Melina Mercouri
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.
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Acting
Movie
Topkapi
as Elizabeth Lipp
1964
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
Movie
Never on Sunday
as Ilya
1960
Movie
Phaedra
as Phaedra Kyrilis
1962
Movie
The Last Judgment
as Foreign lady
1961
Movie
Stella
as Stella
1955
Movie
10:30 P.M. Summer
as Maria
1966
TV
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Movie
The Victors
as Magda
1963
Movie
The Law
as Donna Lucrezia
1959
Movie
Once Is Not Enough
as Karla
1975
Movie
He Who Must Die
as Katerina
1957
Movie
Promise at Dawn
as Nina Kacewa
1970
TV
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
Movie
Gaily, Gaily
as Lil
1969
Movie
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
as Belle
1958
Movie
The Uninhibited
as Jenny
1965
Movie
Nasty Habits
as Sister Gertrude
1977
Movie
A Man Could Get Killed
as Aurora / Celeste da Costa
1966
Movie
A Dream of Passion
as Maya / Medea
1978
Movie
The Rehearsal
as Self
1974
Movie
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
as Marie de Médicis
1961
Movie
Songs of Fire
as Self
1975
TV
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
1972
