Marsha Mason
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Marsha Mason is an American
actress and television director
.
She received four Academy Award nominations as Best Actress for her performances in Cinderella Liberty
, The Goodbye Girl
, Chapter Two
, and Only When I Laugh
. She is also known for starring in the 1986 film Heartbreak Ridge
.
, to James Joseph Mason, a printer http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20090945,00.html, and his wife Jacqueline Helena Mason. She and her younger sister, Linda (b. 1943), grew up on Elmont Lane in Crestwood, Missouri. Mason is a graduate of Nerinx Hall High School
and Webster University
, both in Webster Groves, Missouri
.
She raced a Mazda RX-7
in SCCA events.
She is a resident of New Mexico, where she has a farm in Abiquiu that grows certified organic herbs. In the late 1990s, Mason sold herbs wholesale to companies both locally and regionally before starting a line of wellness and bath and body products called Resting in the River.
cast her in his Broadway play The Good Doctor
in 1973. Shortly afterwards, Mason and Simon, a widower, fell in love and got married. That same year, Mason co-starred opposite James Caan
in the 20th Century Fox film Cinderella Liberty
, which netted her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. In 1977, Mason's performance in Simon's smash hit film, The Goodbye Girl
, won her a second Best Actress Academy Award nomination. In 1979, Simon successfully cast Mason as Jennie MacLaine in the screen adaptation of his hit play Chapter Two
, which was based on Mason's relationship with Simon up to their marriage. The film proved to be another big hit garnering her a third Oscar nomination for Best Actress.
In 1981, Mason starred, along with Kristy McNichol
, James Coco
, and Joan Hackett
, in Only When I Laugh
, Simon's film adaptation of his Broadway comedy-drama The Gingerbread Lady
and another big box-office success. For her performance as Georgia Hines, Mason was again highly praised and earned a fourth Best Actress Oscar nomination. However, Mason's 1982 film written by Simon, Max Dugan Returns
, was disappointing. Despite a stellar cast led by Mason, Donald Sutherland
, Jason Robards
and Matthew Broderick
, Simon's script was a letdown and the film failed at the box office. By this time, Mason and Simon had divorced and her film career lost momentum. However, her film career began to pick up again when she co-starred with Clint Eastwood
in the 1986 film Heartbreak Ridge
, which was a major critical and commercial success.
Before Heartbreak Ridge, she played in a New York production of Harold Pinter
's Old Times
and directed the play Juno's Swans, by E. Katherine Kerr, at the Second Stage Theatre in Los Angeles.
In 1987, she directed the television film Little Miss Perfect.
In 2001, Mason appeared in the ABC-TV film, Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
, in which she portrayed Garland's mother, Ethel Gumm.
Mason’s theater credit include Norman Mailer
’s “The Deer Park
”, Israel Horovitz
’s “The Indian Wants the Bronx
”, Neil Simon’s “The Good Doctor (play)” and “King Richard III (play)” at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
. Mason starred on Broadway
in “Night of the Iguana” in 1996, and the following year in Michael Cristofer’s “Amazing Grace”. Mason reunited with “Goodbye Girl” co-star Richard Dreyfus and writer Neil Simon in Duncan Weldon and Emanuel Azenberg’s production of “The Prisoner of Second Avenue
” in 1999 which was performed at the L.A. Theatre Works shortly after a revival in London's West End and led to a Grammy nomination in comedy. She appeared in Charles L. Mee’s “Wintertime” at the Second Stage theatre in New York. In August 2005 Mason starred as Hecuba at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater and on Broadway Steel Magnolias
, with Delta Burke
, Frances Sternhagen
, Rebecca Gayheart
, Lily Rabe
and Christine Ebersole
. She appeared in “A Feminine Ending” at Playwrights Horizons and most recently in the Shakespeare Theater Company’s performance of “All's Well That Ends Well
” in Washington, D.C.
