Melina Mercouri

Also Credited As:

Maria Amalia Mercouri
Photo of Melina Mercouri

Biography

Fiery, smoky-voiced Greek stage and screen actress with green eyes and natural blonde hair, adept at both drama and comedy. Melina Mercouri was in many ways a parallel figure to stars ranging from Hollywoodites Susan Hayward and Joan Crawford to Italy's Sophia Loren and Anna Magnani, with a star persona manifesting an outsize personality, a penchant for melodrama and a riveting lust for life. An established stage performer by the early 1950s, …
Read More »

Job Title

Actor, Music, Below The Line

Born

October 18, 1923

LATEST CREDITS

The Gypsy and the Gentleman

Belle

Phaedra

Phaedra

A Dream of Passion

Maya

La Promesse de l'aube

Actor

Stella

Stella

10:30 P.M. Summer

Maria

Never On Sunday

Ilya

Topkapi

Elizabeth Lipp

Nasty Habits

Sister Gertrude

A Man Could Get Killed

Aurora Celeste da Costa

Gaily, Gaily

Queen Lil

Keine Zufallige Geschichte

Actor

He Who Must Die

Katerina

Where the Hot Winds Blows!

Actor

Once Is Not Enough

Karta

The Victors

Magda

Lord Elgin and Some Stones of No Value

Narration

The Struggle For Democracy

Actor

The Last Judgement

Actor

Munich

Song Performer ("Never On Sunday" )

New York Stories

assistance ("Life Without Zoe" )