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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Klaus Badelt to Christophe Beck
Ellen Barkin Biography (1955-)
Born April 16, 1955 (some sources cite 1954 or 1959), in Bronx, NY; father achemical salesman, mother a hospital administrator; married Gabriel Byrne (anactor), 1988 (divorced, 1993; some sources cite 1999); married Ron Perelman(a business executive), June 28, 2000; children: (first marriage) Jack, RomeyMarion. Education: Attended High School for the Performing Arts and City College of the City University of New York; Hunter College of the City University of New York, graduated; trained for the stage with Lloyd Richards and Marcia Haufrecht. Addresses:
Agent-- Creative Artists Agency,9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-1825. Career: Actress. Worked as a waitress. Awards, Honors: Golden Globe Award nomination, best performance by an actress in a comedy or musical motion picture, 1992, forSwitch; Blockbuster Entertainment Award, favorite supporting actressin an adventure or drama, 1997, for The Fan; Emmy Award, outstanding lead actress in a miniseries or movie, Golden Globe Award nomination, best performance by an actress in a miniseries or motion picture made for television,and Golden Satellite Award, best supporting actress in a television miniseries or movie, all 1997, for Before Women Had Wings.
Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-1825.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Actress
- Birth Details
- April 16, 1955
- Bronx, New York, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Appearances
- Woman playing guitar, Up in Smoke(also known as Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke), Paramount, 1978
- Beth, Diner, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1982
- Sue Anne, Tender Mercies, Universal, 1982
- Maggie Foley, Eddie and the Cruisers, Embassy, 1983
- Phyllis Isaacson, Daniel, Paramount, 1983
- Virginia, "Virginia's Story," Enormous Changes at the Last Minute(also known as Enormous Changes and Trumps), ABC/Ordinary Lives, 1983
- Penny Priddy, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the Eighth Dimension, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984
- Katie, Harry and Son, Orion, 1984
- Mary O'Connor, Terminal Choice(also known as Critical List,
Death Bed,
Death Wish, and Trauma), Almi, 1985
- Aunt Starr, Desert Bloom, Columbia, 1986
- Laurette, Down by Law, Island, 1986
- Anne Osborne, The Big Easy, Columbia, 1986
- Claire, Siesta, Lorimar, 1987
- Lucille, Made in Heaven, Lorimar, 1987
- Sunny Boyd, Johnny Handsome, TriStar, 1989
- Helen, Sea of Love, Universal, 1989
- Amanda Brooks, Switch, Warner Bros., 1991
- Oona, Mac, Samuel Goldwyn, 1992
- Kathleen, Into the West, Miramax, 1992
- Joan Spruance, Man Trouble, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992
- Caroline Wolff, This Boy's Life, Warner Bros., 1993
- Margaret Wells, Bad Company, Buena Vista, 1995
- Herself, Unzipped, Miramax, 1995
- Calamity Jane, Wild Bill, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1995
- Rita Everly, Mad Dog Time(also known as Trigger Happy), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1996
- Jewel Stern, The Fan, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1996
- Waitress at North Star Cafe, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Universal, 1998
- Amber's Mother, Dairy Queens, New Line Cinema, 1999
- Annette Atkins, Drop Dead Gorgeous(also known as Gnadenlos schoen), New Line Cinema, 1999
- Maggie, Crime and Punishment in Suburbia, United Artists, 2000
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The White River Kid,2000
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In the Boom Boom Room,2000
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Television Appearances
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Movies
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Kent State, NBC, 1981
- Ronnie, Terrible Joe Moran, CBS, 1984
- Annette Gilly, Act of Vengeance, HBO, 1986
- Nadine Powers, Clinton and Nadine(also known as Blood Moneyand Blood Money: The Story of Clinton and Nadine), 1988
- Gloria Marie Jackson, Before Women Had Wings(also known as Oprah Winfrey Presents: Before Women Had Wings), ABC, 1997
- Detective Catherine Palmer, Mercy, HBO, 2000
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Episodic
- Princess Henrietta, "The Princess Who Had Never Laughed," Faerie TaleTheatre, Showtime, 1986
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Inside the Actors Studio,1994
- Also appeared in episodes of Search for Tomorrow, CBS.
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Pilots
- Chris Capoletti, We're Fighting Back, CBS, 1981
- Donna, Parole, CBS, 1982
- Ellen Gray, Murder Ink, CBS, 1983
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Specials
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The American Film Institute Salute to Jack Nicholson,1994
- Presenter, The 67th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1995
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Blockbuster Entertainment Awards,1997
- Narrator, Inside the Inferno, The Discovery Channel, 1999
- Narrator, "Hollywood Censored: Movies, Morality, and the Production Code," Culture Shock, PBS, 2000
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Stage Appearances
- Starkey, Killings on the Last Line, American Place Theatre, New York City, 1980
- Christine, Shout across the River, Marymount Manhattan Theatre, New York City, 1980
- Terry, Extremities, Westside Arts Theatre, New York City, 1983
- May, Fool for Love, Douglas Fairbanks Theatre, New York City, 1984
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Eden Court, produced off-Broadway, 1985
- Also appeared in Irish Coffee, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York City; and Tobacco Road.
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals:
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People Weekly, July 17, 2000 , p. 66.
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