05-01-2021, 08:35 PM
Oscar winning “Moonstruck” actress Olympia Dukakis dead at 89
By LARRY MCSHANE
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
MAY 01, 2021 AT 4:23 PM
Oscar-winning actress Olympia Dukakis, whose turn as Cher’s deadpan mother in “Moonstruck” boosted the theater veteran to Hollywood stardom, died Saturday morning in New York City. She was 89.
The death of Dukakis, cousin to one-time presidential candidate Mike Dukakis and founder of theaters in Boston and Montclair, N.J., was announced on Facebook by her brother Apollo.
“My beloved sister, Olympia Dukakis, passed away this morning,” he wrote. “After many months of failing health she is finally at peace and with her (husband) Louis.”
Oscar-winning actress Olympia Dukakis died Saturday morning in New York City. She was 89.
Oscar-winning actress Olympia Dukakis died Saturday morning in New York City. She was 89. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images)
The daughter of Greek immigrants was already a well-known theater veteran when she took the role in director Norman Jewison’s “Moonstruck,” set and filmed in Brooklyn. Dukakis played the part of Rose Castorini in the film starring Cher, Nicolas Cage and Danny Aiello, earning a supporting actress Academy Award and a Golden Globe.
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She ad-libbed her most quoted line from “Moonstruck,” delivered to Cher: “You’re life’s going down the toilet!”
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By LARRY MCSHANE
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
MAY 01, 2021 AT 4:23 PM
Oscar-winning actress Olympia Dukakis, whose turn as Cher’s deadpan mother in “Moonstruck” boosted the theater veteran to Hollywood stardom, died Saturday morning in New York City. She was 89.
The death of Dukakis, cousin to one-time presidential candidate Mike Dukakis and founder of theaters in Boston and Montclair, N.J., was announced on Facebook by her brother Apollo.
“My beloved sister, Olympia Dukakis, passed away this morning,” he wrote. “After many months of failing health she is finally at peace and with her (husband) Louis.”
Oscar-winning actress Olympia Dukakis died Saturday morning in New York City. She was 89.
Oscar-winning actress Olympia Dukakis died Saturday morning in New York City. She was 89. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images)
The daughter of Greek immigrants was already a well-known theater veteran when she took the role in director Norman Jewison’s “Moonstruck,” set and filmed in Brooklyn. Dukakis played the part of Rose Castorini in the film starring Cher, Nicolas Cage and Danny Aiello, earning a supporting actress Academy Award and a Golden Globe.
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She ad-libbed her most quoted line from “Moonstruck,” delivered to Cher: “You’re life’s going down the toilet!”
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