Rebecca Pidgeon
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Rebecca Pidgeon (born October 10, 1963) is an actress, singer, songwriter, and the wife of playwright David Mamet.
She was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.
In the mid and late 1980s she was the main element of the British folk/pop band Ruby Blue.
She made her Broadway debut in David Mamet's Old Neighborhood. She had met David while acting in his play Speed the Plow and became his wife in 1991. She left Ruby Blue, which sank into obscurity, and concentrated on her acting career, starring in Mamet's plays and films—first the film Homicide, then in the play Oleanna, a part written for her.
Returning to music in 1994, she released the solo album The Raven, followed by New York Girls' Club. A further album, The Four Marys, a collection of traditional Celtic folk songs, followed in 1998.
She has two children, Clara and Noah.
She has appeared in the following films:
- The Dawning 1988
- Campaign (TV mini-series) 1988
- She's Been Away 1989
- Uncle Vanya (made for TV) 1991
- Homicide 1991
- The Water Engine (made for TV) 1992
- The Spanish Prisoner 1992
- The Winslow Boy 1997
- Catastrophe 2000
- State and Main 2000
- Heist 2001
- Advice and Dissent 2002
- Shopgirl 2005
- Edmond 2005