Annie Golden (born October 19, 1951)
is an
American
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actress and singer. She first came to prominence as the lead singer of the punk band
the Shirts from 1975 to 1981 with whom she recorded three albums. She began her acting career as Mother in the 1977 Broadway revival of ''
Hair''; later taking on the role of Jeannie Ryan in the
1979 film version of the musical. Other notable film credits include ''
Desperately Seeking Susan
''Desperately Seeking Susan'' is a 1985 American comedy-drama film directed by Susan Seidelman and starring Rosanna Arquette, Aidan Quinn and Madonna. Set in New York City, the plot involves the interaction between two women – a bored housew ...
'' (1985), ''
Baby Boom'' (1987), ''
Longtime Companion
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'' (1989), ''
Strictly Business'' (1991), ''
Prelude to a Kiss'' (1992), ''
12 Monkeys
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'' (1995), ''
The American Astronaut
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'' (2001), ''
It Runs in the Family'' (2003), ''
Adventures of Power
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'' (2008), and ''
I Love You Phillip Morris
''I Love You Phillip Morris'' is a 2009 English-language French black comedy film based on a 1980s and 1990s real-life story of con artist, impostor and multiple prison escapee Steven Jay Russell, as played by Jim Carrey. While incarcerated, Russ ...
'' (2009).
Golden is best known for portraying
mute
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* ''Mute'' (2005 film), a short film by Melissa Joan Hart
* ''Mute'' (2018 film), a scien ...
Norma Romano in the
Netflix
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comedy-drama streaming television
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series ''
Orange Is the New Black'' from 2013 to 2019. In 1985–1986 she appeared as the recurring character Tommy in ''
Miami Vice
''Miami Vice'' is an American crime drama television series created by Anthony Yerkovich and produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series stars Don Johnson as James "Sonny" Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs, two M ...
'', and from 1989 to 1992 she portrayed the recurring role of
Margaret O'Keefe
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on the sitcom ''
Cheers''. She has appeared as a guest star on several television programs, including ''
American Playhouse
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Overview
It premiered on January 12, 1982, with ''The Shady Hill Kidnapping'', written and narrated by John Cheever an ...
'', ''
Dear John'', ''
Father Dowling Mysteries'', ''
High Maintenance
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'', ''
Law & Order'', and ''
True Blue'' among others.
She currently stars as Cinderella's Mother, Grandmother, and the Giant's Wife in the 2022 Broadway revival of
Stephen Sondheim's ''
Into the Woods
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The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales, exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests. T ...
''.
Early life
Golden was born in
Brooklyn
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, New York City,
New York.
She sang in school and church choirs as a child. Her father, a
Teamster
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Origi ...
,
died at age 52 and her mother died in 1974, at the age of 42. Golden on her family: "My mom never saw me do anything." She said that she "had no training."
[Karras, Steve]
" 'Orange is the New Black' ‘s Annie Golden"
''Huffington Post'', June 12, 2014 When she met Art LaMonica in 1971, he invited her to join his group called Lackeys & Schemers.
Career
Music
Golden began her career as the lead singer of
the Shirts.
The band headlined
CBGB
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in the late 1970s and recorded 3 albums for Capitol Records, ''The Shirts'' (1978), ''Street Light Shine'' (1979) and ''Inner Sleeve'' (1980). During the early 1990s she performed as part of the duo Golden Carillo with
Frank Carillo
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. They released three albums, ''Fire in Newtown'' (1992), ''Toxic Emotion'' (1994), and ''Back for More'' (1997). She returned to the Shirts, but she has also performed solo and with a band. In 1984, her song "Hang Up the Phone" was featured on the soundtrack of the film ''
Sixteen Candles
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''.
She performs a revue of songs from her stage career along with originals called ''Annie Golden's Velvet Prison''.
Film and TV
While with the Shirts, Golden was discovered by
Miloš Forman, who gave her a part in ''
Hair''.
[ She had featured roles on the television series '' Cheers'' and '']Miami Vice
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''. Golden was the voice of Marina in the Don Bluth
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animated feature film ''The Pebble and the Penguin
''The Pebble and the Penguin'' is a 1995 Irish-American independent animated film directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. The film stars the voices of Martin Short, Jim Belushi, Tim Curry, and Annie Golden. Based on the true life mating rituals o ...
''. She played a taxi driver in Terry Gilliam
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Gilliam has directed 13 feature films, including '' Time Bandits'' (1981), '' ...
's ''12 Monkeys
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'' (1995), wherein she had a scene with Bruce Willis and Madeline Stowe.
In recent years, she has been seen in commercials for Coinstar
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, in which she portrays the Tooth Fairy. She appears in the musical film ''Temptation
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'' with actor Adam Pascal
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, Tony Award
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winners Alice Ripley
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and Anika Noni Rose
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...
