Melina Mercouri

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1920-10-18

Deathday 1994-03-06 (73 years old)

Place of Birth Athens, Greece

Also Known As Maria Amalia Mercouri, Μαρία Αμαλία Μερκούρη, Μελίνα Μερκούρη, Maria Amalia Merkuri

Melina Mercouri

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melina Mercouri, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

2017
Melina's fight for the Parthenon sculptures

as Herself (Archive Footage)

1978
A Dream of Passion

as Maya / Medea

1977
Nasty Habits

as Sister Gertrude

1975
1974
1971
1971
Samedi soir

as Self

1970
Promise at Dawn

as Nina Kacewa

1969
1969
1968
1966
1966
A Man Could Get Killed

as Aurora / Celeste da Costa

1965
1965
Dim Dam Dom

as Self

1964
Topkapi

as Elizabeth Lipp

1964
1963
The Victors

as Magda

1963
38-24-36

as Self

1962
Phaedra

as Phaedra Kyrilis

1961
The Last Judgment

as Foreign lady

1961
1960
1959
The Law

as Donna Lucrezia

1959
Discorama

as Self

1957
He Who Must Die

as Katerina

1956
1955
Stella

as Stella

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

Writer

2002
Lilly's Story

as Writer

Producer

1974
The Rehearsal

as Producer