Melina Mercouri

Melina Mercouri

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.

  • Title: Melina Mercouri
  • Popularity: 2.936
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1920-10-18
  • Place of Birth: Athens, Greece
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  • Also Known As: Maria Amalia Mercouri, Μαρία Αμαλία Μερκούρη, Μελίνα Μερκούρη, Maria Amalia Merkuri
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Melina Mercouri Movies

  • 1966
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    10:30 P.M. Summer

    10:30 P.M. Summer

    5.5 1966 HD

    A female traveling companion seduces a married man and his alcoholic wife.

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  • 1963
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    The Victors

    The Victors

    6.3 1963 HD

    Intercutting dramatic vignettes with newsreel footage, the story follows the characters from an infantry squad as they make their way from Sicily to...

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  • 1964
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    Topkapi

    Topkapi

    6.5 1964 HD

    Arthur Simon Simpson is a small-time crook biding his time in Greece. One of his potential victims turns out to be a gentleman thief planning to...

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  • 1960
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    Never on Sunday

    Never on Sunday

    6.8 1960 HD

    An American scholar in Greece sets about improving the local prostitute with whom he is infatuated.

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  • 1962
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    Phaedra

    Phaedra

    5.7 1962 HD

    A modern retelling of the Greek myth of Phaedra. The young and fiery second wife of an extremely wealthy shipping magnate meets her estranged stepson...

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  • 1978
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    A Dream of Passion

    A Dream of Passion

    5.5 1978 HD

    Melina Mercouri plays Maya, a jet-setting Greek actress who returns to her homeland to undertake the role of Medea. Searching for inspiration and...

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  • 1955
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    Stella

    Stella

    6.7 1955 HD

    The story of a young, wild woman who doesn't want to compromise and settle down. Stella is a restless, rebellious Greek woman who plays with men and...

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  • 1959
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    The Law

    The Law

    5.9 1959 HD

    A gorgeous housekeeper turns the tables on the men in a small Mediterranean coastal town by using their own vicious drinking game.

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  • 1961
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    The Last Judgment

    The Last Judgment

    6.397 1961 HD

    The Last Judgement (Italian: Il giudizio universale) is a 1961 commedia all'italiana film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It was coproduced...

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  • 1975
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    Once Is Not Enough

    Once Is Not Enough

    5.2 1975 HD

    An over-the-hill movie producer marries a wealthy, spiteful woman and closeted lesbian just to please his spoiled daughter who then, in an attempt to...

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  • 1977
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    Nasty Habits

    Nasty Habits

    5.5 1977 HD

    In a Philadelphia convent, two nuns battle it out to be elected to the position of head abbess, and neither is about to let anything stand in the way...

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  • 1969
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    Gaily, Gaily

    Gaily, Gaily

    4 1969 HD

    After runaway Ben Young is robbed and left on his own, he is taken in by Lil, the head of a Chicago brothel. Acting as a surrogate mother for Ben,...

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  • 1958
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    The Gypsy and the Gentleman

    The Gypsy and the Gentleman

    5.5 1958 HD

    A lusty Gypsy gold digger marries a Regency aristocrat, then learns he has no money.

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  • 1966
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    A Man Could Get Killed

    A Man Could Get Killed

    3.8 1966 HD

    An American businessman visiting Lisbon gets mistaken for a British secret agent who stole some diamonds. As a result, he has everybody in Lisbon...

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  • 1965
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    The Uninhibited

    The Uninhibited

    5.8 1965 HD

    Vincent is recovering from a nervous breakdown in a seaside village on the Costa Brava. He enters into an affair with nightclub owner Jenny, but...

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  • 1970
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    Promise at Dawn

    Promise at Dawn

    5.3 1970 HD

    A single mother raises her son in impossible circumstances first in Leningrad, then Krakow, and then France, and is over-ambitious about him but...

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  • 1974
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    The Rehearsal

    The Rehearsal

    4.8 1974 HD

    An indictment of the Greek military junta of 1967–1974. The film tries to give a reconstruction of the events during the students' uprising in...

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  • 2017
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    Melina's fight for the Parthenon sculptures

    Melina's fight for the Parthenon sculptures

    1 2017 HD

    The Acropolis Museum, recognizing the enormous contribution of Melina Merkouris in raising awareness of the international community for the...

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  • 1957
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    He Who Must Die

    He Who Must Die

    6.1 1957 HD

    Greece, in the 1920s, is occupied by the Turks. The country is in turmoil with entire villages uprooted. The site of the movie is a Greek village...

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  • 1961
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    Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!

    Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!

    5.2 1961 HD

    Henri IV falls in love with the young Charlotte de Montmorency, 40 years his junior. The king decided to marry her off to his nephew, Henri de...

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  • 1963
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    38-24-36

    38-24-36

    1 1963 HD

    The film is a rundown of the songs sung by the stars of the time, chained to various shows such as strip and comic caricatures.

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  • 1975
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    Songs of fire

    Songs of fire

    6 1975 HD

    A documentary about the resistance of the people against the millitary Greek junta.

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  • 2020
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    Melina Stop Frame - In Search of Modern Greekness

    Melina Stop Frame - In Search of Modern Greekness

    1 2020 HD

    Through thirteen images and an equal number of stories, little Melina-Amalia, the teenager, the woman, the fighter, Blanche, Stella, Ilya, Phaedra,...

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  • 2002
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    Lilly's Story

    Lilly's Story

    1 2002 HD

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  • 1974
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    The Rehearsal

    The Rehearsal

    4.8 1974 HD

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  • 1962
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    The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

    5.6 1962 HD

    The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC,...

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  • 1972
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    Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

    8 1972 HD

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  • 1965
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    Dim Dam Dom

    Dim Dam Dom

    6 1965 HD

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  • 1984
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    Kronen Könner Kavaliere

    Kronen Könner Kavaliere

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1968
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    À bout portant

    À bout portant

    8 1968 HD

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  • 1962
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    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    7.4 1962 HD

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally...

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  • 1950
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    What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

    6.7 1950 HD

    Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or...

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  • 1971
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    V.I.P. Schaukel

    V.I.P. Schaukel

    6 1971 HD

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  • 1975
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    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    6 1975 HD

    A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

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  • 1956
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    Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

    8 1956 HD

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  • 1969
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    Wünsch dir was

    Wünsch dir was

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1964
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    Die Drehscheibe

    Die Drehscheibe

    6 1964 HD

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  • 1959
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    Discorama

    Discorama

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1971
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    Samedi soir

    Samedi soir

    6 1971 HD

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