Highest rated movie: The Victors (1963)
Lowest rated movie: Once Is Not Enough (1975)
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Looking for reviews of Melina Mercouri movies? Cinafilm has a total of 100 reviews across 8 movies.
Movies starring Melina Mercouri have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average score of 58%.
The Victors - released in 1963 - is Melina Mercouri's highest rated movie, with a score of 72% based on 7 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Melina Mercouri is Once Is Not Enough - released in 1975 - with a score of 48% based on 2 reviews.
Melina Mercouri (Greek: Μελίνα Μερκούρη), born as Maria Amalia Mercouri (October 18, 1920, Athens, Greece – March 6, 1994, New York City, New York) was a Greek actress, singer and politician.
As an actress she made her film debut in Stella (1955) and met international success with her performances in Never on Sunday, Phaedra, Topkapi and Promise at Dawn. She won the award for Best Actress at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival, and she was also nominated for an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and two BAFTA Awards.
A political activist during the Greek military junta of 1967–1974, she became a member of the Hellenic Parliament in 1977 and the first female Minister for Culture of Greece in 1981. Mercouri was the person who, in 1983, conceived and proposed the programme of the European Capital of Culture, which has been established by the European Union since 1985.
She was a strong advocate for the return of the Parthenon Marbles, which were removed from the Parthenon and are now displayed in the British Museum, to Athens.
Melina Mercouri has acted in films with Jules Dassin, Romy Schneider, Eli Wallach and George Hamilton.
Melina Mercouri has worked with these film directors: Jules Dassin, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Carl Foreman and Guy Green.
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