Her other television work includes guest roles on Seinfeld
, Lipstick Jungle
, and Army Wives
. Mason starred in her own series, Sibs
, which ran from 1991 to 1992. In 1997 and 1998, she had a recurring role on the TV show Frasier
as Sherry Dempsey.
In February 2010, she co-starred in California Suite
at the Skirball Cultural Center
, Los Angeles.
In April of that year, Mason co-starred with actors Keir Dullea
and Matt Servitto
in an Off-Broadway
production of the Robert Anderson
play I Never Sang for My Father. For her performance as Margaret Garrison, Mason received gratifying reviews.
Marsha Mason has received a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame
.
United States
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actress and television director
Television director
A television director directs the activities involved in making a television program and is part of a television crew.-Duties:The duties of a television director vary depending on whether the production is live or recorded to video tape or video server .In both types of productions, the...
.
She received four Academy Award nominations as Best Actress for her performances in Cinderella Liberty
Cinderella Liberty
Cinderella Liberty is a 1973 film which tells the story of a sailor who falls in love with a prostitute and becomes a surrogate father for her 11-year-old mixed race son. It stars James Caan, Marsha Mason, Kirk Calloway, Eli Wallach, Burt Young, Allyn Ann McLerie, Dabney Coleman, Jon Korkes, and...
, The Goodbye Girl
The Goodbye Girl
The Goodbye Girl is a 1977 American romantic comedy-drama film. Directed by Herbert Ross, the film stars Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings, and Paul Benedict...
, Chapter Two
Chapter Two
Chapter Two is a semi-autobiographical play by Neil Simon. The plot focuses on George Schneider, a recently widowed writer who is introduced to soap opera actress Jennie Malone by his press agent brother Leo and her best friend Faye. Jennie's unhappy marriage to a football player has dissolved...
, and Only When I Laugh
Only When I Laugh (film)
Only When I Laugh is a 1981 film based on Neil Simon's play The Gingerbread Lady.The story is about an alcoholic Broadway actress who tries to stay sober while dealing with the problems of her teenaged daughter and her friends: an overly vain woman who fears the loss of her looks and a gay actor...
. She is also known for starring in the 1986 film Heartbreak Ridge
Heartbreak Ridge
Heartbreak Ridge is a 1986 American war film, starring Clint Eastwood and Mario Van Peebles, surrounding the 1983 U.S. invasion of Grenada, West Indies. A portion of the movie was filmed on the island itself....
.
Life
Mason was born in St. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
, to James Joseph Mason, a printer http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20090945,00.html, and his wife Jacqueline Helena Mason. She and her younger sister, Linda (b. 1943), grew up on Elmont Lane in Crestwood, Missouri. Mason is a graduate of Nerinx Hall High School
Nerinx Hall High School
Nerinx Hall High School is a private all-girls Roman Catholic high school in Webster Groves, Missouri, and is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis.-History:...
and Webster University
Webster University
Webster University is an American non-profit private university with its main campus in Webster Groves, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. Webster University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools...
, both in Webster Groves, Missouri
Webster Groves, Missouri
Webster Groves is an inner-ring suburb of St. Louis, located in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 22,995 at the 2010 census. The city is named after New England politician Daniel Webster....
.
She raced a Mazda RX-7
Mazda RX-7
Series 1 is commonly referred to as the "SA22C" from the first alphanumerics of the vehicle identification number. This series of RX-7 had exposed steel bumpers and a high-mounted indentation-located license plate, called by Werner Buhrer of Road & Track magazine a "Baroque depression."In 1980...
in SCCA events.
She is a resident of New Mexico, where she has a farm in Abiquiu that grows certified organic herbs. In the late 1990s, Mason sold herbs wholesale to companies both locally and regionally before starting a line of wellness and bath and body products called Resting in the River.
