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Oscar-winning actress Olympia Dukakis, known for her roles in movies like Steel Magnolias and Moonstruck, has died. She was 89.
Allison Levy her agent at Innovative Artists confirmed to the Associated Press that Dukakis died Saturday morning in her home in New York City. A cause of death was not immediately released.
Dukakis got her start in acting on the stage, having performed in several productions on Broadway including The Aspern Papers, Who s Who in Hell and the one-woman show Rose.
Her roles on the silver screen, often depicting matriarchal characters, are what earned her an Academy Award and a Golden Globe. In the 1987 rom-com Moonstruck, Dukakis played Rose Castorini the mother of a widowed bookkeeper in Brooklyn, Loretta Castorini (Cher). She landed both an Oscar trophy and a Golden Globe for best supporting actress for her role.
Actress Olympia Dukakis, who won Oscar for ‘Moonstruck,’ dies at 89
Updated May 03, 2021;
Posted May 01, 2021
FILE - In this Nov. 5, 1989 file photo, stars of the film Steel Magnolias from left: Dolly Parton, Sally Field, Olympia Dukakis, Shirley MacLaine, Julia Roberts and Daryl Hannah pose for a photo in New York. (AP Photo/Ed Bailey, File)AP
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MAPLEWOOD, N.J. (AP) Olympia Dukakis, the veteran stage and screen actress whose flair for maternal roles helped her win an Oscar as Cher’s mother in the romantic comedy “Moonstruck,” has died. She was 89.
Allison Levy her agent at Innovative Artists said Saturday that Dukakis died Saturday morning in her home in New York City. A cause of death was not immediately released.