, and film actress Zoe Saldana and in 2009 had a small role in ''I Love You Phillip Morris
''I Love You Phillip Morris'' is a 2009 English-language French black comedy film based on a 1980s and 1990s real-life story of con artist, impostor and multiple prison escapee Steven Jay Russell, as played by Jim Carrey. While incarcerated, Russ ...
'' with actors Ewan McGregor
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and Jim Carrey, playing a simple woman requiring legal assistance.
In 2013, she began playing the role of the nearly mute Norma Romano in the Netflix
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comedy-drama series '' Orange Is the New Black'', for which she won a 2015 Screen Actors Guild Award (along with the rest of the ensemble cast).
Stage
On Broadway
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** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
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, she has appeared in the 1977 revival of ''Hair'', ''Leader of the Pack
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'' (1985), ''Ah, Wilderness!
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'' (1988), '' On the Town'' (1998), and ''The Full Monty
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'' (2000). She had the title role in the workshop of the short-lived adaptation of Stephen King's novel '' Carrie''. She also played the role of Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme
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in Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman
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Career
Weidman was born in New York City and grew up in Westport ...
's musical ''Assassins
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'' during its world premiere at Playwrights Horizons in New York City in 1990–1991, and is featured on the cast recording of it, on the RCA label. In 2003 she joined other original off-Broadway cast members in a ''Reprise!'' (Los Angeles) concert production of ''Assassins''. In 2007, she was stand-by for the two comic villain roles in the musical '' Xanadu'' on Broadway.
She played Lucy Schmeeler, the whiny friend with the chronic cold, in the off-Broadway Public Theater
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production at the Delacorte Theater
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Over five million people have attended more than 15 ...
of '' On the Town'' in August 1997. She also appeared in the lab production of the musical ''Hit the Lights!'' in 1993 at the Vineyard Theatre
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.
Golden has appeared in three separate versions of ''Hair'': a Broadway revival in 1977, the motion picture in 1979 and a special benefit performance concert in 2004. Golden starred with Peter Scolari
Peter Thomas Scolari (September 12, 1955 – October 22, 2021) was an American actor. He was best known for his roles as Michael Harris on ''Newhart'' (1984–1990), Henry Desmond on ''Bosom Buddies'' (1980–1982) and Wayne Szalinski on ''Hone ...
in the world premiere of ''The Nutcracker and I'' from November 29 to December 31, 2011, at the George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Comically playing the Sugar Rush Fairy (and three other roles) in this musical comedy featuring the music of Tchaikovsky
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and lyrics by Gerard Alessandrini
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, she and Scolari were compared in one review to the team of Imogene Coca
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and Sid Caesar
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.
Golden appeared in the musical ''Violet
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'' starring Sutton Foster
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on Broadway in 2014.
From May 4-15, 2022, Golden appeared as Cinderella's Mother/Grandmother/Giant's Wife in the Encores! production of Into the Woods
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The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales, exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests. T ...
at the New York City Center
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. The show transferred to the St. James Theatre on June 28, 2022 with several cast changes along the way. Golden was scheduled to appear until the extended run concluded on January 8, 2023.
Since 2005, Golden has frequently appeared in stage concerts for composer Joe Iconis
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Early life and education
Iconis graduated f ...
. She starred in the Barrington Stage Company production of his ''Broadway Bounty Hunter'', with the book by Iconis, Lance Rubin and Jason "Sweettooth" Williams, directed by Julianne Boyd, which opened on August 13, 2016. This role was written by Iconis for Golden; he said of Golden: "She's essentially playing a fictionalized version of herself, so she's been so helpful... Her personality has imbued the whole spirit of the show." The ''Variety'' reviewer wrote: "Golden does woebegone really well....Surprisingly, however, the show underserves its star... except for a rousing, climactic paean to “the blood... back in my veins,” the material isn't there... There's only limited chance to see her take full command of stage and story." The ''Boston Globe'' called the musical "rowdy, funny, cheerfully cockeyed." A concert version of ''Broadway Bounty Hunter'', starring Golden, was presented at Joe's Pub
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in New York City on September 26, 2016. She starred in ''Broadway Bounty Hunter'' at the off-Broadway Greenwich House Theater in July 2019.[Clement, Olivia]
"Brad Oscar, Alan H. Green, and More to Join Annie Golden in 'Broadway Bounty Hunter' Off-Broadway"
Playbill, April 23, 2019
Filmography
References
External links
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1951 births
American film actresses
American musical theatre actresses
American television actresses
American stage actresses
Living people
Musicians from Brooklyn
Actresses from New York City
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses
20th-century American singers
21st-century American singers
Singers from New York City
20th-century American women singers
21st-century American women singers