(photos below)
ACTING ROLES (from 1992 to present)
Theater Palisades, Pacific Palisades, CA
Mrs. Durant; Cactus Flower
Riverside Players, Neenah, Wisconsin
Mother
Bonney; It Runs in the Family
Miss Hannigan
(Principal); Annie
Abbey (Lead);
Arsenic and Old Lace 
Valley Theatre Company, Fox Valley Theatre, Menasha, Wisconsin
Martha
(Lead); Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolfe
Attic Theater, Appleton, Wisconsin
Bessie
(Lead); Marvin's Room
Felicia
Dantine; I Hate Hamlet
Mrs.
Boxington/Street Chorus; My Fair Lady
Emily
Whitman; Follies
Harriet
Porter/Muriel (Lead); You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's
Running
University of Wisconsin, Frederick March Theater, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Sara Jane
Moore (Principal); Assassins
Charlotte
Blossom (Lead); Approaching Zanzibar
Miss
Cratchitt/Renee; Gypsy
Chorus; 110
in the Shade
Act II Ltd., Sandwich Theater in the Mall, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Sister Lee;
Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
Friends of Riverside, Neenah, Wisconsin
Mrs. Baker; Come Blow Your Horn
Oakwood Dinner Theater, Waupaca, Wisconsin
Ida (Lead);
The Cemetery Club
Madeline
Basset (Lead); Subject to Change
Flora Van
Heusen; The Matchmaker
Vivian
Trachtman; Love, Sex and the IRS
Fly-by-Night Players, Traveling Troupe
Granny
(Lead); A Railroad Runs Through It
Mrs. Lovitt
(Principal); Sweeney Todd, the Melodrama
Mrs. Lamb
(Lead); Miniature Follies
Assorted
(Principal); Love on the Subway
Granny
(Principal); Hanged in their Own Family Tree
Weyauwega Children's Theater, Weyauwega, Wisconsin
Rose
(Principal); Clowns
Grand Theater, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Muriel
(Lead); I'm Herbert
Short Film
Granddaughter (Principal); Hazel
DIRECTING
and TEACHING
Award-winning
Film Short, Hazel, 1993
Drama
Director, Weyauwega-Fremont High School, 1990-94
Instructor,
Actor's Workshop-Waupaca Fine Arts Center, 1995
Valley
Theater Company, Comin' Round the Mountain, 1997
Oakwood
Dinner Theater, Subject to Change, 1996
Weyauwega
Children's Theater, Music Director, Clowns, 1996
Fly-by-Night
Players, A Railroad Runs Through It, 1996
Fly-by-Night
Players, Miniature Follies, 1995
Fly-by-Night
Players, Love on the Subway, 1998
Attic
Theater, Little Women, 1994
Guest
Instructor, Torrance Theater Actor's Workshop, 2002
TELEVISION
BACKGROUND ACTOR
West Wing
White
House Press Corps (recurring role)
Senator Erdman
Paramount
Studios 90th Anniversary
Stand-in for Patricia Neal
Grounded for Life
Aunt
Betty (featured role)
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Family Law |
E.R. |
American Family |
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Gideon's Crossing |
Seventh Heaven |
Any Day Now |
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The Practice |
Dharma and Greg |
According to Jim |
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The Agency |
Thieves |
Off Center |
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X-Files |
Scrubs |
Once and Again |
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Ally McBeal |
Providence |
First Monday |
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E'bdy Loves Raymond |
NYPD Blue |
Just Shoot Me |
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The Court |
Grounded for Life |
The Gilmore Girls |
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The District |
Leap of Faith |
Malcom in the Middle |
FILM BACKGROUND ACTOR
The Majestic
Serving Sarah
Old School
Like Mike
A Mighty Wind
SCRIPTS
& WRITING
Produced four
stageplays and short film.
Former news
correspondent, Waupaca
County Post, Weyauwega Chronicle, Appleton Post-Crescent
Published
articles (nonfiction) and short stories (children's) in magazines
Weekly
Feature Interview Series, "Neighbors Worth Knowing," Waupaca
County Post
AWARDS
Director of
Cinematography Excellence Award, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
Harris M.
Liechti Award ("Hazel") for excellence in communication
Wisconsin
Communications Council Video Competition ("Hazel"), First Place
Writers
Digest Stageplay Competition ("Comin' Round the Mountain"),
Honorable Mention
New Century
Writer Screenplay Awards ("Una"), Quarter-finalist
EDUCATION
New England
Conservatory, 1965-68
Theatre
Workshop of Boston, Acting & Directing, 1971 (Elaine Noble)
University of
Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Film Directing Studies, 1992-4
APPEARANCE
Age: Old and cranky
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 135 (sometimes)
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Variable
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