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Sarah Steele
Sarah Jane Steele (born September 16, 1988) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Marissa Gold on the CBS legal drama series ''The Good Wife'' (2011–2016) and its CBS All Access spinoff series ''The Good Fight'' (2017–2022). Early life Steele was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her mother, Katherine A. High, is a hematology oncology physician at the University of Pennsylvania, and her father, George Steele, is an internal medicine physician specializing in nutrition who was on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Steele graduated with the class of 2006 from The Episcopal Academy, a private school in southeast Pennsylvania. She graduated from Columbia University in 2011 with a B.A. in English. Career Steele had her breakout role as Bernice in the 2004 comedy drama film ''Spanglish''. Steele went on to appear in an episode of the crime drama series ''Law & Order''; the dark comedy film '' Mr. Gibb'', which co-stars Hayde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since 1854, the city has been coextensive with Philadelphia County, the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core of the Delaware Valley, the nation's seventh-largest and one of world's largest metropolitan regions, with 6.245 million residents . The city's population at the 2020 census was 1,603,797, and over 56 million people live within of Philadelphia. Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Quaker. The city served as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony during the British colonial era and went on to play a historic and vital role as the central meeting place for the nation's founding fathers whose plans and actions in Philadelphia ultimately inspired the American Revolution and the nation's inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Hedaya
Daniel G. Hedaya (born July 24, 1940) is an American actor. He established himself as a supporting actor, often playing sleazy villains or wisecracking supporting characters. He has had supporting roles in films such as '' True Confessions'' (1981), ''The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension'', ''Tightrope'', ''Blood Simple'' (all 1984), ''Commando'' (1985), '' Wise Guys'' (1986), '' Joe Versus the Volcano'' (1990), ''The Addams Family'' (1991), '' Rookie of the Year'' (1993), ''Boiling Point'' (1993), ''Clueless'' (1995), ''The First Wives Club'', ''Daylight'', '' Marvin's Room'' (all 1996), ''Alien Resurrection'' (1997), ''A Civil Action'', ''A Night at the Roxbury'' (both 1998), '' The Hurricane'', ''Dick'' (both 1999), '' Shaft'', '' The Crew'' (both 2000), '' Swimfan'' (2002), ''Robots'', and ''Strangers with Candy'' (both 2005). Life and career Hedaya was born in New York City, to a Sephardic Jewish family from Aleppo, Syria. Hedaya was raised in Bensonhur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blythe Danner
Blythe Katherine Danner (born February 3, 1943) is an American actress. Accolades she has received include two Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Izzy Huffstodt on '' Huff'' (2004–2006), and a Tony Award for Best Actress for her performance in ''Butterflies Are Free'' on Broadway (1969–1972). Danner was twice nominated for the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for portraying Marilyn Truman on ''Will & Grace'' (2001–06; 2018–20), and the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for her roles in ''We Were the Mulvaneys'' (2002) and ''Back When We Were Grownups'' (2004). For the latter, she also received a Golden Globe Award nomination. Danner played Dina Byrnes in '' Meet the Parents'' (2000) and its sequels '' Meet the Fockers'' (2004) and ''Little Fockers'' (2010). She has collaborated on several occasions with Woody Allen, appearing in three of his films: '' Ano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Margulies
Donald Margulies (born September 2, 1954) is an American playwright and academic. In 2000, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play ''Dinner with Friends''. Background and education Margulies attended John Dewey High School in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from Purchase College where he received a BFA in Visual Arts. Margulies lives with his wife, Lynn Street, a physician, and their son, Miles, in New Haven, Connecticut.Rizzo, Frank"Play Is About Expensive Art Sold `Sight Unseen'"''Hartford Courant'', November 24, 1993 He is a professor of English and Theatre & Performance Studies at Yale University. Theater Margulies' notable works include ''The Country House'' (2014), '' Time Stands Still'' (2009) and ''Brooklyn Boy'' (2004). '' Sight Unseen'' and '' Collected Stories'' were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, in 1992, and 1997, respectively; ''Dinner with Friends'' was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2000. Margulies said of ''Sight Unseen'', "It's about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Country House (play)
Donald Margulies (born September 2, 1954) is an American playwright and academic. In 2000, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play ''Dinner with Friends''. Background and education Margulies attended John Dewey High School in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from Purchase College where he received a BFA in Visual Arts. Margulies lives with his wife, Lynn Street, a physician, and their son, Miles, in New Haven, Connecticut.Rizzo, Frank"Play Is About Expensive Art Sold `Sight Unseen'"''Hartford Courant'', November 24, 1993 He is a professor of English and Theatre & Performance Studies at Yale University. Theater Margulies' notable works include ''The Country House'' (2014), '' Time Stands Still'' (2009) and ''Brooklyn Boy'' (2004). '' Sight Unseen'' and '' Collected Stories'' were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, in 1992, and 1997, respectively; ''Dinner with Friends'' was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2000. Margulies said of ''Sight Unseen'', "It's about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway Theater
