NEW YORK, N.Y. – Olympia Dukakis, the Oscar-winning actress, has died at the age of 89, according to her family. Her brother, Apollo Dukakis, confirmed the news in a Facebook post, saying she passed ...

Award-winning actress Olympia Dukakis has died at the age of 89 at her home in New York City. Dukakis is best known for her prominent roles in films such as "Mr. Holland’s Opus," "Steel Magnolias," ...

Oscar-winning actress Olympia Dukakis, whose deadpan turn as Cher’s Italian mother in the movie smash “Moonstruck” boosted the theater veteran to sudden Hollywood stardom, died Saturday morning in New ...

Olympia Dukakis, the veteran stage and screen actress whose flair for maternal roles helped her win an Oscar as Cher’s mother in the romantic comedy “Moonstruck,” has died. She was ...

To the general public, Olympia Dukakis was an Oscar-winning actress. But to the LGBT community, she will always be Mrs. Anna Madrigal, the pot-smoking transgender landlady in the various TV ...