What happened to Olympia Dukakis?

Olympia Dukakis died under hospice care at her home in Manhattan on May 1, 2021, at 89 following a brief illness.

Olympia Dukakis was born on June 20, 1931, in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Olympia Dukakis was raised alongside a brother named Apollo Dukakis.

Olympia Dukakis was an American actress who performed in over 130 stage productions, over 60 films and 50 television series.

Olympia Dukakis began her career working in 1961 in productions at the Williamstown Summer Theater, in Massachusetts.

Olympia Dukakis won an Obie Award for Best Actress in 1963 for her off-Broadway performance in Bertolt Brecht’s Man Equals Man.

Olympia Dukakis was educated at Boston University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in physical therapy.  Olympia Dukakis received a Golden Globe nomination for Sinatra (1992) and Emmy Award nominations for Lucky Day (1991), More Tales of the City (1998) and Joan of Arc (1999).

A feature-length documentary of Olympia Dukakis her life, titled Olympia, was released theatrically in the United States in 2018.