Dimitra Arliss (October 23, 1932 – January 26, 2012) was an American actress.

Arliss was born in Lorain, Ohio, on October 23, 1932, of Greek descent.^[1][2] She attended Miami University.^[2][3]

Arliss's acting career began at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago.^[3] She gained attention in Arthur L. Kopit's Broadway play Indians (1970), playing Teskanjavila.^[4] She also appeared on Broadway as Eurydice in Antigone (1971) and as Catherine Petkoff in Arms and the Man (1985).^[4]

Her films included The Sting (1973), in which she portrayed the contract killer Loretta Salino,^[5] Xanadu, Firefox, and Bless the Child. Her acting on television included Bella Mia and Rich Man, Poor Man and episodes of Dallas and Quincy, M. E.^[3]

Arliss died at the Motion Picture & Television Fund Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, at age 79, from complications of a stroke,^[7] and was buried at the Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.^[8]