Forthcoming novel from San Francisco author, centered on iconic Tales of the City character, could be made into a film
The venerable stage and screen actress Olympia Dukakis is poised to reprise what is perhaps the most iconic role of her career – and certainly one that had a huge impact on her outlook on life.
No, not her 1987 part as Cher's mother, in some sort of sequel to the hit movie Moonstruck, which won her an Oscar. Dukakis is in talks with the author Armistead Maupin about embodying once more – after a long hiatus – the character Anna Madrigal, the transgender landlady of a fictional house in San Francisco, where the legendary writer set his Tales of the City novels.
"I'd be there in a minute," Dukakis told the Guardian of the prospect of playing the iconic character again.
January 2014 sees the publication of The Days of Anna Madrigal, Maupin's...
The venerable stage and screen actress Olympia Dukakis is poised to reprise what is perhaps the most iconic role of her career – and certainly one that had a huge impact on her outlook on life.
No, not her 1987 part as Cher's mother, in some sort of sequel to the hit movie Moonstruck, which won her an Oscar. Dukakis is in talks with the author Armistead Maupin about embodying once more – after a long hiatus – the character Anna Madrigal, the transgender landlady of a fictional house in San Francisco, where the legendary writer set his Tales of the City novels.
"I'd be there in a minute," Dukakis told the Guardian of the prospect of playing the iconic character again.
January 2014 sees the publication of The Days of Anna Madrigal, Maupin's...
- 12/7/2013
- by Joanna Walters
- The Guardian - Film News
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