People
Melina Mercouri
Biography:
Maria Amalia "Melina" Mercouri (Greek: Μαρία Αμαλία "Μελίνα" Μερκούρη, 18 October 1920 – 6 March 1994) was a Greek actress, singer, activist, and politician. She came from a prominent political family for multiple generations. She received an Academy Award nomination and won a French Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award for her performance in the film Never on Sunday (1960) and an Italian David di Donatello for Topkapi. Mercouri was also nominated for one Tony Award, three Golden Globes, and two BAFTA Awards in her acting career. In 1987 she was awarded a special prize in the first edition of the Europe Theatre Prize.
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| The Marbles as Self - Photo Only (archive footage) | 2025-11-07 |
| Melina Stop Frame - In Search of Modern Greekness as Self (archive footage) | 2020-10-20 |
| Melina's fight for the Parthenon sculptures as Self (archive footage) | 2017-03-07 |
| A Dream of Passion as Maya / Medea | 1978-05-21 |
| Nasty Habits as Sister Gertrude | 1977-01-28 |
| Once Is Not Enough as Karla | 1975-06-20 |
| Songs of Fire as Self | 1975-02-10 |
| The Rehearsal as Self | 1974-01-01 |
| Promise at Dawn as Nina Kacewa | 1970-11-25 |
| Gaily, Gaily as Lil | 1969-12-16 |
| 10:30 P.M. Summer as Maria | 1966-10-24 |
| A Man Could Get Killed as Aurora / Celeste da Costa | 1966-03-25 |
| The Uninhibited as Jenny | 1965-04-21 |
| Topkapi as Elizabeth Lipp | 1964-09-02 |
| The Victors as Magda | 1963-11-22 |
| 38-24-36 as Self | 1963-03-31 |
| Phaedra as Phaedra Kyrilis | 1962-05-25 |
| The Last Judgment as Foreign lady | 1961-10-26 |
| Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love! as Marie de Médicis | 1961-04-04 |
| Never on Sunday as Ilya | 1960-05-24 |
| The Law as Donna Lucrezia | 1959-01-25 |
| The Gypsy and the Gentleman as Belle | 1958-01-15 |
| He Who Must Die as Katerina | 1957-05-03 |
| Stella as Stella | 1955-04-04 |






