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She was born in October 1920 -
She studied at the National Theatre of Greece
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She received an Academy Award nomination and won a French Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award for her performance in the film Never on Sunday. -
She became the first female Minister of Culture and Sports.
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Mercouri died on 6 March 1994 -
On 18 October 2015, Google Doodle commemorated her 95th birthday.