Melina Mercouri
Melina Mercouri (Greek: Μελίνα Μερκούρη), born as Maria Amalia Mercouri (October 18, 1920, Athens, Greece – March 6, 1994, New York City, New York) was a Greek actress, singer and politician. As an actress she made her film debut in Stella (1955) and met international success with her performances in Never on Sunday, Phaedra, Topkapi and Promise at Dawn. She won the award for Best Actress at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival, and she was also nominated for an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and two BAFTA Awards. A political activist during the Greek military junta of 1967–1974, she became a member of the Hellenic Parliament in 1977 and the first female Minister for Culture of Greece in 1981. Mercouri was the person who, in 1983, conceived and proposed the programme of the European Capital of Culture, which has been established by the European Union since 1985. She was a strong advocate for the return of the Parthenon Marbles, which were removed from the Parthenon and are now displayed in the British Museum, to Athens. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melina Mercouri, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2020 · Melina Stop Frame - In Search of Modern Greekness as (Archival Footage)
- 2017 · Melina's fight for the Parthenon sculptures as Herself (Archive Footage)
- 1984 · Kronen Könner Kavaliere as Self
- 1978 · A Dream of Passion as Maya / Medea
- 1977 · Nasty Habits as Sister Gertrude
- 1975 · Once Is Not Enough as Karla
- 1975 · Songs of fire as
- 1975 · Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- 1974 · The Rehearsal as Self
- 1972 · Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- 1971 · V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
- 1971 · Samedi soir as Self
- 1970 · Promise at Dawn as Nina Kacewa
- 1969 · Wünsch dir was as Self
- 1969 · Gaily, Gaily as Lil
- 1968 · À bout portant as Self
- 1966 · 10:30 P.M. Summer as Maria
- 1966 · A Man Could Get Killed as Aurora / Celeste da Costa
- 1965 · The Uninhibited as Jenny
- 1965 · Dim Dam Dom as Self
- 1964 · Topkapi as Elizabeth Lipp
- 1964 · Die Drehscheibe as Self
- 1963 · The Victors as Magda
- 1963 · 38-24-36 as Self
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1962 · Phaedra as Phaedra Kyrilis
- 1961 · The Last Judgment as Foreign lady
- 1961 · Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love! as Marie de Médicis
- 1960 · Never on Sunday as Ilya
- 1959 · Discorama as Self
- 1959 · The Law as Donna Lucrezia
- 1958 · The Gypsy and the Gentleman as Belle
- 1957 · He Who Must Die as Katerina
- 1956 · Cinépanorama as Self
- 1955 · Stella as Stella
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest