Acting credits
34
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Melina Mercouri
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 24Series: 10Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 29902
IMDb ID: nm0580479
Known for: Acting
Born: October 18, 1920
Died: March 6, 1994
Age: 73
Place of birth: Athens, Greece
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1950 - 2025
Years active: 76
Average TMDB rating: 6.39
Wikidata: Q228611
Also known as
Maria Amalia Mercouri • Μαρία Αμαλία Μερκούρη • Μελίνα Μερκούρη • Maria Amalia Merkuri
Other jobs
Producer (1)Songs (1)
Biography
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Melina Mercouri.
The Marbles
as Self - Photo Only (archive footage)
2025 Movie
Melina Stop Frame - In Search of Modern Greekness
as Self (archive footage)
2020 Movie
Melina's fight for the Parthenon sculptures
as Self (archive footage)
2017 Movie
5.5
A Dream of Passion
as Maya / Medea
1978 Movie
4.7
Nasty Habits
as Sister Gertrude
1977 Movie
5.0
Once Is Not Enough
as Karla
1975 Movie
6.0
Songs of Fire
as Self
1975 Movie
4.8
The Rehearsal
as Self
1974 Movie
5.3
Promise at Dawn
as Nina Kacewa
1970 Movie
3.7
Gaily, Gaily
as Lil
1969 Movie
5.2
10:30 P.M. Summer
as Maria
1966 Movie
3.8
A Man Could Get Killed
as Aurora / Celeste da Costa
1966 Movie
5.8
The Uninhibited
as Jenny
1965 Movie
6.5
Topkapi
as Elizabeth Lipp
1964 Movie
6.2
The Victors
as Magda
1963 Movie
38-24-36
as Self
1963 Movie
5.7
Phaedra
as Phaedra Kyrilis
1962 Movie
6.4
The Last Judgment
as Foreign lady
1961 Movie
5.2
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
as Marie de Médicis
1961 Movie
6.8
Never on Sunday
as Ilya
1960 Movie
5.8
The Law
as Donna Lucrezia
1959 Movie
5.5
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
as Belle
1958 Movie
5.8
He Who Must Die
as Katerina
1957 Movie
6.8
Stella
as Stella
1955 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Melina Mercouri.
6.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self • 1 eps
1975 Series
8.0
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self • 3 eps
1972 Series
7.5
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self • 1 eps
1971 Series
8.0
À bout portant
as Self • 1 eps
1968 Series
6.0
Dim Dam Dom
as Self • 1 eps
1965 Series
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self • 3 eps
1962 Series
6.2
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self • 2 eps
1962 Series
Discorama
as Self • 1 eps
1959 Series
8.0
Cinépanorama
as Self • 3 eps
1956 Series
7.0
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest • 2 eps
1950 Series