Melina Mercouri
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 18, 1920
- Died
- March 6, 1994 (aged 73)
- Birthplace
- Athens, Greece
Biography
Maria Amalia "Melina" Mercouri (Greek: Μαρία Αμαλία "Μελίνα" Μερκούρη, 18 October 1920 – 6 March 1994) was a Greek actress, singer, activist, and politician. She came from a prominent political family for multiple generations. She received an Academy Award nomination and won a French Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award for her performance in the film Never on Sunday (1960) and an Italian David di Donatello for Topkapi. Mercouri was also nominated for one Tony Award, three Golden Globes, and two BAFTA Awards in her acting career. In 1987 she was awarded a special prize in the first edition of the Europe Theatre Prize. Mercouri was a member of the Hellenic Parliament, elected as a representative of PASOK. In October 1981, she became the first female Minister of Culture and Sports. She has the longest tenure of any of Greece's Ministers of Culture, having served from 1981 to 1989, and then from 1993 until her death in 1994, during PASOK governments. Mercouri's political activism included her long campaign for the return of the Parthenon Marbles. One of her greatest achievements was the establishment of the European Capitals of Culture, with Athens chosen as the first capital in 1985. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melina Mercouri, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Filmography
la loi
Movie · as Lucrezia
The Marbles
Movie · as Self - Photo Only (archive footage)
Melina Stop Frame - In Search of Modern Greekness
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Melina's fight for the Parthenon sculptures
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Kronen Könner Kavaliere
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Dream of Passion
Movie · as Maya / Medea
Nasty Habits
Movie · as Sister Gertrude
Once Is Not Enough
Movie · as Karla
Songs of Fire
Movie · as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Rehearsal
Movie · as Self
Le Grand Échiquier
TV · as Self · 3 eps
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Samedi soir
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Promise at Dawn
Movie · as Nina Kacewa
Gaily, Gaily
Movie · as Lil
Wünsch dir was
TV · as Self · 1 ep
À bout portant
TV · as Self · 1 ep
10:30 P.M. Summer
Movie · as Maria
A Man Could Get Killed
Movie · as Aurora / Celeste da Costa
The Uninhibited
Movie · as Jenny
Dim Dam Dom
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Topkapi
Movie · as Elizabeth Lipp
Die Drehscheibe
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Victors
Movie · as Magda
38-24-36
Movie · as Self
Phaedra
Movie · as Phaedra Kyrilis
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Last Judgment
Movie · as Foreign lady
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
Movie · as Marie de Médicis
Never on Sunday
Movie · as Ilya
The Law
Movie · as Donna Lucrezia
Discorama
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
Movie · as Belle
He Who Must Die
Movie · as Katerina
Cinépanorama
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Stella
Movie · as Stella
What's My Line?
TV · as Self - Mystery Guest · 2 eps