Lola Pashalinski
Lola Pashalinski is an American theatre artist known for her work as a founding member of
Early life
Born Regina Hirsch in Brooklyn, New York,[1] Pashalinki's father was an insurance salesman. She spent her young adulthood "bounc[ing] around from odd job to odd job 'mostly in publishing' and briefly attended college before dropping out."[2]
Career
Pashalinski became involved in theatre as an assistant director with
Ludlam then founded his
After leaving the Ridiculous Theatrical Company, Pashalinski appeared in a range of theatrical productions and in film and television. In 1981, she played the
She also worked several times with director/choreographer
She also appeared in film and television, including as the psychiatrist in Mary Harron's I Shot Andy Warhol,[19] as Narc in Peter Sellar's The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez,[20] as Mona Black in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,[21] as Hedy Wormenhoven on One Life to Live,[2] and in smaller roles in All Good Things,[22] The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, and The Equalizer.[2]
In 1999, she and her partner Linda Chapman performed in a play they wrote called Gertrude & Alice: A Likeness to Loving, based on the relationship between
Awards
Pashalinski won Obie Awards for Distinguished Performance by an Actress for her performances in the Ridiculous Theatrical Company productions Corn (1973) and Der Ring Gott Farblonjet (1977), and for her performance in Gertrude & Alice (2000).[25]
Theater
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1970 | Bluebeard | Miss Cubbish | |
1973 | Corn | Lola Lola | Obie Award For Distinguished Performance by an Actress |
1977 | Der Ring Gott Farblonjet | Brunhilde | Obie Award For Distinguished Performance by an Actress |
1981 | The Tempest | Trinculo | |
1983 | Egyptology (My Head Was a Sledgehammer) | nurse | |
1987 | Film is Evil, Radio Is Good | Helena Sovianavitch | |
1999/2000 | Gertrude & Alice: A Likeness to Loving | Gertrude | Obie Award For Distinguished Performance by an Actress |
2022 | Underneath the Skin | Gertrude Stein | (remotely) |
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1986 | The Sorrows of Dolores | Gypsy Woman | |
1987 | Anna | Producer | |
1987 | Ironweed | Fat Woman with Turkey | |
1991 | The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez | Narc | |
1992 | Me and Veronica | Mabel | |
1994 | North | Operator | |
1995 | The Pesky Suitor | Babe | short film |
1996 | I Shot Andy Warhol | Psychiatrist | |
1997 | Arresting Gena | Mrs. Meanie | |
1997 | Brokers | Roz | |
1998 | Godzilla | Pharmacist | |
1998 | Claire Dolan | Salon Client #2 | |
1998 | Pecker | Pelt Room Announcer | voice |
1999 | Sweet and Lowdown | Blanche's Friend | |
2001 | The Sleepy Time Gal | Adoption Agency Director | |
2001 | K-PAX | Russian Woman | |
2006 | Little Children | Bridget | |
2009 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | Mrs. Mankievitz | |
2010 | All Good Things | Woman at Luxor | |
2011 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | Mona Black | |
2019 | A Call to Spy | Hilda Atkins |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1987 | The Equalizer | Vera Polivka | Episode: "Encounter in a Closed Room" |
1989 | The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | Zekia | Episode: "Here's a Rough Way to Learn a Foreign Language" |
1998 | Remember WENN | Mrs. Etruscan | Episode: "Some Time, Some Station" |
1999 | As the World Turns | Rosie | 2 episodes |
1999 | Now and Again | Olga | Episode: "Pulp Turkey" |
2009 | 30 Rock | Cleaning Lady | Episode: "Retreat to Move Forward" |
2014 | Louie | Mrs. Frame | Episode: "Back" |
2014 | The Blacklist | Apolonia | Episode: "Monarch Douglas Bank (No. 112)" |
2015 | Deadbeat | Dottie | Episode: "Last Dance with Edith Jane" |
2019 | Broad City | Neighbor | Episode: "SheWork and Shit Bucket" |
2020 | High Maintenance | Cora | Episode: "Soup" |
References
Notes
- ^ ISBN 9781557837400.
- ^ a b c d e Horowitz, Simi (November 5, 2019). "Lola Pashalinski: Evoking a Sense of Menace". Backstage. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
- ISBN 1-55936-041-0.
- ISBN 9781557833112.
- ^ "Flyer: "The Ridiculous Theatrical Company presents Bluebeard" (1970)". La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. 1970.
- ^ Dunning, Jennifer (August 5, 1988) "Bill Vehr, 48, Actor Who Was Director Of 70's Cult Classics" The New York Times
- ^ "John Brockmeyer, Leading Actor, 50, In Plays by Ludlam (Published 1990)". December 18, 1990 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Gussow, Mel (June 28, 1998). "Mary Brecht, 65; Designed Costumes for Theater (Published 1998)" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Bluebeard (1970)". Accessed May 29, 2018.
- ^ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Phedre and Oedipus (1977)". Accessed May 29, 2018.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
- JSTOR 1145842.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
- ^ La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Give My Regards to Off-Off-Broadway (1987)". Accessed May 29, 2018.
- ^ "The Photographer (dress rehearsal) 1983-10". NYPL Digital Collections. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
- ^ "A.R.T. - American Repertory Theater". americanrepertorytheater.org. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
- ^ "1999 - Autobiography of a Liar" Archiveography (Under Construction"
- ^ Anderson, Jack (December 13, 1999) "Reminiscences With Literally No Holds Barred" The New York Times
- ^ I Shot Andy Warhol (1996), retrieved 2018-03-03.
- ^ "Lola Pashalinski". To the best of our KNOWLEDGE. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
- ^ Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011), retrieved 2018-03-03.
- ^ Jarecki, Andrew (2010-12-09), All Good Things, retrieved 2018-03-03.
- ^ Carr, C. (May 25, 1999). "Inventing the Century". The Village Voice. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
- ^ Dale, Michael (December 5, 2022) "Michael Dale's Theatre Crawl - 'If Shakespeare had a psychiatrist we would not have had his plays or sonnets.'" OnStage
- ^ Isherwood, Charles (1999-06-14). "Gertrude and Alice: A Likeness to Loving". Variety. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
Further reading
- Katz, Leandro, Bedlam Days: The Early Plays of Charles Ludlam and The Ridiculous Theatrical Company, ISBN 978-987-24581-3-3