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Melina Mercouri
Maria Amalia "Melina" Mercouri 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 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 representative of PASOK. In October 1981, she became the first female Minister of Culture and Sports. She has the longest tenure of any of Greece's Ministers of Culture, having served from 1981 to 1989, and then from 1993 until her death in 1994, during PASOK governments. Mercouri's political activism included her long campaign for the return of the Parthenon Marbles. One of her greatest achievements was the establishment of the European Capitals of Culture, with Athens chosen as the first capital in 1985. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melina_Mercouri) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)
Songs See All
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Never On Sunday (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, April 30, 1967)
Melina Mercouri
Albums
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Melina
2015
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Playing With Melina / Pirazodas Ti Melina
2014
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I Ellada Tis Melinas
2009
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Melina Gia Pada
1990
Singles & EPs
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Never On Sunday (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, April 30, 1967)
Single • 2023
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Illya Darling (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, April 30, 1967)
Single • 2022
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Piraeus My Love (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, April 30, 1967)
Single • 2022
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Entre Les Lignes, Entre Les Mots (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, January 17, 1971)
Single • 2021
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I'm Greek (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, January 17, 1971)
Single • 2021
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Les enfants du pirée (Mono version)
Single • 2014
Videos See All
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Hrysoula Stefanaki / Χρυσούλα Στεφανάκη Ναύτης βγήκε στη στεριά
Retro music • 1.6K views
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Melina Merkouri - Ta paidia tou Peiraia (srpski prevod)
MissEllinida • 7.4K views
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Melina Mercouri - Na me Thimase
aslefree • 247K views
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Nana Mouskouri - The Children of Piraeus 1968.flv
Dezso Nyari • 51K views
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Να Με Θυμάσαι - Mikro Remix
Minos EMI • 1.5M views
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Melina Mercouri Tribute with Rare Photos: O Metoikos (Le Meteque)
La Polymita • 272K views
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패드라. 영화움악. PHEADRA -Love Theme from Pheadra-
insik Choi • 546 views
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