Melina Mercouri

Acteur, Producteur, Scénariste

18 octobre 1920 — 6 mars 1994 (73 ans)
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 David di Donatello for Topkapi. Mercouri was also nominated for one Tony Award, three Golden Globes, and two BAFTA Awards in her acting career. In 1987 she was awarded a special prize in the first edition of the Europe Theatre Prize.

Mercouri was a member of the Hellenic Parliament, elected as a representative of PASOK. In October 1981, she became the first female Minister of Culture and Sports. She has the longest tenure of any of Greece's Ministers of Culture, having served from 1981 to 1989, and then from 1993 until her death in 1994, during PASOK governments. Mercouri's political activism included her long campaign for the return of the Parthenon Marbles. One of her greatest achievements was the establishment of the European Capitals of Culture, with Athens chosen as the first capital in 1985.

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Connue pour

  • Topkapi
    Topkapi1964
  • Jamais le dimanche
    Jamais le dimanche1960
  • Stella, femme libre
    Stella, femme libre1955
  • Phèdre
    Phèdre1962
  • Cri de femmes
    Cri de femmes1978
  • Gipsy
    Gipsy1958
  • La Promesse de l'aube
    La Promesse de l'aube1970
  • Les Pianos mécaniques
    Les Pianos mécaniques1965
  • La Legge
    La Legge1959
  • Chicago, Chicago
    Chicago, Chicago1969
  • Drôles de manières
    Drôles de manières1977
  • Celui qui doit mourir
    Celui qui doit mourir1957
  • Une fois ne suffit pas
    Une fois ne suffit pas1975
  • Les Vainqueurs
    Les Vainqueurs1963
  • Vive Henri IV... Vive l'amour
    Vive Henri IV... Vive l'amour1961

Filmographie

2005
1978
A Dream of Passion · as Maya / Medea
1977
Nasty Habits · as Sister Gertrude
1975
Once Is Not Enough · as Karla
1970
Promise at Dawn · as Nina Kacewa
1969
Gaily, Gaily · as Lil
1966
10:30 P.M. Summer · as Maria
1966
A Man Could Get Killed · as Aurora / Celeste Da Costa
1965
The Uninhibited · as Jenny
1964
Topkapi · as Elizabeth Lipp
1963
The Victors · as Magda
1962
Phaedra · as Phaedra Kyrilis
1961
The Last Judgment · as Foreign Lady
1961
1960
Never on Sunday · as Ilya
1959
The Law · as Donna Lucrezia
1958
1957
He Who Must Die · as Katerina
1955
Stella · as Stella