Melina Mercouri (Greek: Μελίνα Μερκούρη), born as Maria Amalia Mercouri (October 18, 1920, Athens, Greece – March 6, 1994, New York City, New York) was a Greek actress, singer and politician.
As an actress she made her film debut in Stella (1955) and met international success with her performances in Never on Sunday, Phaedra, Topkapi and Promise at Dawn. She won the award for Best Actress at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival, and she was also nominated for an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and two BAFTA Awards.
A political activist during the Greek military junta of 1967–1974, she became a member of the Hellenic Parliament in 1977 and the first female Minister for Culture of Greece in 1981. Mercouri was the person who, in 1983, conceived and proposed the programme of the European Capital of Culture, which has been established by the European Union since 1985.
She was a strong advocate for the return of the Parthenon Marbles, which were removed from the Parthenon and are now displayed in the British Museum, to Athens.
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as Herself (Archive Footage)
1978
as Maya / Medea
1977
as Sister Gertrude
1975
as Karla
1975
as Self
1974
as Self
1972
as Self
1970
as Nina Kacewa
1969
as Self
1969
as Lil
1968
as Self
1966
as Maria
1966
as Aurora / Celeste da Costa
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as Jenny
1965
as Self
1964
as Elizabeth Lipp
1963
as Magda
1963
as Self
1962
as Phaedra Kyrilis
1961
as Foreign lady
1961
as Marie de Médicis
1960
as Ilya
1959
as Donna Lucrezia
1958
as Belle
1957
as Katerina
1955
as Stella
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest