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MAPLEWOOD, N.J. Olympia Dukakis, the veteran stage and screen actress whose flair for maternal roles helped her win an Oscar as Cher’s mother in the romantic comedy
Moonstruck, has died. She was 89.
Dukakis died Saturday morning in her home in New York City, according to Allison Levy, her agent at Innovative Artists. A cause of death was not immediately released.
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Oscar-winning Moonstruck actress Olympia Dukakis dies at 89
A cause of death was not immediately released, but her family said in a statement that she had been in failing health for months.
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MAPLEWOOD: Olympia Dukakis, the veteran stage and screen actor whose flair for maternal roles helped her win an Oscar as Cher s mother in the romantic comedy Moonstruck , has died. She was 89. Dukakis died on Saturday morning in her home in New York City, according to Allison Levy, her agent at Innovative Artists.
A cause of death was not immediately released, but her family said in a statement that she had been in failing health for months.
Olympia Dukakis won the Oscar for best supporting actress in the movie Moonstruck . Photo: AFP
Olympia Dukakis, the veteran stage and screen actor whose flair for maternal roles helped her win an Oscar as Cher’s mother in the romantic comedy Moonstruck,” has died. She was 89.
Dukakis died Saturday (May 1) morning in her home in New York City, according to Allison Levy, her agent at Innovative Artists. A cause of death was not immediately released, but her family said in a statement that she had been in failing health for months.
Dukakis won her Oscar through a surprising chain of circumstances, beginning with author Nora Ephron’s recommendation that she play Meryl Streep’s mother in the film version of Ephron’s book Heartburn.” Dukakis got the role, but her scenes were cut from the film. To make it up to her, director Mike Nichols cast her in his hit play Social Security.” Director Norman Jewison saw her in that role and cast her in Moonstruck.”
Associated Press
MAPLEWOOD, N.J. (AP) Olympia Dukakis, the veteran stage and screen actor whose flair for maternal roles helped her win an Oscar as Cher’s mother in the romantic comedy “Moonstruck,” has died. She was 89.
Dukakis died this morning in her home in New York City, according to Allison Levy, her agent at Innovative Artists. A cause of death was not immediately released, but her family said in a statement that she had been in failing health for months.
Dukakis won her Oscar through a surprising chain of circumstances, beginning with author Nora Ephron’s recommendation that she play Meryl Streep’s mother in the film version of Ephron’s book “Heartburn.” Dukakis got the role, but her scenes were cut from the film. To make it up to her, director Mike Nichols cast her in his hit play “Social Security.” Director Norman Jewison saw her in that role and cast her in “Moonstruck.”