Lisa Eichhorn
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Lisa Eichhorn is an American actress, writer and producer. She made her film debut in 1979 in the John Schlesinger
film Yanks
for which she received two Golden Globe nominations. Her international career has included film, theatre and television.
, New York
, on February 4, 1952, to Dorothy Elizabeth Golly and Frank Warren Eichhorn, and shortly thereafter moved to Westbury, Long Island, with her older brother and two half-sisters. In 1958 the family moved to Reading, Pennsylvania
, where Eichhorn later attended Mt. Penn High School. At the end of her junior year, she left to study in Svolvær, Norway, as a Rotary International Exchange student. She graduated from Mt. Penn in absentia in 1970.
Eichhorn began college at the Queen’s University at Kingston, Ontario
, taking a wide range of subjects. She quickly realized that her passion was in Drama and English, and they became her concentration. She left Ontario after two years to study at St. Peter's College, Oxford, on a year-long Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship, though this was not as an admitted member of the University in Statu Pupillari.
While at Oxford, Eichhorn met Alan Rickman
at a cocktail party. Rickman encouraged her to audition for London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
(RADA), where she was accepted in 1975.
, playing Ophelia in Hamlet
. This was followed by a wide range of regional work, including Stop the World - I Want to Get Off
for the Queen’s Theatre, Rosalind in As You Like It
at the Bolton Octagon
, The Wings of the Dove
for the BBC
, and The Fatal Weakness opposite Elaine Stritch
at the Windsor Theatre Royal
.
In December 1977, Eichhorn met with John Schlesinger
for the role of Lancashire shop-girl Jean Moreton in his wartime romance, Yanks
. She convinced him she was British and he gave her a screen test and, subsequently, the part. Although Eichhorn then felt duty-bound to tell Schlesinger she was actually American, he insisted that she was his choice regardless of her nationality. Eichhorn won two Golden Globe nominations for her performance in Yanks: Best Actress and Best New Star.
The day after filming wrapped on Yanks, Eichhorn flew to Boston to play Gertrude Wentworth in Merchant-Ivory
’s The Europeans
, for which she won a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
Eichhorn made a handful of London television appearances, then moved to Hollywood where she collaborated with actor Treat Williams
on her first American film, Why Would I Lie?
(originally titled The Fabricator). Around this time, Ivan Passer
and Paul Gurian enlisted Eichhorn to play Maureen (Mo) Cutter in Cutter's Way
(previously Cutter and Bone) with Jeff Bridges
and John Heard. Eichhorn’s performance as Alex Cutter’s wistful, alcoholic wife was deemed “the most underrated performance of the decade” by the American Film Institute
and earned her the Best Actress Award (American division) at the Deauville Film Festival.
In 1980, Eichhorn was cast opposite Gene Hackman
in the low-budget Universal feature, All Night Long
. Barbra Streisand
’s then-agent, Sue Mengers
, wanted a bigger outing for her husband, director Jean-Claude Tramont, and persuaded him to replace Eichhorn with Streisand on the film: three weeks into principal photography Eichhorn was fired from the project.
In the summer, Eichhorn travelled to Poland to shoot the CBS/TimeLife venture The Wall for Harry Sherman. She moved to Connecticut for the birth of her daughter in 1981, then returned to L.A. to play Margaret in The Hasty Heart
opposite Kurt Russell
. George Cukor
came backstage after one performance and told her she was like Greta Garbo
.
Eichhorn’s film work at this time included Wildrose and Opposing Force
in L.A. and East Lynne
, with Martin Shaw
, and The Weather in the Streets, with Michael York
and Joanna Lumley
, for the BBC in London.
In 1984, Eichhorn starred in Golden Boy
at the Royal National Theatre
, London. She made her New York theatre debut opposite Nathan Lane
in The Common Pursuit in 1986, while playing Elizabeth Carlyle on All My Children
for a year.
Eichhorn was invited to be a Life Member of the Actors Studio
in 1988. She shot the film Moon 44
for Roland Emmerich
in Germany, then began a fruitful association with the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, England, in Alex Finlayson
’s award-winning Winding the Ball, under the direction of Greg Hersov
.
in The Speed of Darkness
, with Len Cariou
, Stephen Lang
and Robert Sean Leonard
. She went on to star opposite Sada Thompson
and Justin Kirk
in Any Given Day at the Longacre Theatre
, and in the film A Modern Affair
opposite Stanley Tucci
.
In 1996, Eichhorn returned to Los Angeles for her daughter’s high school career. She starred in two more Hersov-Finlayson collaborations at the Royal Exchange Manchester: Tobaccoland and Misfits, in which she played Marilyn Monroe
. She returned to New York in 2000 to do a variety of theatre, television and teaching.
, and played Joy Gresham
opposite Julian Glover
’s C.S. Lewis in Shadowlands
at Salisbury Playhouse
.
Eichhorn continues to live in London where she works in theatre (Women of Lockerbie, Enduring Freedom) and television (Spooks
, Midsomer Murders
, Inspector Morse
, Cracker
), while developing several projects for film.
In 2007, Eichhorn produced and co-wrote Defenders of Riga
, which was the official Latvian film entry to the 2009 Academy Awards
.
in New York. She has taught internationally at USC
, Disney, DreamWorks
, and London’s National Film and Television School
and Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
. She has also been a guest speaker at the Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival, and has taught in Milan, Kosovo and Latvia under the auspices of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Visiting Artists Program.
While filming Cutter's Way
in 1979, Eichhorn met makeup artist Ben Nye, Jr. They married in 1981 and, until their divorce in 1986, alternated jobs in order to raise their daughter, Emily Alexandra.
In 1990, Eichhorn met Edward M. Ferguson III, whom she lived with in New York and Los Angeles. Although the relationship ended in 2000, they remain good friends.
Eichhorn met solicitor Richard Moxon when setting up her company, GiftHorse Productions, in 2003. They married in August 2006 and live outside London with Moxon’s teenage son, Matthew.
Eichhorn’s daughter, artist Emily Eichhorn-Nye, now resides in Los Angeles.
John Schlesinger
John Richard Schlesinger, CBE was an English film and stage director and actor.-Early life:Schlesinger was born in London into a middle-class Jewish family, the son of Winifred Henrietta and Bernard Edward Schlesinger, a physician...
film Yanks
Yanks
Yanks is a 1979 John Schlesinger film, set in World War II in the village of Dobcross, in Greater Manchester, England. Starring Richard Gere, Vanessa Redgrave, William Devane, Lisa Eichhorn, Rachel Roberts and Tony Melody....
for which she received two Golden Globe nominations. Her international career has included film, theatre and television.
Early life
Lisa Warren Eichhorn was born in Glens FallsGlens Falls, New York
Glens Falls is a city in Warren County, New York, United States. Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 14,700 at the 2010 census...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, on February 4, 1952, to Dorothy Elizabeth Golly and Frank Warren Eichhorn, and shortly thereafter moved to Westbury, Long Island, with her older brother and two half-sisters. In 1958 the family moved to Reading, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, where Eichhorn later attended Mt. Penn High School. At the end of her junior year, she left to study in Svolvær, Norway, as a Rotary International Exchange student. She graduated from Mt. Penn in absentia in 1970.
Eichhorn began college at the Queen’s University at Kingston, Ontario
Queen's University
Queen's University, , is a public research university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Founded on 16 October 1841, the university pre-dates the founding of Canada by 26 years. Queen's holds more more than of land throughout Ontario as well as Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, England...
, taking a wide range of subjects. She quickly realized that her passion was in Drama and English, and they became her concentration. She left Ontario after two years to study at St. Peter's College, Oxford, on a year-long Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship, though this was not as an admitted member of the University in Statu Pupillari.
While at Oxford, Eichhorn met Alan Rickman
Alan Rickman
Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman is an English actor and theatre director. He is a renowned stage actor in modern and classical productions and a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company...
at a cocktail party. Rickman encouraged her to audition for London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art is a drama school located in London, United Kingdom. It is generally regarded as one of the most renowned drama schools in the world, and is one of the oldest drama schools in the United Kingdom, having been founded in 1904.RADA is an affiliate school of the...
(RADA), where she was accepted in 1975.
Early career
Upon graduating from RADA in 1977, Eichhorn immediately began rehearsals for the Queen's Theatre, HornchurchQueen's Theatre, Hornchurch
The Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch is a 500-seat theatre located in Hornchurch in the London Borough of Havering, east London.The theatre opened in its current purpose-built site on Billet Lane, Hornchurch in 1975....
, playing Ophelia in Hamlet
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
. This was followed by a wide range of regional work, including Stop the World - I Want to Get Off
Stop the World - I Want to Get Off
Stop the World – I Want to Get Off is a musical with a book, music, and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley.Set against the backdrop of a circus, it focuses on Littlechap, whose first major step towards improving his lot is to marry Evie, his boss's daughter...
for the Queen’s Theatre, Rosalind in As You Like It
As You Like It
As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in the folio of 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has been suggested as a possibility...
at the Bolton Octagon
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
The Octagon Theatre is a producing theatre located in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.-Programme:The Octagon produces between eight and nine professional theatre productions a year in its Main Auditorium...
, The Wings of the Dove
The Wings of the Dove
The Wings of the Dove is a 1902 novel by Henry James. This novel tells the story of Milly Theale, an American heiress stricken with a serious disease, and her impact on the people around her...
for the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
, and The Fatal Weakness opposite Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch is an American actress and vocalist. She has appeared in numerous stage plays and musicals, feature films, and many television programs...
at the Windsor Theatre Royal
Theatre Royal, Windsor
The Theatre Royal, Windsor is located in the town of Windsor, Berkshire, England, directly across the road from Windsor Castle.The present building was opened on 17 December 1910 after the previous theatre had burned down on 18 February 1908, under the ownership of Sir William Shipley.With the...
