Melina Mercouri

Acting

Melina Mercouri

Born — Died

1920-10-18 — 1994-03-06

Place of birth

Athens, Greece

Known for

Acting

Credits

41 titles

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. In 1987 she was awarded a special prize in the first edition of the Europe Theatre Prize. Mercouri was a member of the Hellenic Parliament, elected as a represe…

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 2 titles

1970s · 6 titles

1960s · 11 titles

Topkapi poster
6.5

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 steal the emerald-encrusted dagger of the Mehmed II from Istanbul's Topkapi Museum.

Topkapi

1964

Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love! poster
5.6

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 Condé, so that he could later make her his mistress.

Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!

1961

Never on Sunday poster
6.8

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

Never on Sunday

1960

The Victors poster
6.2

Intercutting dramatic vignettes with newsreel footage, the story follows the characters from an infantry squad as they make their way from Sicily to Germany during the end of World War II.

The Victors

1963

Phaedra poster
5.7

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 Alexis and sparks immediately fly. Their love seems doomed from the beginning when she convinces him to come to Paris to meet his father.

Phaedra

1962

The Uninhibited poster
6.2

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 their relationship changes when she falls for alcoholic author Pascal Regnier, who is struggling to resume his writing career. Vincent eventually returns home, leaving Jenny to stay on with Pascal and his young son Daniel.

The Uninhibited

1965

10:30 P.M. Summer poster
5.3

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

10:30 P.M. Summer

1966

A Man Could Get Killed poster
4.5

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

A Man Could Get Killed

1966

Gaily, Gaily poster
4.3

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, who thinks she runs a boardinghouse, Lil gets him a job with Francis Sullivan at the local newspaper. As Ben is exposed to the workings of the big city, he realizes the extent of government corruption and sets out on the daunting task of reforming Chicago politics, finding several allies along the way.

Gaily, Gaily

1969

The Last Judgment poster
6.4

In Naples, a voice from the skies announces one morning that the final judgment will be at 6 p.m. on that day. What follows is a series of vignettes depicting various people's reactions (or lack thereof) to the announcement.

The Last Judgment

1961

38-24-36 poster
8.0

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.

38-24-36

1963

1950s · 4 titles

Series credits

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster
7.6

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 aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

The Merv Griffin Show poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

What's My Line? poster
7.0

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.

What's My Line?

1950

No artwork available
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

Die Drehscheibe

1964

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche poster
6.0

A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975

Le Grand Échiquier poster
8.0

Le Grand Échiquier is a French variety television program created and presented by Jacques Chancel. It aired at 8:30 pm on the first channel of the ORTF from January 12, 1972 to July 12, 1972, then on the second color channel of the ORTF from September 1972 to December 1974, and finally on Antenne 2 from January 1975 to December 21, 1989. The program returned to France 2 on December 20, 2018 and is hosted by Anne-Sophie Lapix.

Le Grand Échiquier

1972

Discorama poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Discorama

1959

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Samedi soir

1971

Cinépanorama poster
8.7

No synopsis available yet.

Cinépanorama

1956

À bout portant poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

À bout portant

1968

Dim Dam Dom poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Dim Dam Dom

1965

No artwork available
8.0

V.I.P.-Schaukel is a 45 minute documentary-family-news-talk show starring Margret Dünser as Host. The series premiered on Sun May 09, 1971 on ZDF and Folge 37 - Final Show last aired on Fri May 09, 1980.

V.I.P. Schaukel

1971

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Wünsch dir was

1969

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kronen Könner Kavaliere

1984

Behind the camera