Melina Mercouri Actress
Melina Mercouri is a 73 years old actress from Kingdom of Greece from Athens, Attica. Melina Mercouri was born on October 18, 1920 (died on March 06, 1994, she was 73 years old) in Athens, Attica as Μαρία Αμαλία Μερκούρη.
About
Birth name of Melina Mercouri is Μαρία Αμαλία Μερκούρη
No, she died on 03/06/1994, 30 years ago. She was 73 years old when she died. Cause of death: cancer. She died in Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and buried in First Cemetery of Athens .
Family
Her father Stamatis Mercouris () and Stamatis Mercouris was 25 years old when Melina born.
Parents
Mother: (?)
Father: Stamatis Mercouris
Husband
Jules Dassin, Film director
She married with Jules Dassin (96), on Wednesday, May 18th, 1966. Melina Mercouri was 45 and Jules Dassin was 54 years old. After 27 years, 9 months, in 1994 Jules passed away.
Works
Melina Mercouri Movies (21)
There are 21 movies of Melina Mercouri.
Her first feature film was Topkapi (1964, as Elizabeth Lipp). She was 43 when she starred in this movie. Since 1964, she has appeared in 21 feature films. The last one is Vive Henri IV... vive l'amour! (1961). In this movie, she played the character Marie de Médicis .
View all Melina Mercouri movies.
Melina Mercouri movie characters
The names of the characters/jobs in the films she starred in are as follows:
| Character/Job | Movie | Age |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Lipp | Topkapi (1964) | 43 |
| Ilya | Never on Sunday (1960) | 39 |
| Magda | The Victors (1963) | 43 |
| Maria | 10:30 P.M. Summer (1966) | 46 |
| Foreign lady | The Last Judgment (1961) | 41 |
| Karla | Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough (1975) | 54 |
| Aurora / Celeste da Costa | A Man Could Get Killed (1966) | 45 |
| Belle | The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958) | 37 |
| Phaedra | Phaedra (1962) | 41 |
| Sister Gertrude | Nasty Habits (1977) | 56 |
| Nina Kacewa | Promise at Dawn (1970) | 50 |
| Katerina | He Who Must Die (1957) | 38 |
| Stella | Stella (1955) | 34 |
| The Rehearsal (1974) | 80 | |
| Producer | The Rehearsal (1974) | 80 |
| Jenny | The Uninhibited (1965) | 44 |
| Donna Lucrezia | The Law (1959) | 40 |
| Lil | Gaily, Gaily (1969) | 49 |
| A Dream of Passion (1978) | 57 | |
| Herself | 38-24-36 (1963) | 42 |
| Marie de Médicis | Vive Henri IV... vive l'amour! (1961) | 40 |
Melina Mercouri TV Shows (2)
Her first TV Show was Cinépanorama (1956).
Awards (3)
Nominated Academy Award for Best Actress in 1959 , nominated Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 1967 , awarded Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress in 1959 ,
Education
She graduated from National Theatre Of Greece Drama School
What was Melina's zodiac sign?Melina Mercouri zodiac sign was libra.
Where does She lives?
She is living in Paris.
Other facts about Melina Mercouri
| Residence | Paris , start time: 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z , end time: 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z |
|---|---|
| Position held | Member Of The Hellenic Parliament , electoral district: national constituency of Greece |
| Libris-URI | 31fjrkfm2352f9m |
| Manner of death | Natural Causes |
| Languages spoken, written or signed | Modern Greek |
| Instrument | Voice |
| Ethnic group | Greeks |
| Work period (start) | 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| Google Doodle | Melina-mercouris-95th-birthday |
| Country of citizenship | Kingdom Of Greece |
| Given name | Maria |
| Date of death | 1994-03-06T00:00:00Z |
| Cause of death | Cancer |
| Member of political party | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
| Place of death | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
| Place of burial | First Cemetery Of Athens |
| Name in native language | Μελίνα Μερκούρη |
| Birth name | Μαρία Αμαλία Μερκούρη |
| Europeana entity | Agent/base/147768 |
