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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 and remained married to him until her death in 1994. Melina Mercouri died of lung cancer in New York City, on March 6, 1994.

Melina Mercouri in Never on Sunday (1960)

&quot;I was born Greek and I would die Greek. Mr. Pattakos was born a
dictator and he will die as a dictator.&quot; Her reply to the fact that the
Military dictatorship in Greece (1967-1974) in Greece had proclaimed
that she was no longer a Greek citizen.

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