Melina Mercouri (1920–1994)

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Melina Mercouri was born in Athens, Greece on October 18, 1920. An early woman activist, she was elected to the Greek Parliament in 1977. Later Miss Mercouri was to become the first woman to hold a Senior cabinet post "Minister of Culture" in the Greek government. In 1971 she wrote her autobiography titled "I Was Born Greek." Melina wed actor ... See full bio »

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Known For

Never on Sunday
Never on Sunday Ilya
(1960)
Topkapi
Topkapi Elizabeth Lipp
(1964)
Phaedra
Phaedra Phaedra
(1962)
Promise at Dawn
Promise at Dawn Nina Kacewa
(1970)
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 1984 All the World's a Stage (TV Mini Series)
Extracts: The Oresteia
- Enter Dionysus (1984) ... Extracts: The Oresteia
 1981 Gynaikes stin exoria (Short)
Narrator (voice)
 1978 A Dream of Passion
Maya / Medea
 1977 Nasty Habits
Gertrude
 1975 Once Is Not Enough
Karla
 1970 Promise at Dawn
Nina Kacewa
 1969 Gaily, Gaily
Lil
 1966 10:30 P.M. Summer
Maria
 1966 A Man Could Get Killed
Aurora / Celeste da Costa
 1965 The Uninhibited
Jenny
 1964 Topkapi
Elizabeth Lipp
 1963 The Victors
Magda
 1962 Phaedra
Phaedra
 1961 The Last Judgment
Foreign lady
 1961 Vive Henri IV... vive l'amour!
Marie de Médicis
 1960 Never on Sunday
Ilya
 1959 The Law
Donna Lucrezia
 1957 He Who Must Die
Katerina / Mary Magdalene
 1955 Stella
Stella
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage: Appeared (as "Blanche Du Bois") in Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire". Art Theatre, Epidaurus, Greece. Directed by Karolos Koun. See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Print Biographies | 1 Interview | 1 Article | 8 Pictorials | 1 Magazine Cover Photo | See more »

Height:

5' 6½" (1.69 m)

Spouse:

Jules Dassin  (her death) | See more »
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Personal Quote:

"I was born Greek and I would die Greek. Mr. Pattakos was born a dictator and he will die as a dictator." Her reply to the fact that the Military dictatorship in Greece (1967-1974) in Greece had proclaimed that she was no longer a Greek citizen.

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Melina's father was a member of Parliament from the age of 22, and her Grandfather was Mayor of Athens See more »

Nickname:

The last Greek Goddess

Star Sign:

Libra
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