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Melina Mercouri. Actress: Never on Sunday. Melina Mercouri was born in Athens, Greece on October 18, 1920. An early woman activist, she was elected to the Greek Parliament in 1977. Later Miss Mercouri was to become the first woman to hold a Senior cabinet post "Minister of Culture" in the Greek government. In 1971 she wrote her autobiography titled "I Was Born Greek." Melina wed actor Jules Dassin in 1966...
Jules Dassin originally started out as an actor and was a member of the Yiddish ARTEF (Arbeter Teater Farband) Players in New York remaining a member of the troupe until 1939. He quickly realized he was more interested in directing and was invited to Hollywood in 1940 as an apprentice to Alfred Hitchcock on the set of Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941).
Julius "Jules" Dassin (18. decembar 1911 - 31. mart 2008) bio je američki filmski režiser, poznat po tome što su mu karijeru u Hollywoodu prekinuli makartistički progoni i dolazak na crnu listu, ali i što ju je sa uspjehom nastavio u Evropi, definiravši novi žanr tzv.
Jules Dassin li donà suport activament en aquest propòsit. Merkuri morí l'any 1994 sense veure complet aquest somni. Jules Dassin, a la mort de la seva esposa es convertí en el president de la Fundació Melina Merkuri, que treballa perquè tots els tresors arqueològics espoliats de Grècia els siguin retornats.
Two-bit hustler Harry Fabian (Richard Widmark) longs for “a life of ease and plenty.” Trailed by an inglorious history of go-nowhere schemes, he tries to hatch a lucrative plan with a famous wrestler. But there is no easy money in this underworld of shifting alliances, bottomless graft, and pummeled flesh—and Fabian soon learns the horrible price of his ambition. Luminously shot in the streets of London while Hollywood blacklisters back home were closing in on director Jules Dassin ...
Films directed by American film director Jules Dassin (1911−2008). Pages in category "Films directed by Jules Dassin" The following 25 pages are in this category ...
