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.

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Poster movie The Law

The Law

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Poster movie Gaily, Gaily

Gaily, Gaily

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Poster movie A Man Could Get Killed

A Man Could Get Killed

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Movies unavailable from Melina Mercouri

10:30 P.M. Summer

Maria

Movie 1966

The Victors

Magda

Movie 1963

Topkapi

Elizabeth Lipp

Movie 1964

Never on Sunday

Ilya

Movie 1960

Phaedra

Phaedra Kyrilis

Movie 1962

A Dream of Passion

Maya / Medea

Movie 1978

Stella

Stella

Movie 1955

The Last Judgment

Foreign lady

Movie 1961

Once Is Not Enough

Karla

Movie 1975

Nasty Habits

Sister Gertrude

Movie 1977

The Gypsy and the Gentleman

Belle

Movie 1958

The Uninhibited

Jenny

Movie 1965

Promise at Dawn

Nina Kacewa

Movie 1970

The Rehearsal

Self

Movie 1974

Melina's fight for the Parthenon sculptures

Herself (Archive Footage)

Movie 2017

He Who Must Die

Katerina

Movie 1957

Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!

Marie de Médicis

Movie 1961

38-24-36

Self

Movie 1963

Songs of fire

Movie 1975

Melina Stop Frame - In Search of Modern Greekness

(Archival Footage)

Movie 2020

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The Merv Griffin Show

Self

Tv 1962

Le Grand Échiquier

Self

Tv 1972

Dim Dam Dom

Self

Tv 1965

Kronen Könner Kavaliere

Self

Tv 1984

À bout portant

Self

Tv 1968

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

Tv 1962

What's My Line?

Self - Mystery Guest

Tv 1950

V.I.P. Schaukel

Self

Tv 1971

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Self

Tv 1975

Cinépanorama

Self

Tv 1956

Wünsch dir was

Self

Tv 1969

Die Drehscheibe

Self

Tv 1964

Discorama

Self

Tv 1959

Samedi soir

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Tv 1971