Olympia
Follow Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis behind the scenes in this affectionate profile of a stalwart New Yorker and beloved stage and screen treasure.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Harry Mavromichalis
Actors: Armistead Maupin, Austin Pendleton, Diane Ladd, Ed Asner, Lainie Kazan, Laura Linney, Louis Zorich, Lynn Cohen, Olympia Dukakis, Whoopi Goldberg
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