Born
18 October 1920 (105)
Place of Birth
Athens, Greece
Also known as
Maria Amalia Mercouri, Maria Amalia Merkuri
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 ...
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.
The Marbles
2025
Melina Stop Frame - In Search of Modern Greekness
2020
Melina's fight for the Parthenon sculptures
2017
A Dream of Passion
1978
Nasty Habits
1977
Once Is Not Enough
1975
Songs of Fire
1975
The Rehearsal
1974
Promise at Dawn
1970
Gaily, Gaily
1969
10:30 P.M. Summer
1966
A Man Could Get Killed
1966
The Uninhibited
1965
Topkapi
1964
The Victors
1963
38-24-36
1963
Phaedra
1962
The Last Judgment
1961
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
1961
Never on Sunday
1960
The Law
1959
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
1958
He Who Must Die
1957
Stella
1955