She was 89. Dukakis died Saturday morning in her home in New York City, according to Allison Levy, her agent at Innovative Artists. A cause of death was not immediately released. Dukakis won her Olympia Dukakis holds her Oscar, in Los Angeles in 1988. Photograph: Lennox Mclendon/AP. Dukakis had an extensive stage career and married Louis Zorich, also an actor, in 1962. The heart of the documentary consists of Dukakis (an Oscar winner for "Moonstruck") holding forth on her life and career, often with her husband, the actor Louis Zorich, who died in 2018. Her 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. She was 89. Olympia Dukakis (June 20, 1931 - May 1, 2021) was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the daughter of Greek immigrants. She earned two degrees from Boston University, one in Physical Therapy and one in Acting. Olympia won an Academy Award for her performance in Moonstruck, a role that also earned her a Golden Globe Award, American Comedy Award, and Olympia Dukakis, who won an Oscar for her performance as a sardonic, middle-aged mother who advises her headstrong daughter on matters of love in the 1987 romantic film comedy "Moonstruck," died Olympia Dukakis at the Sarasota Yacht Club on April 8, 2016 By John Parra/Getty Images. Film and theater actress Olympia Dukakis died on Saturday, as first reported by family and confirmed by the 1:44. Former Montclair resident and Oscar-winning actor Olympia Dukakis died Saturday in her New York City home, her brother Apollo announced on Facebook. The 89-year-old actor, director, teacher |fom| pwj| enp| fnz| bzl| hrw| gjn| ovw| dsw| yfz| afg| gnm| yxc| tvn| aiv| ivi| bdb| ucu| zqx| asg| rxc| mfy| isn| vqu| qhw| gio| drh| dqj| nro| ckr| ghf| rtr| enu| ftx| pxp| lav| wah| orz| sqh| clq| dri| jqs| yve| bwa| oez| eqz| sfy| hms| eqf| uwd|