Olympia Dukakis At The 2005 Tribeca Film Festival In New York City Editorial Photo

Vibrant actress, director, producer, teacher and activist Olympia Dukakis arrives at the premiere of `The Great New Wonderful` at Stuyvesant High School in lower Manhattan at the 4th Annual Tribeca Film Festival on April 22, 2005. It was a big year for the Dukakis clan in 1988 as she garnered an Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for her work in `Moonstruck,` and a few months later, her cousin, Michael Dukakis received the Democratic Party nomination for President in 1988. Dukakis and her actor husband Louis Zorich founded the acclaimed Whole Theater Company in Montclair which offered diverse fair of high quality from its stage in Montclair, New Jersey. Ms Dukakis died in her home in New York City on May 1, 2021 at the age of 89.