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Marcia Gay Harden Biography (1959-)

Born August 14, 1959, in La Jolla, CA (some sources cite Tokyo, Japan); daughter of Thaddeus Harden (a naval officer); married Thaddeus Scheel, 1996; children: Eulala Grace, Hudson and Julitta Dee (twins). Addresses: Agent:Gersh Agency, 232 N. Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210.; Manager: FrameworkEntertainment, 9057 Nemo St., Suite C, West Hollywood, CA 90069.; Publicist:PMK/HBH, 8500 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 700, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Birth Details

August 14, 1959

La Jolla, California, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Stage manager, The Imagemaker, 1986
• Verna, Miller's Crossing, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990
• Florence/Jane, Florence, 1990
• Joy Husband, Late for Dinner, SVS Video, 1991
• Norma, Used People, JVC Entertainment/Largo Entertainment, 1992
• Lane, Crush, 1992
• Cynthia Singer, Safe Passage, New Line Cinema, 1994
• Shelby Goddard, The Spitfire Grill (also known as Care of the Spitfire Grill), Turner Pictures, 1996
• Libby, The Daytrippers (also known as En route vers Manhattan), Columbia/TriStar, 1996
• Dr. Leslie Rosen, The First Wives Club, Paramount, 1996
• Miss Cheevus, Spy Hard, Buena Vista, 1996
• Arabella, Far Harbor (also known as Mr. Spielberg's Boat and Mr. Spreckman's Boat), Castle Hill Productions, 1996
• Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds, Flubber (also known as The Absent Minded Professor and Disney's Flubber: The Absent Minded Professor), Buena Vista, 1997
• Allison, Meet Joe Black (also known as Death Takes a Vacation), Universal, 1998
• Dr. Samantha Hawkins, Desperate Measures, TriStar, 1998
• Michelle Tippet, Curtain Call, Longfellow Pictures, 1999
• Lee Krasner, Pollock, Sony Pictures Classics, 2000
• Sara Holland, Space Cowboys, 2000
• Frankie Stevens, Gaudi Afternoon (also known as Tardes de Gaudi), 2001
• Celeste Boyle, Mystic River, Warner Bros., 2003
• Nan, Casa de los babys, IFC Films, 2003
• Nancy Abbey, Mona Lisa Smile, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2003
• Just Like Mona, 2003
• Welcome to Mooseport, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2004
• P.S., 2004
• Celia, Miller, 2004
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Andrea Haskell, The Education of Max Bickford, CBS, 2001
• Miniseries
• Ava Gardner, Sinatra, CBS, 1992
• Jenny Moran, Guilty Hearts, CBS, 2002
• Movies
• Gideon Oliver: Sleep Well, Professor Gideon (also known as Sleep Well, Professor Oliver), ABC, 1989
• Angelina, Kojak: None So Blind (also known as None So Blind), ABC, 1990
• Adina Rowan, In Broad Daylight, NBC, 1991
• Lacy, Fever, HBO, 1991
• Maggie Sinclair, Convict Cowboy, Showtime, 1995
• Special Agent Nancy Floyd, Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing (also known as Path to Paradise), HBO, 1997
• Annie Pipes, Labor of Love, Lifetime, 1998
• Susan Silverman, Small Vices (also known as Spenser: Small Vices and Robert B. Parker's Small Vices), Arts and Entertainment, 1999
• Susan Silverman, Thin Air (also known as Robert B. Parker's Thin Air), Arts and Entertainment, 2000
• Angela, See You in My Dreams, CBS, 2000
• Susan Silverman, Walking Shadow, Arts and Entertainment, 2001
• Mrs. Susannah Lear Tumlinson, King of Texas, TNT, 2002
• She's Too Young, Lifetime, 2003
• Pilots
• Kim Fellows, In the Lion's Den, CBS, 1987
• Title role, By Anne Nivel, CBS, 1998
• Sharon, From Where I Sit, CBS, 2000
• Specials
• In the Wings: Angels in America on Broadway, PBS, 1993
• Laurie, "Clear Glass Marbles," Talking With, PBS, 1995
• Totally Tube, E! Entertainment Television, 2001
• Oscar Countdown, ABC, 2003
• Herself, Beyond Borders: John Sayles in Mexico, Independent Film Channel, 2003
• Awards Presentations
• Presenter, The 2001 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards, IFC, 2001
• The 73rd Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2001
• Presenter, The 74th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2002
• Presenter, The 75th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2003
• Episodic
• Barbara Tomilson, "Internal Affairs," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1995
• Marie, "Good Housekeeping," Fallen Angels, Showtime, 1995
• Joan Garbarek, "A Doll's Eyes," Homicide: Life on the Street (alsoknown as H: LOTS and Homicide), NBC, 1995
• The Late Show with David Letterman, 2001
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 2001
• The View, ABC, 2002, 2003
• Stage Appearances
• Burrhead, New Playwrights' Theatre, Washington, DC, 1982-1983
• Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Virginia Stage Company, Norfolk, VA, 1988-1989
• Mary Devlin, The Man Who Shot Lincoln, off-Broadway production, 1989
• Susie, Those the River Keeps, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ, 1990-1991
• Sabina, The Skin of Our Teeth, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1992-1993
• The Years, 1992-1993
• Harper Pitt and Martin Heller, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, Walter Kerr Theatre, New York City, 1993-1994
• Harper Pitt and Council of Principalities, Angels in America: Perestroika (also known as A Gay Fantasia on National Themes), Walter KerrTheatre, 1993-1994
• Cecilia, Simpatico, Public/Newman Theatre, New York City, 1994
• Masha and Maria Shemrayev, The Seagull, Joseph Papp's Shakespearein the Park, Central Park, New York City, 2001
• The Exonerated, 45 Bleecker, New York City, 2002
• Appeared off-Broadway in The Years; also appeared in Crimes ofthe Heart and The Miss Firecracker Contest, both Washington, D.C.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• Newsmakers, Issue 4, Gale Group, 2002

Periodicals

• Entertainment Weekly, February 23, 2001, p. 65; April 6, 2001, pp.40, 83
• Parade, December 14, 2003, p. 22
• Variety, April 1, 2002, p. 23