Career
Marsha Mason has had a distinguished career in film and theater. Neil SimonNeil Simon
Neil Simon is an American playwright and screenwriter. He has written numerous Broadway plays, including Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, and The Odd Couple. He won the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Lost In Yonkers. He has written the screenplays for several of his plays that...
cast her in his Broadway play The Good Doctor
The Good Doctor
The Good Doctor is a comedy with music written by Neil Simon.The Good Doctor is set in Russia during the 19th century and written in the style of Chekhovian comedy. It is composed of a series of scenes in which the only connecting thread is the character of the Writer originally played by...
in 1973. Shortly afterwards, Mason and Simon, a widower, fell in love and got married. That same year, Mason co-starred opposite James Caan
James Caan
James Caan is an American actor. He is best known for his starring roles in The Godfather, Thief, Misery, A Bridge Too Far, Brian's Song, Rollerball, Kiss Me Goodbye, Elf, and El Dorado...
in the 20th Century Fox film Cinderella Liberty
Cinderella Liberty
Cinderella Liberty is a 1973 film which tells the story of a sailor who falls in love with a prostitute and becomes a surrogate father for her 11-year-old mixed race son. It stars James Caan, Marsha Mason, Kirk Calloway, Eli Wallach, Burt Young, Allyn Ann McLerie, Dabney Coleman, Jon Korkes, and...
, which netted her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. In 1977, Mason's performance in Simon's smash hit film, The Goodbye Girl
The Goodbye Girl
The Goodbye Girl is a 1977 American romantic comedy-drama film. Directed by Herbert Ross, the film stars Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings, and Paul Benedict...
, won her a second Best Actress Academy Award nomination. In 1979, Simon successfully cast Mason as Jennie MacLaine in the screen adaptation of his hit play Chapter Two
Chapter Two
Chapter Two is a semi-autobiographical play by Neil Simon. The plot focuses on George Schneider, a recently widowed writer who is introduced to soap opera actress Jennie Malone by his press agent brother Leo and her best friend Faye. Jennie's unhappy marriage to a football player has dissolved...
, which was based on Mason's relationship with Simon up to their marriage. The film proved to be another big hit garnering her a third Oscar nomination for Best Actress.
In 1981, Mason starred, along with Kristy McNichol
Kristy McNichol
Christina Ann "Kristy" McNichol is an American actress.McNichol is best known for her roles as Leticia “Buddy” Lawrence on the television drama series Family and as Barbara Weston on the sitcom Empty Nest. She is also the sister of former child actor Jimmy McNichol...
, James Coco
James Coco
James Coco was an American character actor.- Early life and career :Born James Emil Coco in New York City, son of Feliche Coco, a shoemaker and Ida Detestes Coco, James began acting straight out of high school. As an overweight and prematurely balding adult, he found himself relegated to character...
, and Joan Hackett
Joan Hackett
Joan Ann Hackett was an American actress who appeared on stage, in films, and on television.- Early life :She was born in New York City of Irish and Italian extraction...
, in Only When I Laugh
Only When I Laugh (film)
Only When I Laugh is a 1981 film based on Neil Simon's play The Gingerbread Lady.The story is about an alcoholic Broadway actress who tries to stay sober while dealing with the problems of her teenaged daughter and her friends: an overly vain woman who fears the loss of her looks and a gay actor...
, Simon's film adaptation of his Broadway comedy-drama The Gingerbread Lady
The Gingerbread Lady
The Gingerbread Lady is a 1970 play by Neil Simon, written specifically for actress Maureen Stapleton, who won both the Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for her performance....
and another big box-office success. For her performance as Georgia Hines, Mason was again highly praised and earned a fourth Best Actress Oscar nomination. However, Mason's 1982 film written by Simon, Max Dugan Returns
Max Dugan Returns
Max Dugan Returns is a 1983 American comedy-drama film starring Jason Robards as the titular Max Dugan, Marsha Mason as his daughter Nora, Donald Sutherland, Kiefer Sutherland, and Matthew Broderick as grandson Michael...
, was disappointing. Despite a stellar cast led by Mason, Donald Sutherland
Donald Sutherland
Donald McNichol Sutherland, OC is a Canadian actor with a film career spanning nearly 50 years. Some of Sutherland's more notable movie roles included offbeat warriors in such war movies as The Dirty Dozen, , MASH , and Kelly's Heroes , as well as in such popular films as Klute, Invasion of the...
