Jules Dassin holding hand of Melina Mercouri. - 8x10 photo "Melina Mercouri was a Greek actress, singer and politician. She was bornto a former cavalry officer and member of parliament, Stamatis Mercouris. Her first husbandwas a wealthy landowner Panos Harokopos, and they stayed together until 1962 when they divorced.She won the award for Best Actress at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival, and she was also nominatedactivist during the Greek military junta of 1967–1974, she became a member of the Hellenic Parliamentin 1977 and the first female Minister for Culture of Greece in 1981. Mercouri was the personwho, in 1983, conceived and proposed the programme of the European Capital of Culture, whichhas been established by the European Union since 1985. She was born on 18 October 1920 and diedon 6 March 1994. Jules Dassin was an American film director. He was a subject of the HollywoodHe was born on December 18, 1911 and died on March 31, 2008. Melina Mercouri, Greek, singer,actress, politician, people, Jules Dassin, togetherness, " Pickid: 440005 This is a high quality REPRODUCTION print. Where necessary, the image hasbeen cleaned, digitally enhanced and restored by a proffessional to further enhance the qualityand enjoyment of the image. The photos is printed onto a high quality glossy photo paper.