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, (Reuters) 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.
Dukakis â a cousin of unsuccessful 1988 Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Michael Dukakis â passed away at her New York City home on Saturday morning after months of failing health, said her agent, Allison Levy. Her daughter, Christina Zorich, was by her side.
The Massachusetts-born daughter of Greek immigrants, Dukakis worked for decades as a stage, TV and film actor before rocketing to fame at age 56 playing the mother of Cherâs character in âMoonstruck.â
Mort à 89 ans de la populaire actrice américaine Olympia Dukakis
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Moonstruck, died on Saturday at age 89.
Olympia Dukakis said she enjoyed her fame after Moonstruck, especially when fans quoted lines from her movies to her.
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Dukakis - a cousin of unsuccessful 1988 Democratic US presidential nominee Michael Dukakis - died at her New York City home on Saturday morning after months of failing health, said her agent, Allison Levy. Her daughter, Christina Zorich, was by her side.
The Massachusetts-born daughter of Greek immigrants, Dukakis 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.