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Portrait of Melina Mercouri

Acting

Melina Mercouri

Career

Active from 1955 to 2002, with a break from 1979 to 2001, busiest in 1966 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
12
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Topkapi
Topkapi
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Melina Mercouri Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.2, average 5.4
  • Scare
    1.1, average 2.6
  • Fantasy
    0.4, average 1.7
  • Uncanny
    1.3, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 4
  • Greek Cinema 3
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Melodrama 2
  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Power Dynamics 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Melancholy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

22
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
la loi
la loi

as Lucrezia

2000s

1 title
Lilly's Story
Lilly's Story (2002)

Writer

1970s

6 titles · average score 52
A Dream of Passion
A Dream of Passion (1978)
GoodWatch score 70

as Maya / Medea

Nasty Habits
Nasty Habits (1977)
GoodWatch score 43

as Sister Gertrude

Once Is Not Enough
Once Is Not Enough (1975)
GoodWatch score 35

as Karla

Songs of Fire
Songs of Fire (1975)

Songs

The Rehearsal
The Rehearsal (1974)

Producer

Promise at Dawn
Promise at Dawn (1970)
GoodWatch score 58

as Nina Kacewa

1960s

10 titles · average score 56
Gaily, Gaily
Gaily, Gaily (1969)
GoodWatch score 49

as Lil

10:30 P.M. Summer
10:30 P.M. Summer (1966)
GoodWatch score 49

as Maria

A Man Could Get Killed
A Man Could Get Killed (1966)
GoodWatch score 51

as Aurora / Celeste da Costa

The Uninhibited
The Uninhibited (1965)
GoodWatch score 59

as Jenny

Topkapi
Topkapi (1964)
GoodWatch score 81

as Elizabeth Lipp

The Victors
The Victors (1963)
GoodWatch score 44

as Magda

Phaedra
Phaedra (1962)
GoodWatch score 37

as Phaedra Kyrilis

The Last Judgment
The Last Judgment (1961)
GoodWatch score 64

as Foreign lady

Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love! (1961)

as Marie de Médicis

Never on Sunday
Never on Sunday (1960)
GoodWatch score 70

as Ilya

1950s

4 titles · average score 69
The Law
The Law (1959)
GoodWatch score 69

as Donna Lucrezia

The Gypsy and the Gentleman
The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958)
GoodWatch score 57

as Belle

He Who Must Die
He Who Must Die (1957)
GoodWatch score 76

as Katerina

Stella
Stella (1955)
GoodWatch score 74

as Stella