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Melina Mercouri

1920 - 1994

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Maria Amalia "Melina" Mercouri (Greek: Μαρία Αμαλία "Μελίνα" Μερκούρη, 18 October 1920 – 6 March 1994) was a Greek actress, singer, activist, and politician. She came from a prominent political family for multiple generations. She received an Academy Award nomination and won a French Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award for her performance in the film Never on Sunday (1960) and an Italian David di Donatello for Topkapi. Mercouri was also nominated for one Tony Award, three Golden Globes, and two BAFTA Awards in her acting career. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Melina Mercouri is the 217th most popular actor (down from 206th in 2019), the 111th most popular biography from Greece (down from 107th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Greek Actor.

Melina Mercouri was a Greek actress and politician. She is most famous for her role in the movie "Zorba the Greek."

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Melina Mercouri ranks 217 out of 13,578. Before her are Faye Dunaway, John Saxon, Fred Astaire, Eddie Fisher, Silvana Mangano, and Gene Kelly. After her are Maximilian Schell, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Lange, John Lithgow, Marsha Hunt, and Christopher Walken.

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Among people born in 1920, Melina Mercouri ranks 19. Before her are Pran, Paul Celan, Mario Puzo, Owen Chamberlain, Frank Herbert, and Nicolaas Bloembergen. After her are Amália Rodrigues, Gianni Rodari, Richard von Weizsäcker, Charlie Parker, François Jacob, and Traudl Junge. Among people deceased in 1994, Melina Mercouri ranks 22. Before her are Giulietta Masina, Jan Tinbergen, Kurt Cobain, Harry Nilsson, Richard Laurence Millington Synge, and Antônio Carlos Jobim. After her are Andrei Chikatilo, André Michel Lwoff, Léon Degrelle, John Wayne Gacy, Paul Feyerabend, and Mas Oyama.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Melina Mercouri ranks 111 out of 1,024. Before her are Antiochus V Eupator (-173), Admetus (null), Dionysius the Areopagite (100), Aristides (-550), Agrippina the Elder (-14), and Eleftherios Venizelos (1864). After her are Pheidippides (-600), Mahfiruz Hatun (1590), Athenagoras I of Constantinople (1886), Berenice I of Egypt (-340), Polycrates (-600), and Demetrius Vikelas (1835).

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Among ACTORS In Greece

Among actors born in Greece, Melina Mercouri ranks 2. Before her are Irene Papas (1929). After her are Thespis (-600), Katina Paxinou (1900), John Aniston (1933), Aliki Vougiouklaki (1934), Carl Anderson (1945), Skeet Ulrich (1970), Adele Neuhauser (1959), Ariane Labed (1984), and Haruna Ikezawa (1975).

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