Lizbeth Mackay (born March 7, 1949) is an American actress. She works primarily in the theatre and television.

Life and career

Mackay was born in Buffalo, New York, the daughter of Robert J. Mackay, a salesman, and Alice (née Steurnagel), a dancer. She has two children, Caitlin and John. Nicknamed Liz, Mackay is a graduate of Adelphi University and the Yale Graduate School of Drama.

Stage

Mackay made her stage debut at the American Shakespeare Festival,

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, in 1970. She appeared in many productions at The Cleveland Play House from 1975 to 1978, including '' Man and Superman'', '' Dark at the Top of the Stairs'', ''Relatively Speaking'', '' Of Mice and Men'', ''Great Expectations'', and ''

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''. She played Alice in '' You Can't Take It with You'' at Center Stage,

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, in 1979, '' Crimes of the Heart'' at the Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles (1983), and ''

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'', Plaza Theatre, Dallas, Texas (1983). Mackay starred in ''

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'' with Katherine Helmond in early 1998 at the Orpheum Theatre in Foxboro, Massachusetts for which she won an Elliot Norton Award. later that year, she starred in ''A View From The Roof'' at

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and the Orpheum Theatre. She appeared in Wendy Wasserstein's '' Third'' presented by the Philadelphia Theatre Company in 2008. Mackay made her Broadway debut in a 1970 production of ''

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''. She made her

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debut in the role of Lenny Magrath in '' Crimes of the Heart'' at the Manhattan Theatre Club in 1980, and went on to play the role on Broadway in 1981. She won the 1982 Theatre World Award for her performance in ''Crimes of the Heart''. Additional New York City stage credits include ''Sons of the Prophet'' (2011), ''The Shoemaker'' (2010), ''

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'' (2008), ''Two-Headed'' at the Women's Project Theater (2000), '' The Price'' (1999), '' The Heiress'' (1995), '' Abe Lincoln in Illinois'' (1993), and '' Death and the Maiden'' (1992).Lizbeth Mackay Broadway credits
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Television and film

Mackay's feature film credits include '' Malcolm X'' (1992), '' Marvin's Room'' (1996), and '' One True Thing'' (1998). On television, she appeared in the soap operas ''

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'' as Leora Sanders in 1981 and ''

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'' (2004) and the primetime series '' The Cosby Mysteries'' (1995), '' Ed'' (2000), '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (2002), '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' (2005), and several episodes of the original ''

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'' (1992, 1998, 2003).

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