Question: What key details about melina mercouri can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: melina mercouri -lrb- , born as maria amalia mercouri , ; 18 october 19206 march 1994 -rrb- , was a greek actress , singer and politician . she was born to a former cavalry officer and member of parliament , stamatis mercouris , and his wife eirini lappa . when she completed her secondary education , she attended the national theatre 's drama school . she graduated in 1944 . her first husband was a wealthy landowner panos harokopos , and they stayed together until 1962 when they divorced . as an actress she made her film debut in '' stella '' -lrb- 1955 -rrb- and met international success with her performances in '' never on sunday '' , '' phaedra '' , '' topkapi '' , and '' promise at dawn '' . she won the award for best actress at the 1960 cannes film festival , and she was also nominated for an academy award , a tony award , three golden globe awards , and two bafta awards . a political activist during the greek military junta of 1967 -- 1974 , she became a member of the hellenic parliament in 1977 and the first female minister for culture of greece in 1981 . mercouri was the person who , in 1983 , conceived and proposed the programme of the european capital of culture , which has been established by the european union since 1985 . she was a strong advocate for the return to athens of the parthenon marbles , which were removed from the parthenon , and are now displayed in the british museum .
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- imagesize is 200px- death place is new york , new york- caption is melina mercouri -lrb- in stockholm , 1982 -rrb-- birth name is maria amalia mercouri- death date is 6 march 1994- spouse is panos jules dassin -lrb- 1966 -- 1994 ; her death -rrb- harokopos -lrb- 1941 -- 1962 ; divorced -rrb-- birth date is 18 october 1920- name is melina mercouri- image is melina_mercouri . jpg- birth place is athens , greece- occupation is actress for culture of greece , member of the hellenic parliament , minister