarch, Rose Castorini, plays off Cher's Best Actress Award-winning role as daughter Loretta. Paul composed music for Liev Schreibers Everything Is, Illuminated. She earned two degrees from Boston University, one in Physical Therapy and one in Acting. Commercial clients have included McDonalds, Bombas, Skagen, American Express, and Storyhunter. Movie (and TV) fans then discovered what East coast theater-going audiences had uncovered decades before -- Olympia Dukakis was an acting treasure. Karen Valentine - Room 222. I wanna hit it hard! Olympia Dukakis, who died on May 1 at 89, had a face like no one elses. Dukakis again appeared in the miniseries, which was her last television role. This gritty formermill town served as the backdrop for the first nine years of Dukakis life. 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. Later roles included Clairee Belcher in the 1989 film Steel Magnolias, in which she encourages a grieving MLynn Eatenton, portrayed by Sally Field, to slap Shirley MacLaines character, saying, Knock her lights out, MLynn!. With Dukakis serving as artistic director, the theater rolled out five productions per season for almost two decades. In role after role, she spoke mom: imperious, testy, kind, haughty and, in the end, always looking out for you. As if by reflex, she clenched her hands into two fists and placed them on top of her thighs. Birth Place:Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. 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). 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. 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. [3] Her parents were Greek immigrants; her father a refugee from Anatolia and her mother from the Peloponnese. She played mom to such leads as Dustin Hoffman in John and Mary (1969), Joseph Bologna in the cult comedy Made for Each Other (1971) and Ray Sharkey in The Idolmaker (1980). In 2014 he was awarded the ARRI-CSC Bahnemann Award for his outstanding student cinematography. Steam as well as, Mr Comas latest feature film American Falls, currently in post-production. I'm supposed to go first. [38] Planning for a family, they moved out of the city in 1970 to settle in Montclair, New Jersey. The course of her career suggests that her ambitions never lay in the direction of Hollywood. Within a few steps, I found myself in her kitchen. No, no, I stammered, not of your face. [44] A strong advocate for women's rights and LGBT rights, including same-sex marriage, Dukakis embraced the roles of a trans landlady in Tales of the City,[34] and a butch lesbian in Cloudburst. The news of the Oscar winner's passing was shared by her brother, Apollo Dukakis, on Facebook.. "My beloved sister . Amanda Blake - Gunsmoke. In Made for Each Other (1971), a romantic comedy in which an Italian-American man (Joseph Bologna) and a Jewish woman (Renee Taylor) fall in love, Dukakis is the formers mama opposed to her sons relationship. Olympia herself was a delegate from New Jersey at the 1988 Democratic national convention. She appeared in more than 60 feature and short films, including Steel Magnolias, Cloudburst, Dad, Mr. Hollands Opus, Working Girl, Look Whos Talking I, II & III, Mighty Aphrodite, Jeffrey, Away From Her, among many others. "After many months of failing health she is finally at peace and. kitchen in 1989. 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. [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 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 . Olympia Dukakis (June 20, 1931 - May 1, 2021) was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the daughter of Greek immigrants. As Rose says to her unfaithful husband, Cosmo (Vincent Gardenia), in Moonstruck, Your life is not built on nothing. Throughout her rise to fame, the actress appeared in more than 130 off-Broadway productions, as well as Broadway plays including The Aspern Papers, Abraham Cochrane, and her one-woman play Rose, according to IMDB. He bought her a 99 cent ring, and they remained married until his death in 2018. 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. CBS News . 2023 Variety Media, LLC. Twenty-two years after earning her first Obie, she won her second in 1985, a Ensemble Performance Award, for playing Soot Hudlocke in The Marriage of Bette and Boo. as Joe Cocker, The Kinks, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, George Clinton, Rickie Lee Jones, King Crimson and Ry Cooder. Andrew Fords recent feature length producing and editing credits include 'The Seventh Fire' (Berlin International Film Festival), 'Down the Shore (Anchor Bay, Starz, starring James Gandolfini and Famke Janssen), 'Killing Kasztner' (Toronto International Film Festival), 'A Walk to Beautiful' (Emmy winner, IDA best documentary feature winner, 5 audience awards), released theatrically and broadcast on Nova, and 'Until the Light Takes Us' (Golden Athena award winner for Best Documentary), focusing on Norwegian black metal music and enjoyed a worldwide theatrical release. My ambition wasnt to win the Oscar, she said after her Moonstruck win. In 2000, Dukakis appeared in London at the National Theatre in Rose, a monologue written for her by Martin Sherman. Most recently alongsideOlympia,Sam editedParkland Risinganaward-winning documentary feature film about the Stoneman Douglas shootings which has been touring the festival circuit around the country. By 1963, she had begun her career on screen. As I got up from the table, I asked her one final question. This