Blair Brown
Blair Brown | |
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Born | Bonnie Blair Brown April 23, 1946 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Alma mater | National Theatre School of Canada |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1971–present |
Partner | Richard Jordan (1976–1985) |
Children | 1 |
Bonnie Blair Brown (born April 23, 1946)
Early life
Brown was born in Washington, D.C. Her mother was a teacher and her father worked for the Central Intelligence Agency.
Career
Film
Brown's first feature role was in the Oscar-winning 1973 film
Other film roles include: And I Alone Survived (1978), Strapless (1989),[5][6] The Astronaut's Wife (1999), Clint Eastwood's Space Cowboys (2000), Lars von Trier's Dogville, the Kevin Bacon-directed Loverboy (2005) and The Sentinel (2006).
Television
Brown appeared in several television movies and miniseries, primarily during the 1980s. A high-profile role as
Brown's visibility rose during her five-year run (1987–1991) on the
Brown also appeared in other prime-time series including
Stage
Brown has been involved with theater since the beginning of her career. She appeared in the 1975
Once "Molly Dodd" concluded, Brown became a prolific Broadway actress, appearing in, among other productions,
Voice
In the 1990s, Brown expanded her career into voiceover work, narrating both audiobooks and films and documentaries. Her audiobooks projects include John Grisham's The Client, Lois Lowry's Number the Stars, Stephen King's Rose Madder, Kevin Henkes' Olive's Ocean, Sue Miller's 2005 novel Lost in the Forest, and Isabel Allende's Inés of My Soul.
Her voiceovers are heard on a number of documentaries, including
Personal life
Brown had a relationship with actor Richard Jordan, whom she met while filming the miniseries Captains and the Kings in 1976. The couple lived together from 1976 to 1985; their son Robert Anson Jordan III was born in 1983. She dated playwright David Hare from 1985 to 1990; he referred to her as his muse.[15] She mentioned on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1989 that she is a Democrat.
Filmography
Films
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1972 | House of Lovers | George Thacker | |
1973 | The Paper Chase | Miss Farranti | |
1977 | The Choirboys | Kimberly Lyles | |
1980 | One-Trick Pony | Marion Levin | |
1980 | Altered States | Emily Jessup | |
1981 | Continental Divide | Nell Porter | Nominated— Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
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1984 | A Flash of Green | Kat Hubble | |
1988 | Stealing Home | Ginny Wyatt | |
1989 | Strapless | Dr. Lillian Hempel | |
1991 | The Good Policeman | Rebecca Karp | |
1992 | Passed Away | Amy Scanlan | |
1999 | The Astronaut's Wife | Shelly McLaren | |
2000 | Space Cowboys | Dr. Anne Caruthers | |
2002 | Grasp | Jean Malcheck | |
2002 | Benjamin Franklin | Jane Franklin Mecom | |
2002 | Young Dr. Freud | Narrator | |
2003 | Dogville | Mrs. Henson | |
2005 | Loverboy | Jeanette Rawley | |
2006 | The Sentinel | National Security Advisor | |
2006 | The Treatment | Miss Callucci | |
2006 | Griffin & Phoenix | Eve | |
2007 | Dark Matter | Hildy | |
2007 | First Born | Laura's Mother | |
2011 | The Speed of Thought | Bridger |
Television films
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1973 | Dracula | Mina Harker | |
1975 | The School for Scandal | Lady Teazle | |
1976 | Captains and the Kings | Elizabeth Healey Hennessey | |
1977 | Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years | Anna Roosevelt | |
1977 | Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging | Charity | |
1977 | The 3,000 Mile Chase | Rachel Kane | |
1977 | The Quinns | Millicent Priestley | |
1978 | And I Alone Survived | Lauren Elder | |
1979 | The Child Stealer | Jan Rodman | |
1983 | The Skin of Our Teeth | Sabina | |
1985 | The Bad Seed | Christine Penmark | |
1987 | Hands of a Stranger | Diane Benton | |
1990 | Extreme Close-Up | Margaret Toll | |
1991 | Lethal Innocence | Sally Hatch | |
1992 | Those Secrets | Neille Banesh | |
1992 | Majority Rule | Gen. Katherine Taylor | |
1993 | Rio Shannon | Elizabeth Cleary | |
1993 | The Day My Parents Ran Away | Mrs. Judy Miller | |
1994 | Moment of Truth: To Walk Again | Carol Keating | |
1994 | The Gift of Love | Helen Porter | |
1996 | The Ultimate Lie | Joan 'Joanie' McGrath | |
1996 | A Season in Purgatory | Grace Bradley | |
1997 | Convictions | Zalinda Dorcheus | |
2000 | In His Life: The John Lennon Story | Mimi Smith | |
