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|group = Famous Greek Americans'' |
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[[Maria Callas]] . [[Olympia Snowe]] . [[George Stephanopoulos]] <br /> [[Alexander Frey]] . [[Jennifer Aniston]] . [[Olympia Dukakis]] <br /> [[Pete Sampras]] . [[Nicholas Negroponte]] . [[Tina Fey]] |
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|langs = [[American English]], [[Greek language|Greek]] |
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|rels = [[Greek Orthodox Church|Greek Orthodox Christianity]] |
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'''[[Famous Greek Americans]]''' are [[United States|Americans]] of [[Greece|Greek]] descent who have made significant contributions to American culture in the arts, sciences and politics. |
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* Greek American novelist [[Jeffrey Eugenides]] won the 2003 [[Pulitzer Prize]] for his novel [[Middlesex (novel)|Middlesex]], about a Greek American family in [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]]. |
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* Several entertainers and other performing artists including [[Criss Angel]], [[Jennifer Aniston]], [[John Aniston]], [[Maria Callas]], [[Paul Cavonis]], [[Alexander Frey]], [[Zach Galifianakis]], [[Melina Kanakaredes]], [[Elias Koteas]], [[Tommy Lee]], [[Demitri Martin]], [[Andy Milonakis]], [[Amy Sedaris]], and [[Billy Zane]] are of Greek descent. |
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* Writer, performer and radio-commentator [[David Sedaris]] satirizes growing up in a Greek American household in [[Suburb]]an [[North Carolina]] in several of his essays |
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* The 1970s television-series [[Arnie (TV series)|''Arnie'']] depicted aspects of Greek American life. |
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* In 1967, [[Academy Award]]-winning film-director [[Elia Kazan]] published a [[novel]], [[The Arrangement: A Novel]], about a conflicted Greek American living a double life as an advertising executive and muckraking journalist. Kazan, who died in September 2003, was a Greek American. |
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* The popular 1970s show ''[[Kojak]]'', featured [[Telly Savalas]] as Greek American police detective Theo Kojak, and his brother [[George Savalas|George]] as detective Stavros. Kojak was originally supposed to be [[Poles|Polish]] (hence the name), but this was changed to match Savalas' profile. |
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* The 2002 [[comedy]] film ''[[My Big Fat Greek Wedding]]'' portrayed the love story of a Greek American woman (portrayed by [[Greek Canadians|Greek Canadian]] [[Nia Vardalos]]) and a non-Greek American man (specifically a [[White Anglo-Saxon Protestant]]). It also examines the protagonist's troubled love/hate relationship with her cultural heritage and value system. The movie spawned an unsuccessful [[TV series]], ''[[My Big Fat Greek Life]]''. |
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* ''[[The Famous Teddy Z]]'' was an acclaimed but short-lived TV series about a fictional talent agent named Teddy Zakalakis, portrayed by [[Jon Cryer]]. |
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* The TV series ''[[Full House]]'' was about a family that included Greek American [[Jesse Katsopolis|Uncle Jesse]], portrayed by [[John Stamos]]. Jesse's Greek dad was also a recurring character. |
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* The [[Olympia Cafe]] was a recurring sketch in the early years of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''. More recently, [[Tina Fey]] has often joked about her Greek heritage on the show. |
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* [[Tom's Restaurant (Manhattan)|Tom's Restaurant]], a Greek American owned business, has become one of the symbols of urban New York life. |
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* [[Elektra (comics)|Elektra Natchios]] is a [[Marvel Comics]] [[superhero]], portrayed by [[Jennifer Garner]] in the 2003 movie ''[[Daredevil (film)|Daredevil]]'' and the 2005 movie ''[[Elektra (2005 film)|Elektra]]''. |
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* In the 1973 [[Blockbuster (entertainment)|blockbuster]] ''[[The Exorcist (film)|The Exorcist]]'', [[Jason Miller (playwright)|Jason Miller]] starred as Greek American Father [[Damien Karras]], one of the priests who exorcised young [[Regan]]. In one scene, Karras' mother, played by Greek actress [[Vasiliki Maliaros]], is listening to a Greek radio station broadcasting the song ''Ιστορία μου αμαρτία μου'' (''My Story, My sin'') by the late popular Greek singer [[Rita Sakellariou]]. |
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File:Spiro_Agnew.jpg|[[Spiro Agnew]] |
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File:Reince Priebus crop.jpg|[[Reince Priebus]] |
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File:Tommy Lee 2005.jpg|[[Tommy Lee]] |
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File:Gus Bilirakis, official 110th Congress photo 2.jpg|[[Gus Bilirakis]] |
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File:Michael Bilirakis.jpg|[[Michael Bilirakis]] |
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File:Zack Space, official 110th Congress photo.jpg|[[Zack Space]] |
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File:George Gekas.jpg|[[George Gekas]] |
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File:John Sarbanes, official 110th Congress photo portrait 2.jpg|[[John Sarbanes]] |
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File:Paul Sarbanes, official color photo.jpg|[[Paul Sarbanes]] |
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File:Dina Titus official photo 2009.jpg|[[Dina Titus]] |
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File:Michael Chiklis.jpg|[[Michael Chiklis]] |
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File:Constantine Maroulis of The Wedding Singer.jpg|[[Constantine Maroulis]] |
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File:Billy Zane2.jpg|[[Billy Zane]] |
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File:Elia Kazan NYWTS.jpg|[[Elia Kazan]] |
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File:Maria Menounos Heart Truth 3.jpg|[[Maria Menounos]] |
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File:PeterZG-small.jpg|[[Peter Diamandis]] |
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File:Constantine Papadakis.jpg|[[Constantine Papadakis]] |
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File:Batista with World Heavyweight Championship.jpg|[[Dave Batista]] |
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File:William Pagonis.jpg|[[William Pagonis]] |
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File:Jason Calacanis.jpg|[[Jason Calacanis]] |
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File:Alexander payne.jpg|[[Alexander Payne]] |
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File:Tino Martinez 2001.jpg|[[Tino Martinez]] |
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File:YanniPressPhoto.jpg|[[Yanni]] |
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