Blair Brown
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Blair Brown (b. 23 April 1946) is an acclaimed stage actress who has also reached a broader audience with her television and film work, particularly, in the 1980s.
Examaples of her stage work (in alphabetical order):
- 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.
Examples of her television and film work (also in alphabetical order):
- 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.