Olympia Dukakis was an American actress. She performed in more than 130 stage productions, more than 60 films and in 50 television series. Best known as a screen actress, she started her career in theater. Not long after her arrival in New York City, she won an Obie Award for Best Actress in 1963 for her off-Broadway performance in Bertolt Brecht's Man Equals Man.
Dukakis in 2019
Dukakis at the 1998 Emmy Awards
Dukakis at Malaparte for Norman Jewison and Friends with Moonstruck, August 2011
The theatrical poster of the film Olympia, directed by Harry Mavromichalis, documenting Dukakis's career
The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards given since 1956 by The Village Voice newspaper to theater artists and groups involved in off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City. Starting just after the 2014 ceremony, the American Theatre Wing became the joint presenter and administrative manager of the Obie Awards. The Obie Awards are considered off-Broadway's highest honor, similar to the Tony Awards for Broadway productions.
Julie Bovasso, Shelley Winters and Jason Robards at the first Obie Awards (1956)