Melina Mercouri's biography
Melina Mercouri is 74 years old actor born at Athens. She was born on Monday 18th of October 1920. She is often nicknamed as The last Greek Goddess. According to year of birth 1920 she belongs to Greatest Generation. Birthday on 18th of October means she is Libra. Libra sign depicts that it is all about “Balance”. It seems that their life is very balanced, however, things are way opposite as they always face unstable situations in order to balance it further.She was married 2 times.
She is citizen of Kingdom of Greece. Her primary profession is to be actor. You can know her also as singer, politician, writer, stage actor. She is recently known as film actor. She received Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress Never on Sunday in 1960
Melina Mercouri's dad
Melina Mercouri's father's name is Stamatis Mercouris.
Melina Mercouri's family
Melina Mercouri's ex spouses
Jules Dassin
Melina Mercouri and Jules Dassin have been together since 1966 for 28 years. He is known as film director. Her ex spouse was born on Monday 18th of December 1911 in Middletown. Her ex spouse died on Monday 31st of March 2008 in Athens. Jules Dassin was 88 years old, when this happened.
Panagis Charokopos
Melina Mercouri and Panagis Charokopos have been together.
Melina Mercouri's schools
We found 1 school She attended. Name of the school: National Theatre of Greece Drama School.
Melina Mercouri's career
Her main focus is to be actor. You could see her also in Never on Sunday.
How did Melina Mercouri die
She died on on Sunday 6th of March 1994 when he was 74 years old at Upper East Side. Melina Mercouris death was caused by complications from lung cancer. It happend like Tuer.
Awards and competitions
Melina Mercouri's Awards
- Received the Women's International Center (WIC) Living Legacy Award in 1991.
- In 1953, Ellie Lambeti gave to Melina Mercouri the award "Marika Kotopouli" for best female performance in the theater.
- Was nominated for Broadway's 1968 Tony Award as Best Actress (Musical) for "Illya, Darling," a musicalization of the film Never on Sunday (1960) in which she played the same role.
Melina Mercouri's Nominations
- She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress for work Never on Sunday in 1960
What Melina Mercouri has done for a first time
- Melina met Jules Dassin in Cannes during the screening of her first film Stella (1955).
Melina Mercouri's quotes
- "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 Mercouri's body shape
Lets describe how Melina Mercouri looks. We will focus on her body shape. Body build is average.