Job Actress, Member of the Hellenic Parliament, Minister for Culture of Greece
Top Roles Phaedra, Donna Lucrezia, Elizabeth Lipp, Katerina / Mary Magdalene, Foreign lady
Top GenresDrama, Comedy, Romance, Film Adaptation, Adventure, War
Top TopicsBook-Based, Heist, Romance (Drama)
Top Collaborators (Director), , , (Producer)
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Melina Mercouri Overview:

Actress, Melina Mercouri, was born Maria Amalia Mercouri on Oct 18, 1920 in Athens, Greece. Mercouri died at the age of 73 on Mar 6, 1994 in New York City, NY and was laid to rest in First Cemetery in Athens, Greece.

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Although Mercouri was nominated for one Oscar, she never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1960Best ActressNever on Sunday (1960)IlyaNominated
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Melina Mercouri Quotes:

Elizabeth Lipp: And where do we find these lily-white innocents?


Alexis: Phaedra... please, help me... let me go.
Phaedra: I can't.


Elizabeth Lipp: I'm beginning to wonder if anything is real.


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Melina Mercouri Facts
Melina met Jules Dassin in Cannes during the screening of her first film Stella (1955).

Melina's and Jules Dassin's film Topkapi (1964) was the inspiration for the TV series Mission: Impossible (1996), which was produced by the production company Desilu owned by Lucille Ball, and it was even mentioned in the film Mission: Impossible (1996) starring Tom Cruise.

She was the step-mother of the famous French singer Joseph Dassin.

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