work is among more than 40 other series, mini-series and guest starring roles she accumulated over her long career. Olympia Dukakis, the veteran stage and screen actor whose flair for maternal roles helped her win an Oscar as Cher's mother in the romantic comedy Moonstruck, has died. Fords television credits include the Emmy-nominated 'Frontier House' series for PBS, and the ground-breaking documentary series,'Family Bonds', for HBO. But then, that's really the fate of many women today. [33][34], In 2018, Olympia, an American documentary film about her life and career, had its festival premiere at DOC NYC. Not so for Dukakis. You can try. Shirley MacLaine, left, with Olympia Dukakis in Steel Magnolias, 1989. He went on to score such films as the award-winning Diving Bell And The. Dukakis died at her home with her daughter Christina Zorich by her side, the family said in a statement. Walter Mitty (2013) and 20th Century Fox in the films Epic (2013), Rio 2 (2014) and Ferdinand (2017). But what, exactly, is that? 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). Sally Struthers - All in the Family. The family has not disclosed an official cause of death. 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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). Deeds, and the critically acclaimedAkeelah and the Bee, which he co-produced with his wife Nancy Hult Ganis. 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. She taught acting at NYU and gave master classes for professional theatre companies, colleges, and universities across the country. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. Starred in the Barra Grant play A Mother, A Daughter and A Gun, first at the Helen Hayes Theatre in Nyack, New York, and the off-Broadway at the Dodger Stages, New York, New York. The Oscar-winning actress Olympia Dukakis has died at the age of 89, according to the Hollywood Reporter. 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. Pamela is also an Associate Producer for "Olympia", a feature documentary about the poetic life of Academy Award winning actress, Olympia Dukakis. 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. Olympia Dukakis, star of film and Broadway, is remembered after her death at 89 02:11. 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. Her first experience as a theatre producer was for Opa! Stella, the butch lesbian of 2011s "Cloudburst," noted as much for its off-color script as for its tender love story. She was 89 years old. [5] She contended with pressures within her patriarchal Greek family and around her, "in a neighborhood where ethnic discrimination, particularly against Greeks, was routine. Laura Linney, left, and Olympia Dukakis in More Tales of the City, 1998. 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 . I was so excited I could scarcely breathe. Louis died in 2018, and she is survived by their three children, Christina, Stefan and Peter, four grandchildren and her brother, Apollo. Dukakis is survived by her three children,Christina, Peter and Stefan. Anthoula Katsimatides is an actor, writer, producer, and voice-over artist. Movie (and TV) fans then discovered what East coast theater-going audiences had uncovered decades before -- Olympia Dukakis was an acting treasure. Bush. Should men act responsibly or were they put on Earth to be wolves? Film Festival and the short Suit Yourself showcased at 2012 My Hero Film Festival. Dukakis. She was 89. MAPLEWOOD, N.J. (AP) 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. Olympia Dukakis Birth Place: Lowell, Massachusetts, United States Profession Actor Actor 95 Credits Forgive Me 2021 Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City 2019 Sex & Violence 2017 Sex and Violence. 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). After many months of failing health she is finally at peace and with her Louis, her brother Apollo Dukakis posted on Facebook. "[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. Olympia Dukakis, a character actress best known for her Oscar-winning supporting turn in Norman Jewison's " Moonstruck " and for her role as the wealthy widow in " Steel Magnolias ," has died.. Olympia Dukakis (June 20, 1931 - May 1, 2021) was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the daughter of Greek immigrants. In the early 90s, Paul formed the eclectic band, Wild Colonials, with the singer, Angela McCluskey, recording two albums for Geffen Records and performing with such artists as Joe Cocker, The Kinks, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, George Clinton, Rickie Lee Jones, King Crimson and Ry Cooder. [9], Prior to her film career, Dukakis began a decades-long stage life working in 1961 in productions at the Williamstown Summer Theater, in the northwestern corner of Massachusetts. I had a chip on my shoulder so big it was like a tree, she mused. After years of regularly working in TV and theater, her "Moonstruck" success led to more big roles. You have been subscribed to WBUR Today. [45] She was a figure on the lecture circuit discussing topics such as women living with chronic illness, life in the theater, the environment, and feminism. 2. 