Oscar-winning âMoonstruckâ star Olympia Dukakis dies at 89 Dukakis, a master of deadpan humour, was also nominated for Emmy awards for TV roles in 1991, 1998 and 1999
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Publishing date: May 01, 2021  â¢Â May 1, 2021  â¢Â 4 minute read  â¢Â In this file photo taken on May 24, 2013, actress Olympia Dukakis is honoured with the 2,498th Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, Calif. Photo by JOE KLAMAR /AFP via Getty Images
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NEW YORK â Olympia Dukakis, who won an Oscar for her performance as a sardonic, middle-aged mother who advises her headstrong daughter on matters of love in the 1987 romantic film comedy âMoonstruck,â died on Saturday at age 89.
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By Jonathan Oatis and Will Dunham
NEW YORK - Olympia Dukakis, who won an Oscar for her performance as a sardonic, middle-aged mother who advises her headstrong daughter on matters of love in the 1987romantic film comedy Moonstruck, died on Saturday at age 89.
Dukakis - a cousin of unsuccessful 1988 Democratic US presidential nominee Michael Dukakis - passed away at her New York City home on Saturday morning after months of failing health, according to her agent, Allison Levy. Her daughter,Christina Zorich, was by her side.
Dukakis, the Massachusetts-born daughter of Greek immigrants, worked for decades as a stage, TV and film actor before rocketing to fame at age 56 playing the mother of Cher s character in Moonstruck.
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