.
In December 1977, Eichhorn met with John Schlesinger
John Schlesinger
John Richard Schlesinger, CBE was an English film and stage director and actor.-Early life:Schlesinger was born in London into a middle-class Jewish family, the son of Winifred Henrietta and Bernard Edward Schlesinger, a physician...
for the role of Lancashire shop-girl Jean Moreton in his wartime romance, Yanks
Yanks
Yanks is a 1979 John Schlesinger film, set in World War II in the village of Dobcross, in Greater Manchester, England. Starring Richard Gere, Vanessa Redgrave, William Devane, Lisa Eichhorn, Rachel Roberts and Tony Melody....
. She convinced him she was British and he gave her a screen test and, subsequently, the part. Although Eichhorn then felt duty-bound to tell Schlesinger she was actually American, he insisted that she was his choice regardless of her nationality. Eichhorn won two Golden Globe nominations for her performance in Yanks: Best Actress and Best New Star.
The day after filming wrapped on Yanks, Eichhorn flew to Boston to play Gertrude Wentworth in Merchant-Ivory
Merchant Ivory Productions
Merchant Ivory Productions is a film company founded in 1961 by producer Ismail Merchant and director James Ivory. Their films were for the most part produced by the former, directed by the latter, and scripted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, with the noted exception of a few films. The films were often...
’s The Europeans
The Europeans
The Europeans: A sketch is a short novel by Henry James, published in 1878. It is essentially a comedy contrasting the behaviour and attitudes of two visitors from Europe with those of their relatives living in the 'new' world of New England. The novel first appeared as a serial in The Atlantic...
, for which she won a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
Eichhorn made a handful of London television appearances, then moved to Hollywood where she collaborated with actor Treat Williams
Treat Williams
Richard Treat Williams is a Screen Actors Guild Award–nominated American actor and children's book author who has appeared on film, stage and television...
on her first American film, Why Would I Lie?
Why Would I Lie?
Why Would I Lie? is a 1980 American comedy/drama film about a compulsive liar named Cletus . The film, which was directed by Larry Peerce and shot in Spokane, Washington, is based on the novel The Fabricator by Hollis Hodges....
(originally titled The Fabricator). Around this time, Ivan Passer
Ivan Passer
Ivan Passer is a Czech-born film director and screenwriter.A significant figure in the Czech New Wave of the mid-1960s, Passer worked closely with Miloš Forman on many of his films, and directed his first feature in 1965...
and Paul Gurian enlisted Eichhorn to play Maureen (Mo) Cutter in Cutter's Way
Cutter's Way
Cutter's Way is a 1981 thriller directed by Ivan Passer. The film stars Jeff Bridges, John Heard, and Lisa Eichhorn. The screenplay was by Jeffrey Alan Fiskin, based on the novel Cutter and Bone by Newton Thornburg....
(previously Cutter and Bone) with Jeff Bridges
Jeff Bridges
Jeffrey Leon "Jeff" Bridges is an American actor and musician. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Otis "Bad" Blake in the 2009 film Crazy Heart....
and John Heard. Eichhorn’s performance as Alex Cutter’s wistful, alcoholic wife was deemed “the most underrated performance of the decade” by the American Film Institute
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act...
and earned her the Best Actress Award (American division) at the Deauville Film Festival.
In 1980, Eichhorn was cast opposite Gene Hackman
Gene Hackman
Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman is an American actor and novelist.Nominated for five Academy Awards, winning two, Hackman has also won three Golden Globes and two BAFTAs in a career that spanned five decades. He first came to fame in 1967 with his performance as Buck Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde...
in the low-budget Universal feature, All Night Long
All Night Long (1981 film)
All Night Long is a 1981 comedy film starring Barbra Streisand, Gene Hackman, Diane Ladd, Dennis Quaid, Kevin Dobson, and William Daniels, written by W. D...
. Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Joan Streisand is an American singer, actress, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,...
’s then-agent, Sue Mengers
Sue Mengers
Sue Mengers was a talent agent to many significant filmmakers and actors of the New Hollywood generation of the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s.-Early life:...
, wanted a bigger outing for her husband, director Jean-Claude Tramont, and persuaded him to replace Eichhorn with Streisand on the film: three weeks into principal photography Eichhorn was fired from the project.
In the summer, Eichhorn travelled to Poland to shoot the CBS/TimeLife venture The Wall for Harry Sherman. She moved to Connecticut for the birth of her daughter in 1981, then returned to L.A. to play Margaret in The Hasty Heart
The Hasty Heart
The Hasty Heart is a 1949 British-American co-production film based on the play of the same name by John Patrick. It tells the story of a group of wounded Allied soldiers in a mobile surgery unit at the end of World War II who, after initial resentment and ostracism, rally around a loner, a...
opposite Kurt Russell
Kurt Russell
Kurt Vogel Russell is an American television and film actor. His first acting roles were as a child in television series, including a lead role in the Western series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters...
