Maria Amalia "Melina" Mercouri (Greek: Μαρία Αμαλία "Μελίνα" Μερκούρη, 18 October 1920 – 6 March 1994) was a Greek actress, singer, activist, and politician...
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filmed in France and Istanbul, Turkey with his future second wife, Melina Mercouri and Oscar winner Peter Ustinov. Most of Dassin's films in the decades...
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(Greek: Στέλλα) is a 1955 Greek film is a retelling of Carmen featuring Melina Mercouri. The film was directed by the Greek Cypriot Michael Cacoyannis and...
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actress Melina Marchetta, Australian author Melina Matsoukas, American director Melina Mercouri, Greek actress, singer, and politician Melina Perez, American...
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(1962), adapted as a screenplay by Monja Danischewsky. The film stars Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell, Robert Morley and Akim Tamiroff...
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Dassin. The film tells the story of Ilya, a contented Greek prostitute (Melina Mercouri), and Homer (Dassin), an earnest American classicist. Homer attempts...
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future wife) Melina Mercouri, after her worldwide hit Never on Sunday. The film was the fourth collaboration between Dassin and Mercouri, who took the...
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Hatzidakis and first sung by Melina Mercouri in the film of the same name, directed by Jules Dassin and starring Mercouri. The song won the Academy Award...
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cities can be a European Capital of Culture simultaneously. In 1985, Melina Mercouri, Greece's Minister of Culture, and her French counterpart Jack Lang...
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appearing in European films featuring Sophia Loren, Orson Welles, Melina Mercouri, and Brigitte Bardot, Perkins returned to the U.S. in 1968, with a...
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with a "disastrous" televised debate with Greek Minister of Culture Melina Mercouri. Wilson was born on 30 October 1931 in Dacre Banks, near Harrogate...
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shot on various locations in Portugal and starring James Garner, Melina Mercouri, Sandra Dee, Anthony Franciosa, and Robert Coote. Filmed scenes with...
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Stamatis Merkouris (redirect from Stamatis Mercouris)
Member of Parliament for the Left; his daughter was the famous actress Melina Mercouri, Minister of Culture in the socialist government of Andreas Papandreou...
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American independent drama film directed by Jules Dassin and starring Melina Mercouri and Romy Schneider. It is based on the novel Ten-Thirty on a Summer...
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comedy film directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, starring Glenda Jackson, Melina Mercouri, Geraldine Page, Sandy Dennis, Anne Jackson, Anne Meara and Susan Penhaligon...
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Douglas, Alexis Smith, David Janssen, George Hamilton, Brenda Vaccaro, Melina Mercouri, and Deborah Raffin. It was produced by Howard W. Koch and written...
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Barbro Hiort af Ornäs / Ingrid Thulin (1958) Simone Signoret (1959) Melina Mercouri / Jeanne Moreau (1960) Sophia Loren (1961) Katharine Hepburn / Rita...
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in the world... in the most explosive entertainment ever made!" — Melina Mercouri from Greece, Jeanne Moreau from France, Rosanna Schiaffino from Italy...
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Barbro Hiort af Ornäs / Ingrid Thulin (1958) Simone Signoret (1959) Melina Mercouri / Jeanne Moreau (1960) Sophia Loren (1961) Katharine Hepburn / Rita...
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Left, and his niece was the famous actress, singer, and politician Melina Mercouri. Because of his political views, they refused to attend his funeral...
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1978 Greek drama film directed by Jules Dassin. The story follows Melina Mercouri as Maya, an actress playing Medea, who seeks out Brenda Collins, portrayed...
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Brian Keith, George Kennedy, Hume Cronyn and Melina Mercouri. The film featured two songs sung by Mercouri with lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman set...
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Sunday was nominated for five Academy Awards, and its lead actress, Melina Mercouri, won the Best Actress Award at Cannes. Cacoyannis's Zorba the Greek...
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Greek Parliament (MP) and cabinet ministers, whilst his granddaughter Melina Mercouri was an award-winning actress who later was elected an MP and served...
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became a stepson of Greek actress, activist and Minister of Culture Melina Mercouri following his father's second marriage in 1966. Moving to France, Dassin...
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The first award ceremony took place in 2004 at the Theatro Vrahon - Melina Mercouri. The awards have been held since 2010 at the Faliro Sports Pavilion...
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Barbro Hiort af Ornäs / Ingrid Thulin (1958) Simone Signoret (1959) Melina Mercouri / Jeanne Moreau (1960) Sophia Loren (1961) Katharine Hepburn / Rita...
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Barbro Hiort af Ornäs / Ingrid Thulin (1958) Simone Signoret (1959) Melina Mercouri / Jeanne Moreau (1960) Sophia Loren (1961) Katharine Hepburn / Rita...
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directed by Joseph Losey. It stars Melina Mercouri and Keith Michell. The beautiful and fiery gypsy Belle (Melina Mercouri) marries Regency playboy Sir Paul...
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1967–1974. Jules Dassin Olympia Dukakis Stathis Giallelis Lillian Hellman Melina Mercouri Arthur Miller Laurence Olivier Giorgos Panoussopoulos Maximilian Schell...
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