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. Born in South Korea, she has worked as a director, producer, and editor for broadcast networks 'KBS', 'SBS', and 'M-net' since 2005. When you love em, they drive you crazy. Olympia Dukakis, the Oscar-winning actress best known for her roles in Moonstruck and Steel Magnolias, has died at the age of 89. [41] She received the National Arts Club Medal of Honor. As actress, director, producer and teacher, she still found the time to raise their three young children. I was competitive and rebellious, something my mother was ill-equipped to handle., From there, the familywould move to Somerville, living amongst the French, Irish and Armenian working class. Her character was the mother of Loretta Castorini, who was played by Cher, the Best Actress winner that year. [28], In 2011, Dukakis guest-starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. [41] Her life off the screen and stage was very active. Originally intending to become a physical therapist, Dukakis turned to acting with work on and off-Broadway in productions such as "The Aspern Papers". 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. Her cousin Michael was our governor for a time, as well as the 1988 Democratic presidential nominee. [8] She later returned to BU and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in performing arts. At the 1988 Academy Awards, Dukakis won best supporting actress while Cher took home the best actress award for their performances in the film. See what he found. Olympia Dukakis attends the premiere of "Tales Of The City" at The Metrograph in New York City on June 3, 2019. Dukakis introduced her cousin at the 1988 Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, and also served as a delegate-at-large. Long a vital, respected thespian of the classic and contemporary stage, this grand lady did not become a household name and sought-after film actress until age 56 when she turned in a glorious, Oscar-winning performance as Cher's sardonic mother in the romantic comedy Moonstruck (1987). It's not even the language! Returning to Western Massachusetts in 2013 for her last stage performance, she played Mother Courage in Mother Courage and Her Children at Shakespeare & Company, in Lenox, Massachusetts. A dented screen door hung precariously from the hinges of the cottages doorframe. Susan Dey - The Partridge Family. Olympia Dukakis's brother Apollo confirmed her death in a Facebook post, noting that the actress had been dealing with health issues. In Moonstruck, she turned lines like that (or the even more indelible Whats the matter with you? "My ambition wasn't to win the Oscar," the veteran stage and screen actor said. Oscar-winning actress Olympia Dukakis passed away on Saturday, May 1 at the age of 89 in New York City. A native of Massachusetts and the daughter of Greek immigrants, Dukakis was the first cousin of former state Gov. [32] The following year, Dukakis reprised the role of Anna Madrigal, which she had first played in 1993, in a Netflix update of Armistead Maupin's Tales of The City. 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. In the post-production realm, she workedwith Company 3 in films such as The Secret Life of. 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. Anthoulais thrilled to be an executive producer ofOlympia, a film, about herinspiringmentor. Memorial and Museum, and founded the Johnny and Mikey Katsimatides Foundation for Lifein memory of her two brothers. In Moonstruck, that delirious 1987 fairy tale of loopy passion, opera and dowdy depressives who learn how to bloom, Dukakis, as Rose the steel-lasagna wife and mother, attempts to counsel her daughter, the widowed Loretta (Cher), to do the right thing. They had four grandchildren. Soon enough, I found myself in front of a small bungalow in a nondescript part ofWest Hollywood. Best known as a screen actress, she started her career in theater. As afternoon arrived, I asked two favors of the legendary actress. 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 performed in more than 130 stage productions, more than 60 films and in 50 television series. Paul Cantelon is an American composer of film scores and contemporary classical music. 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Before we talked about her lifeunder Hollywood's glare, we talked about her life under the street lamps of Lowell. 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. The burglar left only her nameplate. Because of this part and several other gay-friendly ones, Dukakis became a hero of the LGBTQ+ movement. Her Best Supporting Actress Oscar statuette was stolen from her home Long a vital, respected thespian of the classic and contemporary stage, this grand lady did not become a household name and sought-after film actress until age 56 when she turned in a glorious, Oscar-winning performance as, Tales of the City: 20th Anniversary Collection. Her first feature film 'The Motion of The Sun' has been screened at the Long Island Film Festival and Miami Independent Film Festival. Anne Gardner Twitter Cognoscenti contributorAnneGardneris an Episcopal minister and author of "And So I Walked: Reflections on Chance, Choice, and the Camino de Santiago. (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. A Warner Bros. Her Broadway theatre credits include Who's Who in Hell and Social Security. 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. [20][21] In another genre entirely, she provided the voice of Grandpa's love interest for The Simpsons episode "The Old Man and the Key" (2002). Music for Liev Schreibers Everything is, Illuminated composed music for Liev Everything. A BA in Physical Therapy and one in Physical Therapy at Boston University one... 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