, Jason Robards
Jason Robards
Jason Nelson Robards, Jr. was an American actor on stage, and in film and television, and a winner of the Tony Award , two Academy Awards and the Emmy Award...
and Matthew Broderick
Matthew Broderick
Matthew Broderick is an American film and stage actor who, among other roles, played the title character in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Adult Simba in The Lion King film series, and Leo Bloom in the film and Broadway productions of The Producers.He has won two Tony Awards, one in 1983 for his...
, Simon's script was a letdown and the film failed at the box office. By this time, Mason and Simon had divorced and her film career lost momentum. However, her film career began to pick up again when she co-starred with Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide...
in the 1986 film Heartbreak Ridge
Heartbreak Ridge
Heartbreak Ridge is a 1986 American war film, starring Clint Eastwood and Mario Van Peebles, surrounding the 1983 U.S. invasion of Grenada, West Indies. A portion of the movie was filmed on the island itself....
, which was a major critical and commercial success.
Before Heartbreak Ridge, she played in a New York production of Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter, CH, CBE was a Nobel Prize–winning English playwright and screenwriter. One of the most influential modern British dramatists, his writing career spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party , The Homecoming , and Betrayal , each of which he adapted to...
's Old Times
Old Times
Old Times is a play by the Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter. It was first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre in London on June 1, 1971. It starred Colin Blakely, Dorothy Tutin, and Vivien Merchant, and was directed by Peter Hall...
and directed the play Juno's Swans, by E. Katherine Kerr, at the Second Stage Theatre in Los Angeles.
In 1987, she directed the television film Little Miss Perfect.
In 2001, Mason appeared in the ABC-TV film, Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows is a 2001 television film based on the memoirs of Lorna Luft, the daughter of Garland. The production is notable for its meticulous recreations of her films and concerts, and verisimilitudinous impressions of her by Tammy Blanchard and Judy Davis.The film,...
, in which she portrayed Garland's mother, Ethel Gumm.
Mason’s theater credit include Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer
Norman Kingsley Mailer was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, poet, playwright, screenwriter, and film director.Along with Truman Capote, Joan Didion, Hunter S...
’s “The Deer Park
The Deer Park
The Deer Park is a Hollywood novel written by Norman Mailer and published in 1955 by G.P. Putnam's Sons after it was rejected by Mailer's publisher, Rinehart & Company, for obscenity. Despite having already typeset the book, Rinehart claimed that the manuscript's obscenity voided its contract with...
”, Israel Horovitz
Israel Horovitz
Israel Horovitz is an American playwright and screenwriter.-Theatre career:An American dramatist, Horovitz has written more than 70 produced plays, many of which have been translated and performed in more than 30 languages worldwide . The 70/70 Horovitz Project was created by NYC Barefoot Theatre...
’s “The Indian Wants the Bronx
The Indian Wants the Bronx
The Indian Wants the Bronx is a one-act play by Israel Horovitz.Gupta, the Indian of the title, has just arrived in New York City from his native country to visit his son and speaks only a few words of English. While waiting for a bus to the Bronx, he is approached by two young punks, Joey and...
”, Neil Simon’s “The Good Doctor (play)” and “King Richard III (play)” at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of New York City's Upper West Side. Reynold Levy has been its president since 2002.-History and facilities:...
. Mason starred on Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
in “Night of the Iguana” in 1996, and the following year in Michael Cristofer’s “Amazing Grace”. Mason reunited with “Goodbye Girl” co-star Richard Dreyfus and writer Neil Simon in Duncan Weldon and Emanuel Azenberg’s production of “The Prisoner of Second Avenue
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
The Prisoner of Second Avenue is an American black comedy play by Neil Simon, later made into a film released in 1975.The play ran on Broadway from November 1971 until September 1973, with Peter Falk and Lee Grant starring as Mel and Edna Edison, and Vincent Gardenia as Mel's brother Harry. The...
