Oscar-winning ‘Moonstruck’ actress Olympia Dukakis dies at 89

Oscar-winning ‘Moonstruck’ actress Olympia Dukakis dies at 89

Olympia Dukakis,who won an Oscar for her performance as a sardonic,middle-aged mother who advises her headstrong daughter on matters of love in the 1987 romantic film comedy Moonstruck,died on Saturday at age 89.

  • byJonathan Oatis andWill Dunham

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