Melina Mercouri

Known for ActingBorn 1920-10-18Died 1994-03-06Athens, Greece

Maria Amalia "Melina" Mercouri (Greek: Μαρία Αμαλία "Μελίνα" Μερκούρη, 18 October 1920 – 6 March 1994) was a Greek actress, singer, activist, and politician. She came from a prominent political family for multiple generations. She received an Academy Award nomination and won a French Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award for her performance in the film Never on Sunday (1960) and an Italian David di Donatello for Topkapi. Mercouri was also nominated for one Tony Award, three Golden Globes, and two BAFTA Awards in her acting career. In 1987 she was awarded a special prize in the first edition of the Europe Theatre Prize. Mercouri was a member of the Hellenic Parliament, elected as a representative of PASOK. In October 1981, she became the first female Minister of Culture and Sports. She has the longest tenure of any of Greece's Ministers of Culture, having served from 1981 to 1989, and then from 1993 until her death in 1994, during PASOK governments. Mercouri's political activism included her long campaign for the return of the Parthenon Marbles. One of her greatest achievements was the establishment of the European Capitals of Culture, with Athens chosen as the first capital in 1985. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melina Mercouri, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Wünsch dir was

Cinépanorama

Le Grand Échiquier

À bout portant

Dim Dam Dom

38-24-36

Discorama

V.I.P. Schaukel

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Lilly's Story

Die Drehscheibe

What's My Line?

Never on Sunday

Stella

Songs of Fire

The Merv Griffin Show

Topkapi

The Last Judgment

The Victors

A Dream of Passion

The Uninhibited

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Samedi soir

He Who Must Die

The Law

Phaedra

The Gypsy and the Gentleman

Promise at Dawn

Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!

The Rehearsal

10:30 P.M. Summer

Once Is Not Enough

Nasty Habits

A Man Could Get Killed

Gaily, Gaily

The Marbles

Melina Stop Frame - In Search of Modern Greekness

Melina's fight for the Parthenon sculptures

Kronen Könner Kavaliere