. George Cukor
George Cukor
George Dewey Cukor was an American film director. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO and later MGM, where he directed What Price Hollywood? , A Bill of Divorcement , Dinner at Eight , Little Women , David Copperfield , Romeo and Juliet and...
came backstage after one performance and told her she was like Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo , born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson, was a Swedish film actress. Garbo was an international star and icon during Hollywood's silent and classic periods. Many of Garbo's films were sensational hits, and all but three were profitable...
.
Eichhorn’s film work at this time included Wildrose and Opposing Force
Opposing force
An opposing force or enemy force is a military unit tasked with representing an enemy, usually for training purposes in war game scenarios...
in L.A. and East Lynne
East Lynne
East Lynne is an English sensation novel of 1861 by Ellen Wood. East Lynne was a Victorian bestseller. It is remembered chiefly for its elaborate and implausible plot, centering on infidelity and double identities...
, with Martin Shaw
Martin Shaw
Martin Shaw is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in shows such as The Professionals, The Chief, Judge John Deed and Inspector George Gently.-Theatrical background:...
, and The Weather in the Streets, with Michael York
Michael York
Michael York may refer to:* Michael York , English actor* Michael York * Michael York , Australian former field hockey defender* Mike York , ice hockey player...
and Joanna Lumley
Joanna Lumley
Joanna Lamond Lumley, OBE, FRGS is a British actress, voice-over artist, former-model and author, best known for her roles in British television series Absolutely Fabulous portraying Edina Monsoon's best friend, Patsy Stone, as well as parts in The New Avengers, Sapphire & Steel, and Sensitive...
, for the BBC in London.
In 1984, Eichhorn starred in Golden Boy
Golden Boy
Golden Boy is a drama by Clifford Odets. The play was initially produced on Broadway by The Group Theatre in 1937. Odets' biggest hit was made into a 1939 film of the same name, starring William Holden in his breakthrough role, and also served as the basis for a 1964 musical.-Plot:It focuses on Joe...
at the Royal National Theatre
Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company...
, London. She made her New York theatre debut opposite Nathan Lane
Nathan Lane
Nathan Lane is an American actor of stage and screen. He is best known for his roles as Mendy in The Lisbon Traviata, Albert in The Birdcage, Max Bialystock in the musical The Producers, Ernie Smuntz in MouseHunt, Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls, Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to...
in The Common Pursuit in 1986, while playing Elizabeth Carlyle on All My Children
All My Children
All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...
for a year.
Eichhorn was invited to be a Life Member of the Actors Studio
Actors Studio
The Actors Studio is a membership organization for professional actors, theatre directors and playwrights at 432 West 44th Street in the Clinton neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded October 5, 1947, by Elia Kazan, Cheryl Crawford, Robert Lewis and Anna Sokolow who provided...
in 1988. She shot the film Moon 44
Moon 44
Moon 44 is a 1990 science fiction, action film from Centropolis Film Productions, directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Michael Paré and Lisa Eichhorn and co-starring Brian Thompson.- Plot :...
for Roland Emmerich
Roland Emmerich
Roland Emmerich is a German film director, screenwriter, and producer.His films, most of which are Hollywood productions filmed in English, have grossed more than $3 billion worldwide, more than those of any other European director...
in Germany, then began a fruitful association with the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, England, in Alex Finlayson
Alex Finlayson
Alex Finlayson is an American playwright whose sly irreverent plays have found more success on the English stage than in the United States. After winning Finlayson a Mobil Oil International Playwriting Prize, Winding the Ball — a dark comedy about a sniper shooting up the small town where he is...
’s award-winning Winding the Ball, under the direction of Greg Hersov
Greg Hersov
Gregory A. Hersov is a British theatre director.Greg Hersov was educated at Bryanston School and Mansfield College, Oxford.-Overview:...
.
1990s
In 1990, Eichhorn made her Broadway debut at the Belasco TheatreBelasco Theatre
The Belasco Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 111 West 44th Street in midtown-Manhattan.-History:Designed by architect George Keister for impresario David Belasco, the interior featured Tiffany lighting and ceiling panels, rich woodwork and expansive murals by American artist...
in The Speed of Darkness
The Speed of Darkness (play)
The Speed of Darkness is a play written by Steve Tesich.-Productions:The play received its world premiere at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, with Bill Raymond as Joe, Stephen Lang as Lou, and Lee Guthrie as Anne....
, with Len Cariou
Len Cariou
Leonard Joseph “Len” Cariou is a Canadian actor, best known for his portrayal of Sweeney Todd in the original cast of Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street...
, Stephen Lang
Stephen Lang
Stephen Lang may refer to:* Stephen Lang * Stephen Lang , a fictional character in Marvel Comics* Steven Lang...
and Robert Sean Leonard
Robert Sean Leonard
Robert Sean Leonard is an American actor, who has regularly starred in Broadway and off-Broadway productions. Since 2004 he has played the role of Dr. James Wilson on the TV series House...
