ACTOR

Olympia Dukakis

1931 - 2021

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Olympia Dukakis (June 20, 1931 – May 1, 2021) was an American actress. She performed in more than 130 stage productions, in some 60 films, and in approximately 50 television series. Best known as a screen actress, she started her career in theater. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olympia Dukakis has received more than 4,857,290 page views. Her biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Olympia Dukakis is the 1,170th most popular actor (down from 1,042nd in 2019), the 2,017th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,877th in 2019) and the 544th most popular American Actor.

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  • 4.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Olympia Dukakis ranks 1,170 out of 13,578. Before her are Oleg Yankovsky, Gunnel Lindblom, Jennifer Garner, François Périer, Thomas Mitchell, and Yevgeny Leonov. After her are Jessica Alba, Suzanne Somers, Arthur Kennedy, Katharine Ross, Teri Hatcher, and Christine Kaufmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Olympia Dukakis ranks 106. Before her are Seyni Kountché, Tom Wesselmann, Silvia Pinal, Toshiki Kaifu, Lucio Urtubia, and Gunnel Lindblom. After her are Ivan Klíma, Larry Silverstein, Luís Cabral, Pascal Lissouba, Stig Anderson, and Don Walsh. Among people deceased in 2021, Olympia Dukakis ranks 109. Before her are Christian Boltanski, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Luis del Sol, Kim Yong-ju, Marion Ramsey, and Gunnel Lindblom. After her are Frank Williams, Tarcisio Burgnich, Christa Ludwig, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, Ahmed Jibril, and Manuel Santana.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Olympia Dukakis ranks 2,017 out of 20,380. Before her are Darren Aronofsky (1969), Kim Peek (1951), Thomas Mitchell (1892), Gore Vidal (1925), Robert Trujillo (1964), and Bill Tilden (1893). After her are Bob Saget (1956), Jessica Alba (1981), Woody Guthrie (1912), Suzanne Somers (1946), Arthur Kennedy (1914), and Katharine Ross (1940).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Olympia Dukakis ranks 544. Before her are Candice Bergen (1946), Rhea Perlman (1948), Marion Ramsey (1947), James Avery (1945), Jennifer Garner (1972), and Thomas Mitchell (1892). After her are Jessica Alba (1981), Suzanne Somers (1946), Arthur Kennedy (1914), Katharine Ross (1940), Teri Hatcher (1964), and Ashton Kutcher (1978).

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Television and Movie Roles

Look Who's Talking
Rosie
Mollie is a single working mother who's out to find the perfect father for her child. Her baby, Mikey, prefers James, a cab driver turned babysitter who has what it takes to make them both happy. But Mollie won't even consider James. It's going to take all the tricks a baby can think of to bring them together before it's too late.
Oct 12o 19896.3 / 10
Moonstruck
Rose Castorini
37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, even though she doesn't love him. When she meets his estranged younger brother Ronny, an emotional and passionate man, she finds herself drawn to him. She tries to resist, but Ronny, who blames his brother for the loss of his hand, has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls for Ronny, she learns that she's not the only one in her family with a secret romance.
Dec 16o 19876.8 / 10
Look Who's Talking Now!
Rosie
When high-powered executive Samantha LeBon hatches a scheme to spend a romantic Christmas with her new employee – the unsuspecting, blithesome James – his wife, their kids and their two dogs, Rocks and Daphne, must rescue him before he makes a terrible mistake.
Nov 5o 19935.347 / 10