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Olympia Dukakis, Oscar Winner for ‘Moonstruck,’ Dead at 89
New York Post ^ | May 1, 2021 | Dana Kennedy

Posted on 05/01/2021 2:21:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Olympia Dukakis, Hollywood’s favorite late bloomer who won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in “Moonstruck” — has died at the age of 89.

Dukakis, a cousin of former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, died Saturday at her home in New York City. Her brother, Apollo Dukakis, wrote on Facebook, “After many months of failing health she is finally at peace and with her [husband] Louis.”

In addition to her scene-stealing turn as Cher’s sardonic Brooklyn mom in 1987’s “Moonstruck,” Dukakis was known for her roles in “Steel Magnolias,” “Look Who’s Talking” and “Mr. Holland’s Opus” among many other films.

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: dukakis; hollywood; obituary; olympiadukakis
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1 posted on 05/01/2021 2:21:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Old commie


2 posted on 05/01/2021 2:23:05 PM PDT by albie
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good actress though


3 posted on 05/01/2021 2:24:49 PM PDT by cherry (we are the Remnant)
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To: nickcarraway

May she rest in peace. I loved her in Steel Magnolias.


4 posted on 05/01/2021 2:27:26 PM PDT by LottieDah ( Biden/Harris are in and America is lost)
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To: nickcarraway

Gee....a Connie dies.


5 posted on 05/01/2021 2:32:23 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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Good acting is required to be a democrat. They really can’t believe the crap they say.... can they? /S


6 posted on 05/01/2021 2:32:24 PM PDT by pnut22
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To: nickcarraway

Was just talking about Moonstruck this morning. The part where the mother in Italy is ‘dying’ and the sad music is playing, everyone around her bed crying, so funny. She ain’t dyin’!

But I remember reading Dukakis saying that movie changed her life. She suddenly was famous and very rich.

Left or right the movie was very good. Lot of heart in it. I prefer to remember it that way.

Snap out of it.


7 posted on 05/01/2021 2:34:58 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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I did, too. Except for the horrendous attempt at a Southern accent.


8 posted on 05/01/2021 2:38:40 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (RIP my "teddy bear". )
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To: nickcarraway

Before Moonstruck she and her husband ran a theatre in Montclair, NJ. I remember seeing her in Waiting for Godot.


9 posted on 05/01/2021 2:43:20 PM PDT by vaskypilot
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Good acting is required to be a democrat. They really can’t believe the crap they say.... can they? /S

No sarcasm tag required. This is truth, they know it is truth. They are paid to lie, so they lie.

Some lie to not rock the boat or they don't look too deeply into an issue, because "they have people for that" but some just aren't smart enough to see how the world really works

You must weaken your stronger enemy before you can defeat them and using Human emotions are the easiest way to do this.

I am confident by 2025, someone will convince 1/2 the country the US constitution should be thrown out using Tik Tok Kitten videos.

10 posted on 05/01/2021 2:46:03 PM PDT by UNGN
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Was just talking about Moonstruck this morning.

Moonstruck was released in December 1987, when Michael Dukakis was the frontrunner in the Presidential race against George H. W. Bush, in the closing year of the President Reagan's second term.

11 posted on 05/01/2021 2:49:44 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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She was used briefly in Look Who’s Talking. She was the grandmother.


12 posted on 05/01/2021 2:53:48 PM PDT by Mozilla
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That's #2.

Johnny Crawford (The Rifleman) died yesterday.

-PJ

13 posted on 05/01/2021 3:00:10 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (* LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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Oh my gosh

I have been watching The Rifleman recently.

And Johnny Crawford’s interviews.

If you get a chance watch the show. Everyone leaves you a bit better than you were before.

Chuck Connors story is inspiring, and Johnny Crawford was wonderful.


14 posted on 05/01/2021 3:07:27 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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Yes don’t get me wrong. I never liked the Bush’s. I was on to the before everyone else. I wrote them about the illegals coming in and need to stop that and they certainly did not. Those bastards.


15 posted on 05/01/2021 3:15:04 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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And of course she was a big supporter of her birdbrained cousin Mike when he ran for president. She had the one really good role in Moonstruck RIP.
16 posted on 05/01/2021 3:23:23 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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Left or right the movie was very good. Lot of heart in it. I prefer to remember it that way.

Yes. All the performances were great. Turned out, that was the highpoint in both Cher's and Dukakis' careers.

17 posted on 05/01/2021 3:24:55 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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Don’t know why I remember little things-—it’s actually a curse.

At some awards ceremony the year Michael Dukakis was running, she won something and defiantly said “And now you go out and win as President, Michael” to cheers and applause.

A true Karen, without a slur name then, but I hated her and never forgot that and said to myself, dear God don’t let him win.

Thanks be to God he lost.


18 posted on 05/01/2021 3:26:29 PM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud, harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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She was actually in the first Vigilante movie with Charles Bronson. Not credited. She was the police woman in uniform sitting down when the blowhard police investigator calls a general meeting to work out how to catch the vigilante.


19 posted on 05/01/2021 3:35:46 PM PDT by HandBasketHell
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She was a very talented actress.


20 posted on 05/01/2021 4:03:24 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Free Republic: The Internet's 1st social media platform. Since 1996.)
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