Blair Brown

Blair Brown (b. 23 April 1946 in Washington, District of Columbia) is an acclaimed stage actress who has also reached a broader audience with her television and film work, particularly, in the 1980s.

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23 April - 1946 - Washington, District of Columbia - Actress - 1980s

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Examples of her stage work (in alphabetical order):

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• Tom Stoppard's Arcadia at Lincoln Center
• At least two runs as Frau Schneider in Cabaret
• The Comedy of Errors for the New York Shakespeare Festival
• Copenhagen, for which she won a Tony Award in 2000
• A revival of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music
• The Threepenny Opera on Broadway

Playwright David Hare wrote The Secret Rapture specifically for her.

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Playwright - David Hare

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Examples of her television and film work (also in alphabetical order):

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• Altered States
• The Choirboys
• A Golden Globe nomination for her role in A Continental Divide, headlining with John Belushi
• Jacqueline Kennedy in the 1983 TV miniseries Kennedy
• Costarring with Paul Simon in his One Trick Pony
• An early, small role in The Paper Chase (1973)

Her most widely-viewed success was as the Emmy Award-winning lead in the dramedy The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd. The show spent two years on NBC then moved to the Lifetime cable channel for another three years.

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Emmy - Dramedy - The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd - NBC - Lifetime

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