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Melina Mercouri

Acting · Born October 18, 1920 · 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 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.

Movies with Melina Mercouri

• He Who Must Die (1957) — Katerina
• A Man Could Get Killed (1966) — Aurora / Celeste da Costa
• Once Is Not Enough (1975) — Karla
• Topkapi (1964) — Elizabeth Lipp
• The Victors (1963) — Magda
• 10:30 P.M. Summer (1966) — Maria
• Never on Sunday (1960) — Ilya
• Nasty Habits (1977) — Sister Gertrude
• Phaedra (1962) — Phaedra Kyrilis
• The Marbles (2025) — Self - Photo Only (archive footage)
• The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958) — Belle
• Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love! (1961) — Marie de Médicis