Olympia Dukakis, Oscar-winning Moonstruck actor, dies aged 89 – ABC News

Olympia Dukakis, the veteran stage and screen actor whose flair for maternal roles helped her win an Oscar as Cher’s mother in the romantic comedy Moonstruck, has died aged 89.
Key points:

• Dukakis yearned to be an actor from an early age
• She won the 1988 Oscar for best supporting actress and Cher took home the trophy for best actress
• The same year Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, her cousin, was the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee

Dukakis died on Saturday morning (local time) in her…

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