Amanda Plummer
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| Birth name | Amanda Michael Plummer |
| Born | March 23 1957 New York, New York, U.S. |
Amanda Michael Plummer (born March 23 1957 in New York, New York) is an Emmy and Tony Award-winning American actress.
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[edit] Personal
She is the daughter of actors Tammy Grimes and Christopher Plummer. [1] Plummer attended Middlebury College in Vermont and acting classes at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. Early in life, her interest was in riding and tending to horses on the East Coast and in Ireland. [2]
[edit] Career
Her first movie was the 1981 Western "Cattle Annie and Little Britches". She received a Tony Award nomination and the 1981 Theatre World Award for her first Broadway role, as Josephine in a Broadway revival of A Taste of Honey. She won the 1982 Tony Award for Featured Actress for her portrayal of Sister Agnes in the play Agnes of God, her second role on Broadway. [3] Before achieving leading movie roles, one of her most recognized appearances was on L.A. Law as Alice Hackett, a developmentally disabled girlfriend of Benny Stulwitz, played by Larry Drake, for which she received an Emmy Award nomination.
Her film roles have been described as "spooky, kooky, half-mad characters." (The San Diego Union-Tribune)
[edit] Stage (selected)
- A Month in the Country (off-Broadway) (1979)
- A Taste of Honey (1981) (Tony Award nominee-Best Actress)
- Agnes of God (1982)
- The Glass Menagerie (revival) (1983)
- A Lie of the Mind (off-Broadway) 1985
- You Never Can Tell (revival) (1986)
- Pygmalion (revival) (1987) (Tony Award nominee-Best Actress)
- Abundance (off-Broadway) (1990)
- Killer Joe (off-Broadway) (1998)
- The Lark (Stratford Shakespeare Festival) (2005)
- Summer and Smoke (Hartford/Paper Mill) (2006, 2007) [7]
[edit] Selected filmography
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Source: [8]
[edit] Awards
Source: [9]
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| Preceded by Ruby Dee Decoration Day | Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress - Miniseries or Movie 1992 Miss Rose White | Succeeded by Mary Tyler Moore Stolen Babies |
| Preceded by Sharon Stone The Practice | Emmy Award Outstanding Guest Actress - Drama Series 2005 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Succeeded by Patricia Clarkson Six Feet Under |
| Preceded by Shirley Knight NYPD Blue | Emmy Award Outstanding Guest Actress - Drama Series 1996 The Outer Limits | Succeeded by Dianne Wiest Avonlea |
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Swoosie Kurtz Fifth of July | Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Play 1982 Agnes of God | Succeeded by Judith Ivey Steaming |
[edit] References
- ^ http://wc03.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=B57109
- ^ The San Diego Union-Tribune, Anne Marie Welsh, p. E-1, May 30, 2003
- ^ Tony Award listing
- ^ Internet Broadway Database
- ^ Stratford Festival
- ^ Lortel listing
- ^ playbill article
- ^ Internet Movie Database
- ^ Internet Movie Database awards listing
[edit] External links
- Amanda Plummer at the Internet Broadway Database
- Amanda Plummer at the Internet Movie Database
- Amanda Plummer at the Lortel Internet Off-Broadway Database
- NewYork Times article, April 28, 1996
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