Melina Mercouri: 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...
Known For: Never on Sunday (Ilya), Topkapi (Elizabeth Lipp), Phaedra (Phaedra), Promise at Dawn (Nina Kacewa)