Dimitra Arliss
Dimitra Arliss | |
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Born | Lorain, Ohio, U.S. | October 23, 1932
Died | January 26, 2012 | (aged 79)
Other names | Dimitra Arlys |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1971–2000 |
Dimitra Arliss (October 23, 1932 – January 26, 2012), sometimes credited as Dimitra Arlys, was an American actress.
Of Greek descent,[1] she was born in Lorain, Ohio, on October 23, 1932. Her acting career began at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. She first gained attention after appearing in Arthur L. Kopit's Broadway play Indians in the 1960s in which she played a Native American character who spoke with an Italian accent. She went on to appear in multiple stage, television and film productions, including the 1973 classic The Sting.
Voice-over work
She voiced Anastasia Hardy in the Spider-Man: The Animated Series episodes "The Sins Of The Fathers, Chapter II: Make A Wish" (1995) and "The Sins Of The Fathers, Chapter IV: Enter The Green Goblin" (1996).[2]
Death
Arliss died at the Motion Picture and Television Fund Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, at age 79, from complications of a stroke,[3] and was buried at the Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.
Partial filmography
- The Ski Bum (1971) – Liz Stone
- The Sting (1973) – Loretta Salino
- Death Scream (1975) – Mrs. Kosinsky
- Rich Man, Poor Man Book II (1976) – Maria Falconetti
- The Other Side of Midnight (1977) – Sister Theresa
- The Pirate (1978, TV Movie) – Nabilia
- A Perfect Couple (1979) – Athena
- The Fall of the House of Usher (1979 TV movie) – Madeline Usher
- Xanadu (1980) – Helen
- Firefox (1982) – Natalia Baranovich
- Eleni (1985) – Ana (Czechoslovakia)
- It's My Party (1996) – Fanny Kondos
- Bella Mafia (1997, TV Movie) - Mrs. Scorpio
- Bless the Child (2000) – Dahnya (final film role)
References
- ^ Kleiner, Dick (4 November 1978). "Return To Broadway Is Goal Of Actress". Waycross Journal-Herald. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ Minovitz, Ethan (January 28, 2012). "Dimitra Aliss, actress in "The Sting", dead at 79". Big Cartoon News. Archived from the original on December 2, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
- ^ "'The Sting' actress Dimitra Arliss dies in LA". The San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Communications, Inc. 28 January 2012. Archived from the original on June 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
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- 2012 deaths
- Actresses from Ohio
- American film actresses
- 20th-century American actresses
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- American soap opera actresses
- American stage actresses
- American television actresses
- American voice actresses
- Disease-related deaths in California
- People from Lorain, Ohio
- Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
- Actresses of Greek descent
- Deaths from cerebrovascular disease
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