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Maria Amalia Mercouri, Μαρία Αμαλία Μερκούρη, Μελίνα Μερκούρη, Maria Amalia Merkuri
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melina Mercouri, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1920-10-18
- event Death Date 1994-03-06
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 6.1
- info Birth Place Athens, Greece
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Melina Mercouri
5.5
10:30 P.M. Summer
1966-10-24
6.3
The Victors
1963-11-22
6.5
Topkapi
1964-09-02
6.8
Never on Sunday
1960-05-24
5.7
Phaedra
1962-05-25
5.5
A Dream of Passion
1978-05-21
6.7
Stella
1955-04-04
5.9
The Law
1959-01-25
6.3
The Last Judgment
1961-10-26
5.2
Once Is Not Enough
1975-06-20
5.5
Nasty Habits
1977-01-28
4
Gaily, Gaily
1969-12-16
5.5
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
1958-01-15
3.8
A Man Could Get Killed
1966-03-25
5.6
The Uninhibited
1965-04-21
5.3
Promise at Dawn
1970-11-25
4.8
The Rehearsal
1974-01-01
0
Melina's fight for the Parthenon sculptures
2017-03-07
6.1
He Who Must Die
1957-05-03
5.2
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
1961-04-04
0
38-24-36
1963-03-31
6
Songs of fire
1975-02-10
0
Melina Stop Frame - In Search of Modern Greekness
2020-10-20
5.3
The Merv Griffin Show
1962-10-01
8
Le Grand Échiquier
1972-01-12
6
Dim Dam Dom
1965-03-07
0
Kronen Könner Kavaliere
1984-01-22
8
À bout portant
1968-12-16
7.4
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01
6.6
What's My Line?
1950-02-02
6
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971-05-09
6
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975-01-12
8
Cinépanorama
1956-02-04
0
Wünsch dir was
1969-12-20
6
Die Drehscheibe
1964-04-01
0
Discorama
1959-02-04
6
Samedi soir
1971-01-09