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| Born | Amanda Michael Plummer |
Amanda Michael Plummer (born March 23, 1957 in New York, New York) is an American Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress.
Biography
She is the daughter of actors Tammy Grimes and Christopher Plummer. Plummer attended Middlebury College in Vermont and acting classes at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. Early in life, her interest was in riding and tending to horses on the East Coast and in Ireland.
Career
Her first movie was the 1981 Western "Cattle Annie and Little Britches". She received a Tony Award nomination and the 1981 Theatre World Award for her first Broadway role, as Josephine in a Broadway revival of A Taste of Honey. She won the 1982 Tony Award for Featured Actress for her portrayal of Sister Agnes in the play Agnes of God, her second role on Broadway. Before achieving leading movie roles, one of her most recognized appearances was on L.A. Law as Alice Hackett, a developmentally disabled girlfriend of Benny Stulwitz, played by Larry Drake, for which she received an Emmy Award nomination.
Her film roles have been described as "spooky, kooky, half-mad characters." (The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Work
Filmography
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Stage
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References
- allmovie ((( Amanda Plummer > Overview )))
- The San Diego Union-Tribune, Anne Marie Welsh, p. E-1, May 30, 2003
- Tony Award listing
External links
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- Please use a more specific IMDb template. See the documentation for available templates.
- Amanda Plummer at the Lortel Internet Off-Broadway Database
- NewYork Times article, April 28, 1996
| Preceded bySwoosie Kurtz Fifth of July |
Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Play 1982 Agnes of God |
Succeeded byJudith Ivey Steaming |