Broadway theatre,Although ''theater'' is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences#-re, -er, American and British English spelling differences), 130 of the List of Broadway theaters, 144 extant and extinct Broadway venues use (used) the spelling ''Theatre'' as the proper noun in their names (12 others used neither), with many performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations also using the spelling ''theatre''. or Broadway, are the Theatre, theatrical performances presented in the 41 professional Theater (structure), theatres, each with 500 or more seats, located in the Theater District, Manhattan, Theater District and the Lincoln Center along Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Broadway and London's West End theatre, West End together represent the highest commercial level of live theater in the English-speaking world. While the thoroughfare is eponymous wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speech And Debate (play)
Speech is a human vocal communication using language. Each language uses Phonetics, phonetic combinations of vowel and consonant sounds that form the sound of its words (that is, all English words sound different from all French words, even if they are the same word, e.g., "role" or "hotel"), and using those words in their semantic character as words in the lexicon of a language according to the Syntax, syntactic constraints that Governance, govern lexical words' function in a sentence. In speaking, speakers perform many different intentional speech acts, e.g., informing, declaring, asking, persuading, directing, and can use Elocution, enunciation, Intonation (linguistics), intonation, degrees of loudness, tempo, and other non-representational or Paralanguage, paralinguistic aspects of vocalization to convey meaning. In their speech, speakers also unintentionally communicate many aspects of their social position such as sex, age, place of origin (through Accent (sociolinguistics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie (novel)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie can refer to: * ''The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'' (novel), a 1961 novel by Muriel Spark * ''The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'', a 1966 stage play based on the novel, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Olivia Hussey, which later transferred to Broadway starring Zoe Caldwell Zoe Ada Caldwell, (14 September 1933 – 16 February 2020) was an Australian actress. She was a four-time Tony Award winner, winning Best Featured Actress in a Play for '' Slapstick Tragedy'' (1966), and Best Actress in a Play for '' The Pri ... * ''The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'' (film), a 1969 film based on the novel, starring Maggie Smith * ''The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'' (TV series), a 1978 TV series based on the novel, starring Geraldine McEwan {{DEFAULTSORT:Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Off-Broadway
An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer than 100. An "off-Broadway production" is a production of a play, musical, or revue that appears in such a venue and adheres to related trade union and other contracts. Some shows that premiere off-Broadway are subsequently produced on Broadway. History The term originally referred to any venue, and its productions, on a street intersecting Broadway in Midtown Manhattan's Theater District, the hub of the American theatre industry. It later became defined by the League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers as a professional venue in Manhattan with a seating capacity of at least 100, but not more than 499, or a production that appears in such a venue and adheres to related trade union and other contracts. Previously, regardless of the size ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allison Janney
Allison Brooks Janney (born November 19, 1959) is an American actress. In a career spanning three decades, she is known for her performances across multiple genres of screen and stage. Janney has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and seven Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for two Tony Awards. Born in Boston and raised in Dayton, Ohio, Janney received a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art following her graduation from Kenyon College. After years of minor and uncredited film and television appearances, Janney's breakthrough came with the role of C. J. Cregg in the NBC political drama ''The West Wing'' (1999–2006), for which she received four Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2014, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Margaret Scully on the Showtime period drama ''Masters of Sex''. For her portrayal of Bonnie Plun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Ruffalo
Mark Alan Ruffalo (; born November 22, 1967) is an American actor and producer best known for playing Bruce Banner / Hulk since 2012 in the superhero franchise of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and in the television series '' She-Hulk: Attorney at Law'' (2022). He began acting in the early 1990s and first gained recognition for his work in Kenneth Lonergan's play ''This Is Our Youth'' (1998) and drama film '' You Can Count on Me'' (2000). He has received several awards including a Golden Globe Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards with nominations for three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, a Grammy Award and a Tony Award. He has starred in many other romantic comedies '' 13 Going on 30'' (2004) and '' Just like Heaven'' (2005) and the thrillers ''In the Cut'' (2003), ''Zodiac'' (2007) and ''Shutter Island'' (2010). He received a Tony Award nomination for his supporting role in the Broadway revival of ''Awake and Sing!'' in 2006. Ruffalo gained international recognition for pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Paquin
Anna Hélène Paquin ( ; born 24 July 1982) is a New Zealand actress. Born in Winnipeg and raised in Wellington, Paquin made her acting debut portraying Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film ''The Piano'' (1993), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 11, making her the second-youngest winner in Oscar history. As a child actress, she received multiple Young Artist Award nominations for her roles in ''Fly Away Home'' (1996), ''The Member of the Wedding'' (1997), and ''A Walk on the Moon'' (1999), and a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for appearing in Cameron Crowe's comedy-drama film ''Almost Famous'' (2000). She also appeared in the films ''Jane Eyre'' (1996) and '' Amistad'' (1997). Paquin continued to perform prominent roles into adulthood, portraying mutant superheroine Rogue in the 20th Century Fox ''X-Men'' franchise (2000–2014), for which she was nominated for a Saturn Award for her performance in the first installment. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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