Olympia Dukakis is best known for the film “Moonstruck” for which she won an Oscar. The picture from 2019. Foto: Dave Kotinsky / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA
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The “Moonstruck” actor died at the age of 89.
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It reports Variety Saturday night.
Olympia Dukakis is best known for her Oscar-winning supporting role in the film “Moonstruck” and for her role as the wealthy widow in “Steel Magnolias”.
She died at the age of 89.
Her brother, Apollo Dukakis, confirmed the death in a Facebook post.
“My beloved sister, Olympia Dukakis, passed away this morning in New York City. After several months of poor health, she is finally at peace and with her Louis “, he wrote.
Her husband, Louis, died in 2018, according to TMZ.
Dukakis was 56 years old when she won the coveted Oscar statute for best supporting actress in the film “Moonstruck” from 1987 – a film that also ran away with the victory for best film and best screenplay during the Oscars.
Dukakis was also known for her roles in films such as “Away from Her” (2006) and “Steel Magnolia” (1989).
She was nominated for an Oscar three times. First for the movie “Lucky Day” from 1991, second time for “Armistead Maupin’s More Tales of the City” in 1998 and third time in 1999 for the miniseries “Joan of Arc”, according to Variety.
Most recently, she was seen as Anna Madrigal in the TV series “Tales of the City” from 2019.
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