2000 | Hamlet | Gertrude | |
2001 | Follow the Stars Home | Hannah Parker | |
2004 | Dark Shadows | Elizabeth Collins Stoddard | Unaired TV pilot |
2004 | Copshop | Frances Harding |
Television series
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1971 | Police Surgeon | Dulcy | Episode: "Lies" |
1972–75 | The Whiteoaks of Jalna | Pheasan Vaughan | 2 episodes |
1975 | The Rockford Files | Kate Flanders | Episode: "The Girl in the Bay City Boys Club" |
1976 | Kojak | Stella | Episode: "Where Do You Go When You Have Nowhere to Go?" |
1977 | Family | Flora Jessup | Episode: "We Love You, Miss Jessup" |
1978 | Wheels | Barbara Lipton | Episode: "#1.1" |
1983 | Kennedy | Jacqueline Kennedy |
Episode: "#1.2" Nominated— BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film |
1985 | Space | Penny Hardesty Pope | 5 episodes |
1985 | ABC Afterschool Special | Joan Stewart | Episode: "Don't Touch" |
1986 | Comedy Factory | Valerie Arnold | Episode: "The Faculty" |
1987–91 | The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | Molly Dodd | 65 episodes Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (1987–91) |
1995 | Frasier | Jill | Episode: "Shrink Rap" |
1995 | American Experience | Evelyn Nesbit | Episode: "Murder of the Century" |
1997 | Feds | Erica Stanton | Unsold TV pilot |
2001 | Touched by an Angel | Victoria | Episode: "A Winter Carol" |
2002 | Smallville | Rachel Dunleavy | Episode: "Lineage" |
2002 | CSI: Miami | Margie Winters | Episode: "Camp Fear" |
2003 | Law & Order | Virginia Masters | Episode: "Seer" |
2003–04 | Ed | Mary Burton | 2 episodes |
2003–07 | American Experience | Narrator | 5 episodes |
2004 | ER | Dr. Vicki Ford | Episode: "Midnight" |
2004 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Attorney Lynne Riff | 2 episodes |
2005 | Missing | Emma Roderick | Episode: "Off the Grid" |
2008–13 | Fringe | Nina Sharp |
46 episodes Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television |
2011 | Falling Skies | Sonya | Episode: "What Hides Beneath" |
2012 | Political Animals | Mrs. Berg | Episode: "16 Hours" |
2014 | Forever | Fawn Mahoney Ames | Episode: "The Man in the Killer Suit" |
2014 | The Affair | Dr. Gunderson | Episode: "8" |
2015 | Person of Interest | Emma Blake | Episode: "Guilty" |
2015–19 | Orange Is the New Black | Judy King | 26 episodes |
2015–16 | Limitless | Marie Finch | 7 episodes |
2017 | Elementary | Kate Durning | 2 episodes |
2018 | Jack Ryan | CIA Director Sue Joyce | 2 episodes |
References
- ISBN 978-0-9006-1080-6.
- ^ a b Weber, Bruce (April 27, 1995). "AT HOME WITH: Blair Brown; Never the Ingenue". The New York Times.
- ^ "Interview with Blair Brown". The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. February 14, 1979. NBC – via YouTube.
- ^ "Alumni: 1963-1969". National Theatre School of Canada. Archived from the original on May 12, 2012.
- ^ "Review/Film; Womanhood and Politics In David Hare's 'Strapless'". The New York Times. May 20, 1990.
- ^ Thomas, William (January 1, 2000). "Strapless Review". Empire.
- ^ Schremph, Kelly (June 11, 2015). "Who Plays Judy King On 'Orange Is The New Black'? You've Definitely Seen This Actress Before". Bustle. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ O'Hare, Patricia (April 19, 2000). "Red-haired Brown liable to lasso two Tony nominations". New York Daily News.
- ^ Gindi, Roger (February 6, 2000). "Blair Brown; To the Rescue". The New York Times.
- ^ "PHOTO ARCHIVE: Arcadia in 1995, With Billy Crudup, Blair Brown and Victor Garber". Playbill. September 29, 2012. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
- ^ Hernandez, Ernio (September 8, 2003). "Tony Roberts and Blair Brown Are Cabaret's New Schultz and Schneider, Sept. 22". Playbill. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
- ^ Brantley, Ben (April 12, 2000). "Theater Review; A Fiery Power In the Behavior Of Particles And Humans". The New York Times. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
- ^ McBride, Murdoch (June 4, 2000). "2000 TONY AWARD WINNER: Best Featured Actress In A Play - Blair Brown". Playbill. Archived from the original on September 8, 2012.
- ^ Isherwood, Charles (October 31, 2006). "Theater Review: 'The Clean House'". The New York Times.
- ^ Nightingale, Benedict (October 22, 1989). "David Hare Captures His Muse on Stage". The New York Times. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
External links
- Blair Brown at IMDb
- Blair Brown at the Internet Broadway Database
- Blair Brown at AllMovie