. She went on to star opposite Sada Thompson
Sada Thompson
Sada Carolyn Thompson was an American stage, film, and television actress.-Life and career:Born in Des Moines, Iowa in 1927 to Hugh Woodruff Thompson and his wife Corlyss , and raised in New Jersey, Thompson earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, after...
and Justin Kirk
Justin Kirk
Justin Kirk is an American stage and film actor. He is known for playing Prior Walter in Mike Nichols's screen adaptation of Angels in America and for his portrayal of Andy Botwin in Showtime's Weeds.-Early life and education:Kirk was born in Salem, Oregon, son of a...
in Any Given Day at the Longacre Theatre
Longacre Theatre
The Longacre Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 220 West 48th Street in midtown Manhattan.-Theatre History:Designed by architect Henry Beaumont Herts in 1912, it was named for Longacre Square, the original name for Times Square...
, and in the film A Modern Affair
A Modern Affair
A Modern Affair is an independent feature directed by Vern Oakley and produced by Tribe Pictures. Starring Stanley Tucci and Lisa Eichhorn, the film's plot reverses the conventions of romantic comedies: instead of man meet woman - fall in love, marry and have baby, in this film the woman gets...
opposite Stanley Tucci
Stanley Tucci
Stanley Tucci is an American actor, writer, film producer and film director. He has been nominated for several notable film awards, including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his performance in The Lovely Bones...
.
In 1996, Eichhorn returned to Los Angeles for her daughter’s high school career. She starred in two more Hersov-Finlayson collaborations at the Royal Exchange Manchester: Tobaccoland and Misfits, in which she played Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, singer, model and showgirl who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s....
. She returned to New York in 2000 to do a variety of theatre, television and teaching.
2000s
In 2003, Eichhorn moved back to London to pursue writing and producing. She returned to the Royal Exchange Manchester in 2004 to play Ouisa in Six Degrees of SeparationSix degrees of separation
Six degrees of separation refers to the idea that everyone is on average approximately six steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person on Earth, so that a chain of, "a friend of a friend" statements can be made, on average, to connect any two people in six steps or fewer...
, and played Joy Gresham
Joy Gresham
Joy Davidman was an American poet and writer, and a radical communist and atheist until her conversion to Christianity in the late 1940s. Her first husband was the writer William Lindsay Gresham. They had two children together: David and Douglas. Her second marriage was to C. S...
opposite Julian Glover
Julian Glover
Julian Wyatt Glover is a British actor best known for such roles as General Maximilian Veers in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, the Bond villain Aristotle Kristatos in For Your Eyes Only, and Walter Donovan in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.-Personal life:Glover was born in...
’s C.S. Lewis in Shadowlands
Shadowlands
Shadowlands is a 1985 television film, written by William Nicholson, directed by Norman Stone and produced by David M. Thompson for BBC Wales. Its subject is the relationship between Oxford don and author, C. S. Lewis and Joy Gresham....
at Salisbury Playhouse
Salisbury Playhouse
Salisbury Playhouse is a theatre in the county of Wiltshire, it was built in 1976 and has two theatre spaces – the Main House and Salberg Studio ....
.
Eichhorn continues to live in London where she works in theatre (Women of Lockerbie, Enduring Freedom) and television (Spooks
Spooks
Spooks is a British television drama series that originally aired on BBC One from 13 May 2002 – 23 October 2011, consisting of 10 series. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, as the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a...
, Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on the books by Caroline Graham, as originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. The lead character is DCI Tom Barnaby who works for Causton CID. When Nettles left the show in 2011 he was...
, Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse (TV series)
Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis. Dexter makes a cameo appearance in all but three of the episodes....
, Cracker
Cracker (UK TV series)
Cracker is a British crime drama series produced by Granada Television for ITV and created and principally written by Jimmy McGovern. The series is centered on a criminal psychologist , Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald, played by Robbie Coltrane. Set in Manchester, it consists of three series which were...
), while developing several projects for film.
In 2007, Eichhorn produced and co-wrote Defenders of Riga
Defenders of Riga
Defenders of Riga is a 2007 Latvian film directed by Aigars Grauba starring Elita Kļaviņa, Jānis Reinis, and Artūrs Skrastiņš.Already by the fifth week of screening, the film had become the most watched Latvian film produced after the return of independence in 1991. By then, it had been viewed by...
, which was the official Latvian film entry to the 2009 Academy Awards
Academy Awards
An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
.
