# Olympia Dukakis has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies, celebrity-death\ **Created:** [May 1, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympia-dukakis-has-died/941174 "2021-05-01T19:46:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympia-dukakis-has-died/941174/1 "2021-05-01T19:46:02Z")
RIP. If you’ve never seen Moonstuck, you definitely should. Olympia Dukakis OWNS that film, an Oscar well earned. > **[Oscar winning actress Olympia Dukakis dies aged 89 — Daily Mail](https://apple.news/AFnkTOKJVRPCZaMvIXWFJOg)** > > Cher has paid tribute to her 'amazing' Moonstruck co-star Olympia Dukakis, who passed away this morning in New York City aged 89 after a lengthy illness. 'Rip Dear One,' Cher wrote on Twitter. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympia-dukakis-has-died/941174/2 "2021-05-01T20:45:19Z")
She was also the much needed vinegar in _Steel Magnolias_. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympia-dukakis-has-died/941174/3 "2021-05-01T20:50:35Z")
Oh my goodness --no. I adored her in _Moonstruck_. Those scenes she had in the restaurant with John Mahoney (who played Frasier’s dad). Damn. Μπορεί αυτή να αναπαυθεί εν ειρήνη. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympia-dukakis-has-died/941174/5 "2021-05-01T21:46:01Z")
> [@mtnmatt](#): > > Louis Zurich That’s Louis **Zorich** who played the delightful grandfather on one of my all time favorite (now gone) shows, _Brooklyn Bridge_. He died in 2018 at age 93. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympia-dukakis-has-died/941174/6 "2021-05-01T22:55:10Z")
“If you give any more of my food to that dog, old man, I’ll kick you 'til you’re dead!” ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympia-dukakis-has-died/941174/7 "2021-05-01T22:58:51Z")
I loved her in “Too Many Grandmas” ---
**Author:** ![mtnmatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@mtnmatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mtnmatt)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympia-dukakis-has-died/941174/8 "2021-05-01T23:24:19Z")
Yes autocorrect strikes again ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympia-dukakis-has-died/941174/9 "2021-05-01T23:26:13Z")
That was great! 😂 She was so fabulous in that movie. A well-deserved Oscar. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympia-dukakis-has-died/941174/10 "2021-05-01T23:53:28Z")
You were the only one who did. The theaters were emptier than a Scottish pay toilet! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympia-dukakis-has-died/941174/11 "2021-05-01T23:57:56Z")
I’ve seen her on stage and screen, and she was always wonderful. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![cincinnatus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cincinnatus/32/7990_2.png) [@cincinnatus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cincinnatus)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympia-dukakis-has-died/941174/12 "2021-05-02T00:01:43Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Μπορεί αυτή να αναπαυθεί εν ειρήνη. Translation, please. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympia-dukakis-has-died/941174/13 "2021-05-02T00:54:47Z")
May she rest in peace (translation for above). ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympia-dukakis-has-died/941174/14 "2021-05-02T02:13:54Z")
RIP, Anna Madrigal…