Melina Mercouri

Actor

Born: October 18, 1920
Died: March 6, 1994 (age 73)
From: Athens, 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…

Filmography (24)

The Marbles (2025)
Self - Photo Only (archive footage)
Melina Stop Frame - In Search of Modern Greekness (2020)
Self (archive footage)
Melina's fight for the Parthenon sculptures (2017)
Self (archive footage)
A Dream of Passion (1978)
Maya / Medea
Nasty Habits (1977)
Sister Gertrude
Once Is Not Enough (1975)
Karla
Songs of Fire (1975)
Self
The Rehearsal (1974)
Self
Promise at Dawn (1970)
Nina Kacewa
Gaily, Gaily (1969)
Lil
10:30 P.M. Summer (1966)
Maria
A Man Could Get Killed (1966)
Aurora / Celeste da Costa
The Uninhibited (1965)
Jenny
Topkapi (1964)
Elizabeth Lipp
The Victors (1963)
Magda
38-24-36 (1963)
Self
Phaedra (1962)
Phaedra Kyrilis
The Last Judgment (1961)
Foreign lady
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love! (1961)
Marie de Médicis
Never on Sunday (1960)
Ilya
The Law (1959)
Donna Lucrezia
The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958)
Belle
He Who Must Die (1957)
Katerina
Stella (1955)
Stella