Olympia Dukakis, Oscar-winning ‘Moonstruck’ star, dies at 89 ...United Arab Emirates

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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. She was 89. Dukakis died Saturday morning in her home in New York City, according to Allison Levy, her agent at Innovative Artists. A cause of death was not immediately released, but her family said in a statement that she had been in failing health for months. Olympia Dukakis Image Credit: AFP Dukakis won her Oscar through a surprising chain of circumstances, beginning with author Nora Ephron’s recommendation that she play Meryl Streep’s mother in the film version of Ephron’s book ‘Heartburn’. Dukakis got the role, but

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