” in 1999 which was performed at the L.A. Theatre Works shortly after a revival in London's West End and led to a Grammy nomination in comedy. She appeared in Charles L. Mee’s “Wintertime” at the Second Stage theatre in New York. In August 2005 Mason starred as Hecuba at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater and on Broadway Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias is a 1989 American comedy-drama film directed by Herbert Ross that stars Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, Dolly Parton, Daryl Hannah and Julia Roberts....
, with Delta Burke
Delta Burke
Delta Ramona Leah Burke is an American television and film actress. Her television work includes a leading role as Suzanne Sugarbaker in the CBS sitcom Designing Women...
, Frances Sternhagen
Frances Sternhagen
Frances Hussey Sternhagen is an American actress. Sternhagen has appeared on and off Broadway, in movies, and on TV since the 1950s.-Personal life:...
, Rebecca Gayheart
Rebecca Gayheart
-Early life:Gayheart was born in Hazard, Kentucky and raised in Pine Top, Kentucky, the daughter of Floneva , who worked as a Mary Kay independent beauty consultant, and Curtis Gayheart, a miner and coal truck driver. She is of Irish, Italian, and German descent...
, Lily Rabe
Lily Rabe
Lily Rabe is an American actress. She is the daughter of the late actress Jill Clayburgh and playwright David Rabe and attended Northwestern University and the Hotchkiss School....
and Christine Ebersole
Christine Ebersole
Christine Ebersole is an American actress and singer.-Early life:Ebersole was born in Winnetka, Illinois, where she attended New Trier High School...
. She appeared in “A Feminine Ending” at Playwrights Horizons and most recently in the Shakespeare Theater Company’s performance of “All's Well That Ends Well
All's Well That Ends Well
All's Well That Ends Well is a play by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1604 and 1605, and was originally published in the First Folio in 1623....
” in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
Her other television work includes guest roles on Seinfeld
Seinfeld
Seinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. It was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself...
, Lipstick Jungle
Lipstick Jungle
Lipstick Jungle is a novel written by New York writer and socialite Candace Bushnell, that weaves the stories of Nico Reilly, Wendy Healy, and Victory Ford, who are numbers 8, 12, and 17 on the New York Post's list of New York's 50 Most Powerful Women...
, and Army Wives
Army Wives
Army Wives is an American drama series that follows the lives of four army wives, their families, and an army husband whose wife is in the army. The series, shot at ABC Studios, premiered on Lifetime on June 3, 2007...
. Mason starred in her own series, Sibs
Sibs
Sibs was an American sitcom broadcast by ABC as part of its 1991-92 prime time lineup.Sibs starred veteran actress Marsha Mason as Nora Rusico, a successful accountant and Alex Rocco as her longsuffering husband, Howie. The source of most of Howie's suffering was his wife's younger sisters , Audie...
, which ran from 1991 to 1992. In 1997 and 1998, she had a recurring role on the TV show Frasier
Frasier
Frasier is an American sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for eleven seasons, from September 16, 1993, to May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee in association with Grammnet and Paramount Network Television.A spin-off of Cheers, Frasier stars...
as Sherry Dempsey.
In February 2010, she co-starred in California Suite
California Suite
California Suite is a 1976 play by Neil Simon. Similar in structure to his earlier Plaza Suite, the comedy is composed of four playlets set in Suite 203-04, which consists of a living room and an adjoining bedroom with an ensuite bath, in The Beverly Hills Hotel.-Plot:In Visitor from New York,...
at the Skirball Cultural Center
Skirball Cultural Center
The Skirball Cultural Center is an educational institution in Los Angeles, California devoted to sustaining Jewish heritage and American democratic ideals. Open to the public since 1996, the Skirball Cultural Center is dedicated to exploring the connections between 4,000 years of Jewish heritage...
, Los Angeles.
