- A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY......... Melina Mercouri was a powerful and very beautiful woman, a goddess if you will. She was well-known as a film-star, a singer and a politician. Melina was born in 1925 and her family was quite famous because her grandfather was the mayor of Athens for several years. Although she was not a good student, Melina was*a very clever and outgoing person who had always known ...members.tripod.com/~abitabit/tribute.html