Birthname: Maria Amalia Mercouri
Sign | Libra |
Born | Oct 18, 1920 Athens, Greece |
Died | Mar 6, 1994 New York City, NY |
Age | Died at 73 |
Final Resting PlaceFirst Cemetery |
Melina Mercouri | |
Job | Actress, Member of the Hellenic Parliament, Minister for Culture of Greece |
Top Roles | Donna Lucrezia, Elizabeth Lipp, Phaedra, Foreign lady, Lil |
Top Genres | Drama, Comedy, Romance, Film Adaptation, Adventure, War |
Top Topics | Book-Based, Heist, Romance (Drama) |
Top Collaborators | Jules Dassin (Director), Vittorio de Sica, George Hamilton, Carl Foreman (Producer) |
Shares birthday with | Miriam Hopkins, Lotte Lenya, Evelyn Venable see more.. |
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:
.Although Mercouri was nominated for one Oscar, she never won a competitive Academy Award.
Academy Awards
Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
1960 | Best Actress | Never on Sunday (1960) | Ilya | Nominated |
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Melina Mercouri Quotes:
Elizabeth Lipp:
I'm beginning to wonder if anything is real.
Elizabeth Lipp: There's a secret stairway in the Kremlin - the Romanov jewels...
[first lines]
Elizabeth Lipp: It can be done! That's the way it can be done! Aaah... oh, excuse me; I've just had a great idea - something I've been looking for a long time... a very long time.
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Elizabeth Lipp: There's a secret stairway in the Kremlin - the Romanov jewels...
[first lines]
Elizabeth Lipp: It can be done! That's the way it can be done! Aaah... oh, excuse me; I've just had a great idea - something I've been looking for a long time... a very long time.
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