In April of that year, Mason co-starred with actors Keir Dullea
Keir Dullea
Keir Dullea is an American actor best known for the character of astronaut David Bowman, whom he portrayed in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey and in 1984's 2010: The Year We Make Contact...
and Matt Servitto
Matt Servitto
Matt Servitto is an American actor, probably best known for his role on The Sopranos as FBI agent Dwight Harris. He also appeared on all 3 seasons of the Peabody Award-winning series Brotherhood as Rep. Donatello and had a guest appearance on Sex and the City as Carrie Bradshaw's editor...
in an Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway
Off-Broadway theater is a term for a professional venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, and for a specific production of a play, musical or revue that appears in such a venue, and which adheres to related trade union and other contracts...
production of the Robert Anderson
Robert Woodruff Anderson
Robert Woodruff Anderson was an American playwright, screenwriter, and theater producer....
play I Never Sang for My Father. For her performance as Margaret Garrison, Mason received gratifying reviews.
Marsha Mason has received a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame
St. Louis Walk of Fame
The St. Louis Walk of Fame honors well-known people from St. Louis, Missouri, who made contributions to culture of the United States. All inductees were either born in the Greater St. Louis area or spent their formative or creative years there...
.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Hot Rod Hullabaloo | Marcia Hamden | |
| 1968 | Beyond the Law | Marcia Stillwell | (as Marcia Mason) |
| 1969 | Dark Shadows Dark Shadows Dark Shadows is a gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966 to April 2, 1971. The show was created by Dan Curtis. The story bible, which was written by Art Wallace, does not mention any supernatural elements... |
Audrey | |
| Where the Heart Is Where the Heart Is (1969 TV series) Where the Heart Is is an American soap opera telecast on the CBS television network from September 8, 1969 to March 23, 1973. Created by Lou Scofield and Margaret DePriest, the program ran for 25 minutes, the remaining five minutes of its timeslot ceded to a CBS news break.Scofield and DePriest... |
Laura Blackburn | (Television) | |
| 1971–1972 | Love of Life Love of Life Love of Life is an American soap opera which aired on CBS Daytime from September 24, 1951 to February 1, 1980. It was created by Roy Winsor, whose previous creation Search for Tomorrow had premiered three weeks before Love of Life, and who would go on to create The Secret Storm two and a half years... |
Judith Cole | (TV) |
| 1972 | Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac Hercule-Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac was a French dramatist and duelist. He is now best remembered for the works of fiction which have been woven, often very loosely, around his life story, most notably the 1897 play by Edmond Rostand... |
Roxane | (Television) |
| Young Dr. Kildare Young Dr. Kildare Young Dr. Kildare is a 1938 film starring Lew Ayres as an idealistic but somewhat immature young medical doctor, who benefits greatly from the wise counsel of his mentor, Dr. Gillespie, a seasoned older physician. This was the second of a total of ten Dr... |
Nurse Marsha Lord | (TV series) | |
| 1973 | Blume in Love Blume in Love Blume in Love is a 1973 film written and directed by Paul Mazursky. It starred George Segal and Susan Anspach. Also in the cast were Kris Kristofferson, Marsha Mason and Shelley Winters.-Plot:... |
Arlene | |
| Cinderella Liberty Cinderella Liberty Cinderella Liberty is a 1973 film which tells the story of a sailor who falls in love with a prostitute and becomes a surrogate father for her 11-year-old mixed race son. It stars James Caan, Marsha Mason, Kirk Calloway, Eli Wallach, Burt Young, Allyn Ann McLerie, Dabney Coleman, Jon Korkes, and... |
Maggie Paul | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Actress Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry... |
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| 1977 | Audrey Rose Audrey Rose (film) Audrey Rose is a 1977 horror film, with metaphysical content, directed by Robert Wise, starring Marsha Mason and Anthony Hopkins. It was based on the novel of the same title by Frank De Felitta. The original music score was composed by Michael Small.-Plot:... |
Janice Templeton | Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress |
