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Melina Mercouri
Athens, Greece
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 promi…
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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.
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2025
The Marbles
Movie Self - Photo Only (archive footage)
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2020
Melina Stop Frame - In Search of Modern Greekness
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2017
Melina's fight for the Parthenon sculptures
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2002
Lilly's Story
Movie Writer
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1984
Kronen Könner Kavaliere
TV show Self
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1978
A Dream of Passion
Movie Maya / Medea
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1977
Nasty Habits
Movie Sister Gertrude
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1975
Once Is Not Enough
Movie Karla
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1975
Songs of Fire
Movie Self
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1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV show Self
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1974
The Rehearsal
Movie Self
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1972
Le Grand Échiquier
TV show Self
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1971
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV show Self
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1971
Samedi soir
TV show Self
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1970
Promise at Dawn
Movie Nina Kacewa
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1969
Wünsch dir was
TV show Self
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1969
Gaily, Gaily
Movie Lil
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1968
À bout portant
TV show Self
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1966
10:30 P.M. Summer
Movie Maria
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1966
A Man Could Get Killed
Movie Aurora / Celeste da Costa
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1965
The Uninhibited
Movie Jenny
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1965
Dim Dam Dom
TV show Self
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1964
Topkapi
Movie Elizabeth Lipp
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1964
Die Drehscheibe
TV show Self
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1963
The Victors
Movie Magda
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1963
38-24-36
Movie Self
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1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV show Self
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1962
The Merv Griffin Show
TV show Self
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1962
Phaedra
Movie Phaedra Kyrilis
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1961
The Last Judgment
Movie Foreign lady
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1961
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
Movie Marie de Médicis
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1960
Never on Sunday
Movie Ilya
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1959
Discorama
TV show Self
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1959
The Law
Movie Donna Lucrezia
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1958
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
Movie Belle
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1957
He Who Must Die
Movie Katerina
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1956
Cinépanorama
TV show Self
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1955
Stella
Movie Stella
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1950
What's My Line?
TV show Self - Mystery Guest
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la loi
Movie Lucrezia
