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person_profile-Melina Mercouri

Melina Mercouri Died at age: 73

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Melina Mercouri

Date of Birth:

Oct 18, 1920

Country of birth:

Greece

Died:

Mar 06, 1994

Biography of

Melina Mercouri

    Melina Mercouri (Greek: Μελίνα Μερκούρη), born as Maria Amalia Mercouri (October 18, 1920, Athens, Greece – March 6, 1994, New York City, New York) was a Greek actress, singer and politician.

    As an actress she made her film debut in Stella (1955) and met international success with her performances in Never on Sunday, Phaedra, Topkapi and Promise at Dawn. She won the award for Best Actress at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival, and she was also nominated for an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and two BAFTA Awards.

    A political activist during the Greek military junta of 1967–1974, she became a member of the Hellenic Parliament in 1977 and the first female Minister for Culture of Greece in 1981. Mercouri was the person who, in 1983, conceived and proposed the programme of the European Capital of Culture, which has been established by the European Union since 1985.

    She was a strong advocate for the return of the Parthenon Marbles, which were removed from the Parthenon and are now displayed in the British Museum, to Athens.

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Filmography of

Melina Mercouri

Found 22 Movies in total

... 2020

A Dream of Passion

Maya / Medea ( Actor )

... 1978

Nasty Habits

Sister Gertrude ( Actor )

... 1977

Once Is Not Enough

Karla ( Actor )

... 1975

... 1975

... 1974

Promise at Dawn

Nina Kacewa ( Actor )

... 1970

Gaily, Gaily

Lil ( Actor )

... 1969

10:30 P.M. Summer

Maria ( Actor )

... 1966

A Man Could Get Killed

Aurora / Celeste da Costa ( Actor )

... 1966

The Uninhibited

Jenny ( Actor )

... 1965

Topkapi

Elizabeth Lipp ( Actor )

... 1964

The Victors

Magda ( Actor )

... 1963

38-24-36

Self ( Actor )

... 1963

Phaedra

Phaedra Kyrilis ( Actor )

... 1962

The Last Judgment

Foreign lady ( Actor )

... 1961

Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!

Marie de Médicis ( Actor )

... 1961

Never on Sunday

Ilya ( Actor )

... 1960

The Law

Donna Lucrezia ( Actor )

... 1959

... 1958

He Who Must Die

Katerina ( Actor )

... 1957

Stella

Stella ( Actor )

... 1955