| The Goodbye Girl The Goodbye Girl The Goodbye Girl is a 1977 American romantic comedy-drama film. Directed by Herbert Ross, the film stars Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings, and Paul Benedict... |
Paula McFadden | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Actress Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry... Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Best Actress in a Leading Role is a British Academy Film award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to recognise an actress who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film.- Winners and nominees :... |
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| 1978 | The Cheap Detective The Cheap Detective The Cheap Detective is a 1978 American satirical comedy film written by Neil Simon and directed by Robert Moore as a follow-up to their successful Murder by Death .... |
Georgia Merkle | |
| The Good Doctor The Good Doctor The Good Doctor is a comedy with music written by Neil Simon.The Good Doctor is set in Russia during the 19th century and written in the style of Chekhovian comedy. It is composed of a series of scenes in which the only connecting thread is the character of the Writer originally played by... |
Various roles | (Television) | |
| 1979 | Promises in the Dark | Dr. Alexandra Kendall | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama |
| Chapter Two | Jennie MacLaine | Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Actress Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry... Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
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| 1981 | Only When I Laugh Only When I Laugh (film) Only When I Laugh is a 1981 film based on Neil Simon's play The Gingerbread Lady.The story is about an alcoholic Broadway actress who tries to stay sober while dealing with the problems of her teenaged daughter and her friends: an overly vain woman who fears the loss of her looks and a gay actor... |
Georgia | Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Actress Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry... |
| 1982 | Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal | Lois Gibbs | (Television) |
| 1983 | Max Dugan Returns Max Dugan Returns Max Dugan Returns is a 1983 American comedy-drama film starring Jason Robards as the titular Max Dugan, Marsha Mason as his daughter Nora, Donald Sutherland, Kiefer Sutherland, and Matthew Broderick as grandson Michael... |
Nora McPhee | |
| 1985 | Surviving: A Family in Crisis Surviving: A Family in Crisis Surviving: A Family in Crisis is a 1985 ABC television movie starring Zach Galligan, Molly Ringwald, and River Phoenix... |
Lois | (Television) |
| 1986 | Trapped in Silence Trapped in Silence Trapped In Silence is a 1986 film starring Kiefer Sutherland and Marsha Mason. The film is about a psychologist works with a traumatized boy with elective mutism - the patient chooses not to talk because of his trauma. Eventually the boy starts to open up to reveal his sordid story.... |
Jennifer Hubbell | (Television) |
| Heartbreak Ridge Heartbreak Ridge Heartbreak Ridge is a 1986 American war film, starring Clint Eastwood and Mario Van Peebles, surrounding the 1983 U.S. invasion of Grenada, West Indies. A portion of the movie was filmed on the island itself.... |
Aggie | ||
| 1988 | Hothouse Hothouse Hothouse or Hot House or Hot house may refer to:* A heated greenhouse* "Hot House" , a jazz standard* Hot House , a 1995 album by musician Bruce Hornsby* Hot House... |
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| 1989 | Dinner at Eight | Millicent Jordan | (Television) |
| 1990 | The Image The Image -Reactions:* "Anyone into sado-masochism will get obvious fulfillment by watching the surface physical thrills that Metzger provides. The true fulfillment for this viewer was delving deeper into the themes of dominance and submission that the characters were exploring in their relationships."*... |
Jean Cromwell | (Television) |
| Stella Stella (1990 film) Stella is a 1990 American drama film produced by The Samuel Goldwyn Company and released by Touchstone Pictures. The screenplay by Robert Getchell is the third feature film adaptation of the 1920 novel Stella Dallas by Olive Higgins Prouty.... |
Janice Morrison | ||
| 1991 | Drop Dead Fred Drop Dead Fred Drop Dead Fred is a 1991 American fantasy dramedy film directed by Ate de Jong, produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films and released and distributed by New Line Cinema... |
