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:

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


Elizabeth Lipp: There's a secret stairway in the Kremlin - the Romanov jewels...


Phaedra: Don't come to Greece.


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Melina Mercouri Facts
Melina was the stepmother of three children, all by Jules Dassin. The names of the children are Julie Dassin, Richelle and Joseph Dassin, who was a famous French singer, but died very young.

Ran for mayor of Athens in 1990, but was defeated.

Melina's greatest dream as a politician was the return of the marbles of the Parthenon, known as the Elgin marbles, back in Greece. Now they are in the British Museum.

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