Olympia Dukakis: Moonstruck and Steel Magnolias star dies aged 89

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US actress Olympia Dukakis, who won an Oscar for her role in the 1987 romantic comedy Moonstuck, has died aged 89, her family have announced.

Her brother wrote she was “at peace” after suffering ill health.

Dukakis had a long and distinguished career in theatre, both as a performer and as a director.

But in her 50s she starred in a series of hit comedies on screen, including an award-winning turn as Cher’s mother in Moonstruck.

That run – in the late 1980s – also included roles in Steel Magnolias, Working Girl and Look Who’s Talking.

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