Olympia Dukakis could not be put into a box. The award-winning actress, who passed away in 2021 at the age of 89, was more than just the characters she played on the screen. The Massachusetts native ...

Olympia Dukakis gave one of her most beloved performances as Clairee Belcher in the 1989 classic Steel Magnolias, alongside Sally Field and Dolly Parton Glenn Garner is a form writer-reporter who ...

Dukakis was born and raised in the Boston, Massachusetts area and earned her Master of Fine Arts degree at Boston University. She moved to New York and found her way into the theatre world, with ...

Academy Award-winning actress Olympia Dukakis died on May 1 at 89 years old Glenn Garner is a form writer-reporter who worked heavily with PEOPLE's Movies and TV verticals. He left PEOPLE in 2023.

The classic movie Steel Magnolias brought together some of Hollywood‘s most recognizable actors and has since become a beloved story with beloved characters. Many of the movie’s stars continued to ...

“I love you more than my luggage,” Olympia Dukakis’ Clairee Belcher says to Shirley MacLaine’s Ouiser Boudreaux in the beloved 1989 movie “Steel Magnolias.” With the news of Dukakis’ death, Hollywood ...

Olympia was born on June 20, 1931 in Lowell, Massachusetts, where her parents immigrated from Greece. After high school, she went on to study physical therapy at Boston University, earning her ...

May 2 (UPI) --Singer and actress Cher is mourning the death of Olympia Dukakis, who played her mother in the classic 1987 romantic comedy, Moonstruck. "Olympia Dukakis Was an Amazing, Academy Award ...

Dukakis, who also starred in “Steel Magnolia,” “Look Who’s Talking” and “Mr. Holland’s Opus,” died at her home in New York City, the Los Angeles Times reported. Olympia Dukakis brought warmth, humor ...

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 ...

Call it a Hollywood twist, something straight out of the movies: Oscar winner Olympia Dukakis didn’t become a bonafide movie star until age 56. Bolstered by her best supporting actress win for Norman ...

Dukakis, who also starred in “Steel Magnolia,” “Look Who’s Talking” and “Mr. Holland’s Opus,” died at her home in New York City, the Los Angeles Times reported. Olympia Dukakis brought warmth, humor ...