Polly Cronin | |
| Sibs Sibs Sibs was an American sitcom broadcast by ABC as part of its 1991-92 prime time lineup.Sibs starred veteran actress Marsha Mason as Nora Rusico, a successful accountant and Alex Rocco as her longsuffering husband, Howie. The source of most of Howie's suffering was his wife's younger sisters , Audie... |
Nora Ruscio | (TV series) | |
| 1993 | One Life to Live One Life to Live One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social... |
Sabrina | Episode dated 1 December 1993 |
| 1994 | I Love Trouble | Senator Gayle Robbins | |
| 1995 | Broken Trust | Ruth | (Television) |
| Nick of Time Nick of Time (film) Nick of Time, starring Johnny Depp, Christopher Walken, Charles S. Dutton and Courtney Chase, is a 1995 thriller movie. It was directed by John Badham. The film is rated R for "Violence and Language" by the MPAA... |
Governor Eleanor Grant | ||
| 1996 | 2 Days in the Valley 2 Days in the Valley 2 Days in the Valley is a 1996 film, directed by John Herzfeld. The film revolves around the events over 48 hours in the lives of a group of people who are drawn together by a murder. Several parallel storylines overlap one another in the film.-Plot:... |
Audrey Hopper | |
| 1997–1998 | Frasier Frasier Frasier is an American sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for eleven seasons, from September 16, 1993, to May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee in association with Grammnet and Paramount Network Television.A spin-off of Cheers, Frasier stars... |
Sherry Dempsey | 6 episodes Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress – Comedy Series |
| 1999 | Dead Aviators | Lydia | (Television) |
| 2001 | Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows is a 2001 television film based on the memoirs of Lorna Luft, the daughter of Garland. The production is notable for its meticulous recreations of her films and concerts, and verisimilitudinous impressions of her by Tammy Blanchard and Judy Davis.The film,... |
Ethel Gumm | (Television) |
| 2002 | The Education of Max Bickford The Education of Max Bickford The Education of Max Bickford is a television drama that aired from 2001 to 2002 on CBS. It starred Richard Dreyfuss as the title character, a college professor of American Studies at Chadwick College, an all-women's school in New Jersey. Also starring was child actor Eric Ian Goldberg, who... |
Lilith Bigelow | Episode "The Egg and I" |
| 2004 | The Long Shot The Long Shot The Long Shot, sometimes called The Long Shot: Believe in Courage, is a Hallmark Channel original movie that aired April 18, 2004. It stars Julie Benz and Marsha Mason and centers around a dressage competition.-Plot summary:... |
Mary Lou O'Brian | (Television) |
| Bride & Prejudice | Catherine Darcy | ||
| Bereft Bereft Bereft is a 2004 film written by Peter Ferland and directed by Tim Daly and J. Clark Mathis. Bereft is the first film Daly directed. It stars Vinessa Shaw, Michael C. Hall, Tim Blake Nelson, Marsha Mason, and Edward Herrmann... |
Helen | (Television) | |
| 2006 | Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King | Aunt Trudy | Episode "The Road Virus Heads North" |
| 2008 | Lipstick Jungle Lipstick Jungle (TV series) Lipstick Jungle is an American comedy-drama television series created by DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler for NBC Universal Television Studio . The hour-long series was based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Candace Bushnell, who also served as executive producer alongside... |
Episode "Chapter Seven: Carpe Threesome" | |
| Army Wives Army Wives Army Wives is an American drama series that follows the lives of four army wives, their families, and an army husband whose wife is in the army. The series, shot at ABC Studios, premiered on Lifetime on June 3, 2007... |
Charlotte Meade | (2 episodes) | |
| 2010-2011 | The Middle The Middle "The Middle" is a song by Jimmy Eat World. The song released as the second single of their fourth album Bleed American. It was a top five Billboard Hot 100 hit in 2002. The song was a breakthrough hit for Jimmy Eat World... |
Pat Spence | (4 episodes: "Mother's Day" - Season 1, "A Simple Christmas" - Season 2, "Major Changes" & "Thanksgiving III" - Season 3) |
External links
- St. Louis Walk of Fame
- "Marsha Mason: A Conversation for Women's History Month", Broadway World, March 29, 2010
- "With: Marsha Mason", American Theatre Wing, March 31, 2010
- "SURVIVAL KIT: MARSHA MASON", WNYC, March 28, 2004