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in the film ''

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'', starring

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. She garnered 2

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nominations for her performance. She also portrayed the crazed tap-dancing daughter Gay in the legendary Broadway bomb, ''

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'', which opened and closed on the same night in 1983. Hobel played the recurring character Charlotte Tilden for one season on the television series ''

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'' from 1992 to 1993. Her film work includes '' Personal Velocity: Three Portraits'' and ''

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''. In 2019, she appeared on the television series '' Blue Bloods''. Hobel currently teaches acting classes for children at Rising Star Productions. She is married to Mark Furrer. Together they have two sons and a daughter.

Filmography

* ''

'' (1981) –

– nominated for

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* '' The Hand'' (1981) – Lizzie * ''

'' (1997) – Cynthia * ''Claire Makes It Big'' (1999) – Claire * '' Personal Velocity'' (2002) – Fay * '' Kinsey'' (2004) – Student #2 * '' The Happening'' (2008) – Woman with Hands Over Ears

Television

* ''Sorrows of Gin'' (1979) – Amy * ''Family of Strangers'' (1980, 1 episode) – Roseanne * ''CBS Children's Mystery Theater'' (1983, 1 episode) – Theodora * ''The Get Along Gang'' (1984) – Dotty Dog (voice) * ''Doing Life'' (1986, 1 episode) – Rachel Rosenberg * ''

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'' (1992, 1 episode) – Ellen * ''Summer Stories'' (1992, 3 episodes) – Sarah * ''

'' (1992–1993, 5 episodes) – Charlotte Tilden * ''

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'' (1994, 1 episode) * ''

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'' (2002, 1 episode) – Margo * ''The Jury'' (2004, 1 episode) – Marianne Zancanaro * ''

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'' (2004, 1 episode) – April Callaway

Theater

* ''In My Father's Eyes'' * ''

'' * ''Rude Times''

Training

*Drama: The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, NY *Voice: The Voice Workshop, Liz Sabine and Louis David, NY and CA *Dance: Phil Black and Studio II, NY

External links

* 1971 births Living people American film actresses American television actresses 21st-century American women {{US-screen-actor-1970s-stub