Melina Mercouri.
Greek actress, singer and politician. Minister of Culture of Greece (1920-1994)
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About Melina Mercouri
Maria Amalia "Melina" Mercouri 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 (1964). Mercouri was also nominated for one Tony Award, three Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and one New York Film Critics Circle Award during the course of her acting career. In 1987, she was awarded a special accolade in the first edition of the Europe Theatre Prize.
Everything about Melina Mercouri →- Occupation
- actor, singer, politician, writer
- Position held
- member of the Hellenic Parliament, Minister of Culture of Greece, Minister of Culture and Sciences of Greece, substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
- Citizenship
- Greece
- Born
- October 18, 1920
- Died
- March 6, 1994