Teaching
Eichhorn began teaching Acting and Directing in 1992 at the School of Visual ArtsSchool of Visual Arts
The School of Visual Arts , is a proprietary art school located in Manhattan, New York City, and is widely considered to be one of the leading art schools in the United States. It was established in 1947 by co-founders Silas H. Rhodes and Burne Hogarth as the Cartoonists and Illustrators School and...
in New York. She has taught internationally at USC
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
, Disney, DreamWorks
DreamWorks
DreamWorks Pictures, also known as DreamWorks, LLC, DreamWorks SKG, DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC, DreamWorks Studios or DW Studios, LLC, is an American film studio which develops, produces, and distributes films, video games and television programming...
, and London’s National Film and Television School
National Film and Television School
The National Film and Television School was established in 1971 and is based at Beaconsfield Studios in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, and it is located close to Pinewood Studios.-History:...
and Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art is a drama school located in London, United Kingdom. It is generally regarded as one of the most renowned drama schools in the world, and is one of the oldest drama schools in the United Kingdom, having been founded in 1904.RADA is an affiliate school of the...
. She has also been a guest speaker at the Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival, and has taught in Milan, Kosovo and Latvia under the auspices of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures...
Visiting Artists Program.
Personal life
Eichhorn met actor John Curless in 1976 when he substituted for her stage fighting instructor at RADA. They were married for a year and a half, but the relationship didn't last.While filming Cutter's Way
Cutter's Way
Cutter's Way is a 1981 thriller directed by Ivan Passer. The film stars Jeff Bridges, John Heard, and Lisa Eichhorn. The screenplay was by Jeffrey Alan Fiskin, based on the novel Cutter and Bone by Newton Thornburg....
in 1979, Eichhorn met makeup artist Ben Nye, Jr. They married in 1981 and, until their divorce in 1986, alternated jobs in order to raise their daughter, Emily Alexandra.
In 1990, Eichhorn met Edward M. Ferguson III, whom she lived with in New York and Los Angeles. Although the relationship ended in 2000, they remain good friends.
Eichhorn met solicitor Richard Moxon when setting up her company, GiftHorse Productions, in 2003. They married in August 2006 and live outside London with Moxon’s teenage son, Matthew.
Eichhorn’s daughter, artist Emily Eichhorn-Nye, now resides in Los Angeles.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | The Wings of the Dove The Wings of the Dove The Wings of the Dove is a 1902 novel by Henry James. This novel tells the story of Milly Theale, an American heiress stricken with a serious disease, and her impact on the people around her... |
Milly Theale | |
| 1979 | Yanks Yanks Yanks is a 1979 John Schlesinger film, set in World War II in the village of Dobcross, in Greater Manchester, England. Starring Richard Gere, Vanessa Redgrave, William Devane, Lisa Eichhorn, Rachel Roberts and Tony Melody.... |
Jean Moreton | Golden Globe Nomination for Best Actress Golden Globe Nomination for Best New Star |
| The Europeans The Europeans The Europeans: A sketch is a short novel by Henry James, published in 1878. It is essentially a comedy contrasting the behaviour and attitudes of two visitors from Europe with those of their relatives living in the 'new' world of New England. The novel first appeared as a serial in The Atlantic... |
Gertrude Wentworth | BAFTA Nomination for Best Supporting Actress | |
| 1980 | Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected | Sally | TV – 1 episode, “My Lady, My Dove” |
| Why Would I Lie? Why Would I Lie? Why Would I Lie? is a 1980 American comedy/drama film about a compulsive liar named Cletus . The film, which was directed by Larry Peerce and shot in Spokane, Washington, is based on the novel The Fabricator by Hollis Hodges.... |
Kay | ||
| 1981 | Cutter's Way Cutter's Way Cutter's Way is a 1981 thriller directed by Ivan Passer. The film stars Jeff Bridges, John Heard, and Lisa Eichhorn. The screenplay was by Jeffrey Alan Fiskin, based on the novel Cutter and Bone by Newton Thornburg.... |
Maureen ‘Mo’ Cutter | Best Actress Award (American Division), Deauville Film Festival |
| 1982 | The Wall | Rachel Apt | |
| East Lynne East Lynne East Lynne is an English sensation novel of 1861 by Ellen Wood. East Lynne was a Victorian bestseller. It is remembered chiefly for its elaborate and implausible plot, centering on infidelity and double identities... |
Lady Isabel Vane | ||
| 1983 | Feel the Heat | Honor Campbell | TV |
| 1984 | The Weather in the Streets | Olivia Curtis | |
| Wildrose | June Lorich | ||
| 1986 | Miami Vice Miami Vice Miami Vice is an American television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as two Metro-Dade Police Department detectives working undercover in Miami. It ran for five seasons on NBC from 1984–1989... |
Danielle Hier | TV – 1 episode, “French Twist” |
| Blind Justice | Carolyn Shetland | ||
| Opposing Force | Lieutenant Catherine Casey | ||
