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She received an Academy Award nomination and won a Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award for her performance in the film Never on Sunday (1960). Mercouri was also nominated for one Tony Award, three Golden Globes and two BAFTA Awards in her acting career.
IMDb profile of Melina Mercouri, a Greek actress, writer, producer and politician. Learn about her life, career, achievements, trivia and death from the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content.
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Mar 7, 1994 · Melina Mercouri, the vivacious actress with a husky laugh who went on to become Greece's Minister of Culture, died yesterday at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan. Miss...
Melina Mercouri (born Oct. 18, 1925, Athens, Greece—died March 6, 1994, New York, N.Y., U.S.) was a Greek actress and political activist who was the minister of culture in her country’s first socialist government (1981). Mercouri came from a politically prominent family.
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Learn about the life and achievements of Melina Mercouri, a renowned actress, politician and anti-dictatorship activist. Discover her roles in theatre, cinema and politics, from Cannes to the Greek Parliament.
Learn about the life and career of Melina Mercouri, a Greek actress, activist and politician. She starred in films such as Never on Sunday, Phaedra and Topkapi, and was nominated for an Oscar and a Tony Award.
Mar 7, 1994 · March 7, 1994 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. Melina Mercouri, the throaty actress who rocketed to international fame as the good-hearted prostitute Illya in “Never on Sunday” and went on to...
