Marilyn Sokol
Marilyn Sokol | |
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Born | Marilyn Roberta Sokol February 22, 1944 Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Awards | Obie Award, Bistro Award |
Marilyn Roberta Sokol (born February 22, 1944) is an American actress, musician, comedian, and producer, perhaps best known for her roles as Lulu Brecht in Bistro Award.[3]
Biography
She lives in New York City and has appeared in film, television as well as in theatre on Broadway,
regional theatres
.
Sokol was born February 22, 1944, in the
Calvin Coolidge High School in Washington, D.C., and New York University. She began her professional career in 1966 as a belly dancer in the national production of Man of La Mancha. She won an Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress in 1972 for her performance in a Chelsea Theater Center production of The Beggar's Opera.[4][5] In 1977, she voiced Ma Otter in Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas. In 1980, she was nominated for Worst Supporting Actress at the 1st Golden Raspberry Awards for her role in Can't Stop the Music.[6] She has worked as a comedian, singer, and cabaret performer.[7][8] In 2012-2013, she starred in the off-Broadway production Old Jews Telling Jokes.[9][10] She has taught as a distinguished lecturer in the theatre program at Lehman College.[11] She also portrayed Agnes Vertrulli on the web series Submissions Only
in 2014.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1971 | The Hospital | Lady Lib. | Uncredited |
1976 | The Front | Sandy | |
1977 | The Goodbye Girl | Linda | |
1978 | Foul Play | Stella | |
1979 | Something Short of Paradise | Ruthie Miller | |
1980 | The Last Married Couple in America | Alice Squib | |
1980 | Can't Stop the Music | Lulu Brecht | |
1988 | Crocodile Dundee II | Doris | |
1989 | Family Business | Marie | |
1994 | Men Lie | Porno Witness | |
1995 | The Basketball Diaries | Chanting Woman | |
1999 | Man on the Moon | Madame | |
2002 | Big Apple | Ms. Callahan | |
2005 | The Producers | Bag Lady | |
2008 | Lucky Days | Cherie | |
2011 | Musical Chairs | Mrs. Greenbaum | |
2011 | Wounded Warrior | Grandma Grace | Short |
2015 | Unplugging Aunt Vera | Aunt Vera | Short |
2015 | Sam | Mrs. Goldfarb | |
2019 | Almost Love | Peggy |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1972-1992 | Sesame Street | Various Muppets | Recurring role |
1977 | Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas | Ma Otter | Voice, TV movie |
1977 | Barney Miller | Dr. Lorraine Dooley | "Sex Surrogate" |
1977 | All That Glitters | Farrah Abuban | |
1980 | Scalpels | Dr. Betty Hacker | TV movie |
1982 | Sesame Street | Camp Director Aunt May | On camera appearance, 5 episodes |
1986 | Joe Bash | Betty | "Joe's First Partner" |
1991 | Law & Order | Marilee Katz | "His Hour Upon the Stage" |
1996 | Law & Order | Mrs. Levine | "Encore" |
1996 | All My Children | ||
1999 | Sex and the City | Dr. Velma Rubin | "The Awful Truth" |
2000 | Between the Lions | The Strange Old Woman | "Sausage Nose" |
2011 | Are We There Yet? | Old Woman | "The Salsa Episode" |
2014 | Submissions Only | Agnes Vetrulli | Main role |
2015 | Difficult People | Older Woman | "Pilot" |
Notable theater productions
- Year Boston Won the Pennant (1969)
- The Great God Brown, Cybel, Dec. 10, 1972 - Jan. 13, 1973
- Don Juan, Matherine, Dec. 11, 1972 - Jan. 13, 1973
- Elephant Steps (1974) (in the role of Ragtime Lady, her performance of "Watch Me Put My Right Foot Through the Door" has been captured on the cast album)
- Welcome to the Club, Arlene Metzler, Apr. 13 - 22, 1989
- Guilt Without Sex (one woman show, 1991)[12]
- Conversations with My Father, Hannah de Blinde, Mar. 22, 1992 - Mar. 14, 1993
- Shlemiel the First (1994-1997)
- Angel Levine (1995)
- Sam and Itkeh (1997)
- If Memory Serves (1999)
- Closet Chronicles (2003)
- In the Wings (2005)
- Old Jews Telling Jokes (2012)
References
- ^ Maslin, Janet (June 20, 1980). "'CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC'". The New York Times.
- ^ "Full Resume - Marilyn Sokol". Marilyn Sokol Official Website. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
- ^ Van Benthuysen, Gretchen (February 29, 2000). "Death becomes Paper Mill cast". Asbury Park Press. Gannett. p. 43. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
- ^ Ellen Stern, "Suddenly It's Sokol", New York, October 24, 1977.
- ^ Audrey Berman, "17th Annual 'Obies'", The Village Voice, May 11, 1972.
- ^ "Razzie Worst Supporting Actress nominees". www.listal.com. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
- ^ Stephen Holden, "Cabaret: Marilyn Sokol Sings", The New York Times, February 4, 1984.
- ^ Stephen Holden, "Cabaret: Marilyn Sokol", The New York Times, September 10, 1987.
- ^ Zinoman, Jason (May 20, 2012). "Such a Tradition of Humor, and This Is Only a Revue?". The New York Times.
- ^ Neal Conan, "'Old Jews' Take Jokes To The Stage", Talk of the Nation, June 14, 2012.
- ^ "Professor Sokol Praised for Role in 'Love Divided By/Times Three'", Lehman College, October 21, 2010.
- ^ Stephen Holden, "Review/Cabaret; Marilyn Sokol's Way With Guilt", February 7, 1991.