| Murder in Three Acts Murder in Three Acts Murder in Three Acts is a 1986 British-American television film produced by Warner Bros. Television, featuring Peter Ustinov as Agatha Christie's Belgian detective Hercule Poirot... |
Cynthia Dayton | ||
| 1970 | All My Children All My Children All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most... |
Elizabeth Carlyle | TV – 1 season |
| 1988 | The Equalizer The Equalizer The Equalizer is an American television series that ran for four seasons, initially on CBS, between 1985 and 1989. It starred Edward Woodward as an aging New York vigilante with a mysterious past... |
TV – 1 episode, “Something Green” | |
| 1989 | Saracen Saracen (TV series) Saracen was a 1989 ITV action drama about a private security firm of that name.They operated both in the UK and abroad, usually Africa, but could only carry firearms when on foreign missions.... |
Delphine Grant | TV – 1 episode, “Into Africa” |
| 1990 | Pride and Extreme Prejudice | Claudia | |
| Moon 44 Moon 44 Moon 44 is a 1990 science fiction, action film from Centropolis Film Productions, directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Michael Paré and Lisa Eichhorn and co-starring Brian Thompson.- Plot :... |
Terry Morgan | ||
| Grim Prairie Tales Grim Prairie Tales Grim Prairie Tales is a 1990 American horror film, directed and written by Wayne Coe, and starring James Earl Jones and Brad Dourif. It is an anthology film of four western stories, told by two travellers around a prairie campfire... |
Maureen | ||
| Nocturne | The Woman | ||
| 1991 | A Woman Named Jackie A Woman Named Jackie A Woman Named Jackie is a 1991 American made for television miniseries chronicling the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. It was based on C... |
Dr. Jordan | TV miniseries |
| 1992 | Swamp Thing Swamp Thing Swamp Thing, a fictional character, is a plant elemental in the created by Len Wein and Berni Wrightson. He first appeared in House of Secrets #92 in a stand-alone horror story set in the early 20th century . The Swamp Thing then returned in his own series, set in the contemporary world and in... |
Victoria | TV – 1 episode, ‘’Love Lost’’ |
| Devlin | Anita Brennan | ||
| Law & Order Law & Order Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,... |
Mary Kostrinski | TV – 1 episode, ‘’Point of View’’ | |
| 1993 | The Vanishing The Vanishing The Vanishing may refer to:* The Vanishing , a Dutch film* The Vanishing , an American film* The Vanishing... |
Helene Cousins | |
| Tribeca TriBeCa (TV series) TriBeCa was a television drama anthology series created by David J. Burke and co-produced with Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal for TriBeCa Productions in 1993 that aired on the Fox Network... |
Janie | TV – 1 episode, ‘’The Rainmaker’’ | |
| King of the Hill King of the Hill King of the Hill is an American animated dramedy series created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, that ran from January 12, 1997, to May 6, 2010, on Fox network. It centers on the Hills, a working-class Methodist family in the fictional small town of Arlen, Texas... |
Mrs. Kurlander | ||
| 1994 | Law & Order Law & Order Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,... |
Arnette Fenady | TV – 1 episode, ‘’Nurture’’ |
| 1995 | Lulu Askew | Lulu | |
| A Modern Affair A Modern Affair A Modern Affair is an independent feature directed by Vern Oakley and produced by Tribe Pictures. Starring Stanley Tucci and Lisa Eichhorn, the film's plot reverses the conventions of romantic comedies: instead of man meet woman - fall in love, marry and have baby, in this film the woman gets... |
Grace Rhodes | ||
| Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network, with 264 episodes transmitted. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series,... |
Annette Rayburn | TV – 1 episode, ‘’Unwilling Witness’’ | |
| 1996 | First Kid First Kid First Kid is a 1996 Disney comedy film directed by David Mickey Evans and stars Sinbad and Brock Pierce. It was mostly filmed in Richmond, Virginia.-Plot:... |
Linda Davenport | |
| Sticks and Stones | Book’s Mom | ||
| 1997 | C-16: FBI | Catherine Hampton | TV pilot – 2 episodes |
| The Practice The Practice The Practice is an American legal drama created by David E. Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston law firm. Running for eight seasons from 1997 to 2004, the show won the Emmy in 1998 and 1999 for Best Drama Series, and spawned the successful and lighter spin-off series Boston... |
Mary Jane Wiggins | TV – 2 episodes, ‘’First Degree’’ ’’Sex, Lies and Monkeys’’ |
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| Touched by an Angel Touched by an Angel Touched by an Angel is an American drama series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994 and ran for 211 episodes and nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003. Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson, the series stars Roma Downey, as an angel named Monica, and Della... |
Beth | TV – 1 episode, ‘’My Dinner with Andrew’’ | |
| 1998 | Law & Order Law & Order Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,... |
Arlene Gavin | TV – 1 episode, ‘’Scrambled’’ |
| Diana: The People’s Princess | Rachel | ||
