Maggie Brown (born 1948)
is an American playwright, director and actress.
Education
Maggie Brown was raised in
Independence, Missouri
Independence is the fifth-largest city in Missouri and the county seat of Jackson County, Missouri, Jackson County. Independence is a satellite city of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the largest suburb on the Missouri side of the Kansas City metro ...
, and graduated from
Southwest Missouri State University
Missouri State University (MSU or MO State), formerly Southwest Missouri State University, is a public university in Springfield, Missouri. Founded in 1905 as the Fourth District Normal School, it is the state's second largest university by enr ...
.
After moving to
New York City
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, she worked in
theater
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as a performer with Time & Space, Ltd. theatre company, and as Director of Children's Theatre at the
Manhattan Theatre Club
Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC) is a theatre company located in New York City, affiliated with the League of Resident Theatres. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Lynne Meadow and Executive Producer Barry Grove, Manhattan Theatre Club has g ...
.
As an acting teacher, she taught at the
New York Association for the Blind, where she directed several
Lighthouse Players productions, including ''
The Little Foxes
''The Little Foxes'' is a 1939 play by Lillian Hellman, considered a classic of 20th century drama. Its title comes from Chapter 2, Verse 15 of the Song of Solomon in the King James version of the Bible, which reads, "Take us the foxes, the lit ...
''.
Work
On television, she performed guest roles on series including ''
Barney Miller
''Barney Miller'' is an American sitcom television series set in a New York City Police Department police station on East 6th St in Greenwich Village. The series was broadcast on ABC Network from January 23, 1975, to May 20, 1982. It was created ...
'', ''
Dallas
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'', ''
Highway to Heaven
''Highway to Heaven'' is an American fantasy drama television series that ran on NBC from September 19, 1984, to August 4, 1989. The series starred Michael Landon as Jonathan Smith, an angel sent to Earth in order to help people in need. Victo ...
'' and ''
Little House on the Prairie
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'', and appeared in more than 250
television commercials
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.
Her first script, ''Sophisticated Nuts and Dried Fruit'' (1982),
was produced in
Los Angeles
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as three one-act plays, and staged in 2001 at
Eastern Connecticut State University
Eastern Connecticut State University (Eastern, Eastern Connecticut, Eastern Connecticut State, or ECSU) is a public liberal arts university in Willimantic, Connecticut. Founded in 1889, it is the second-oldest campus in the Connecticut State Un ...
. Kenn Salmon and herself are co-authors of plays: ''Pat the Cat's Last Fling'' (1990) and ''Country Songbird with Wife''.
As of 2011 and since writing ''Twelve Angry Jurors'',
Brown has performed with The Old Pros Theatre Group, a troupe of retired actors, musicians and dancers who stage productions for the Laguna Woods Village retirement community in
Laguna Woods, California
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Laguna Woods became Orange Count ...
.
"About"
at The Old Pros (official site)
References
External links
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American stage actresses
American television actresses
American theatre directors
1948 births
Living people
Actresses from Missouri
Writers from Independence, Missouri
American women dramatists and playwrights
20th-century American actresses
20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
20th-century American women writers
21st-century American actresses
21st-century American dramatists and playwrights
21st-century American women writers
Women theatre directors
Missouri State University alumni