| Goodbye Lover Goodbye Lover Goodbye Lover is a comedic neo-noir film about a murder plot surrounding an alcoholic advertising agency worker and his adulterous wife. The film was directed by Roland Joffé, and stars Patricia Arquette, Dermot Mulroney, Don Johnson, Ellen DeGeneres, and Mary-Louise Parker. The film premiered at... |
Mrs. Brodsky | ||
| Judas Kiss Judas Kiss Judas Kiss is a 1998 American crime thriller film. It was directed by Sebastian Gutierrez, produced by Elaine Dysinger and Carla Gugino and the screenplay was by Deanna Fuller and Sebastian Gutierrez.... |
Mary-Ellen Floyd | ||
| Chicago Hope Chicago Hope Chicago Hope is an American medical drama series created by David E. Kelley that ran from September 18, 1994, to May 5, 2000. It takes place in a fictional private charity hospital.-Premise:The show stars Mandy Patinkin as Dr... |
Helen Galloway | TV – 1 episode, ‘’The Breast and the Brightest’’ | |
| Inspector Morse Inspector Morse (TV series) Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis. Dexter makes a cameo appearance in all but three of the episodes.... |
Dr. Millicent ‘Millie’ Van Buren | TV – 1 episode, ‘’The Wench is Dead’’ | |
| Angel Blue | Jill Cromwell | ||
| 1999 | L.A. Doctors L.A. Doctors L.A. Doctors was an American medical drama television series set in a Los Angeles practice. It ran on CBS during the 1998-99 season.-Premise:... |
Judith Atcheson | TV – 1 episode, ‘’Been There, Done That’’ |
| Judging Amy Judging Amy Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly... |
Mrs. Snowden | TV – 1 episode, ‘’The Persistence of Techtonics’’ | |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley The Talented Mr. Ripley The Talented Mr. Ripley is a psychological thriller novel by Patricia Highsmith. This novel first introduced the character of Tom Ripley who returns in the novels Ripley Under Ground, Ripley's Game, The Boy Who Followed Ripley and Ripley Under Water... |
Emily Greenleaf | ||
| 2000 | Boys and Girls Boys and Girls Boys and Girls is Bryan Ferry's sixth solo album, released in 1985 by EG Records. It remains Ferry's only number 1 solo album in the UK and contains two UK top 40 hit singles... |
Shuttle Passenger | |
| Things Left Unsaid | |||
| 2001 | Law and Order: Special Victims Unit | Peyton Kleberg | TV – 1 episode, ‘’Tangled’’ |
| 2002 | Strong Medicine Strong Medicine Strong Medicine is a medical drama with a focus on feminist politics, health issues and class conflict. The television series aired on the Lifetime network from 2000 to 2006. It is distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The series was created and produced in part by comedienne and... |
TV – 1 episode, ‘’Trauma’’ | |
| Spooks Spooks Spooks is a British television drama series that originally aired on BBC One from 13 May 2002 – 23 October 2011, consisting of 10 series. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, as the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a... |
Mary Kane | TV – 1 episode, ‘’Thou Shalt Not Kill’’ | |
| Law and Order: Criminal Intent | Dr. Leonard | TV – 1 episode, ‘’Bright Boy’’ | |
| 2003 | Law & Order Law & Order Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,... |
Retired M.E. Gail Berardi | TV – 1 episode, ‘’Suicide Box’’ |
| 2005 | Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of Hardcore | Mary McCarthy | |
| Jericho Jericho Jericho ; is a city located near the Jordan River in the West Bank of the Palestinian territories. It is the capital of the Jericho Governorate and has a population of more than 20,000. Situated well below sea level on an east-west route north of the Dead Sea, Jericho is the lowest permanently... |
Mrs. Redford | TV – 1 episode, ‘’The Killing of Johnny Swan’’ | |
| 2006 | Cracker Cracker (UK TV series) Cracker is a British crime drama series produced by Granada Television for ITV and created and principally written by Jimmy McGovern. The series is centered on a criminal psychologist , Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald, played by Robbie Coltrane. Set in Manchester, it consists of three series which were... |
Jean Molloy | TV – 1 episode, ‘’A New Terror’’ |
| 2007 | Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on the books by Caroline Graham, as originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. The lead character is DCI Tom Barnaby who works for Causton CID. When Nettles left the show in 2011 he was... |
Faith Alexander | TV – 1 episode, ‘’The Animal Within’’ |
| 2009 | Stolen | Maggie | |
Production credits
| Film | Year | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defenders of Riga Defenders of Riga Defenders of Riga is a 2007 Latvian film directed by Aigars Grauba starring Elita Kļaviņa, Jānis Reinis, and Artūrs Skrastiņš.Already by the fifth week of screening, the film had become the most watched Latvian film produced after the return of independence in 1991. By then, it had been viewed by... |
2008 | Producer and co-writer | Latvia's official entry to the 2009 Academy Awards 81st Academy Awards The 81st Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , honored the best films of 2008 and took place February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST... |
| Unsuitable Wives | In development | Producer | |
| When Sparrows Fall | In development | Producer | |
| Untitled Henry James Project | In development | Producer and writer | |