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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Myra Lucretia Taylor Biography (1960-)
Born July 9, 1960, in Fort Motte, SC. Addresses: Contact: Harden Curtis Associates, 850 Seventh Ave., Suite 405, New York, NY 10019.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Actress
- Birth Details
- July 9, 1960
- Fort Motte, South Carolina, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Stage Appearances
- Ceres, The Tempest, New York Shakespeare Festival, Riverside Shakespeare Company, New York City, 1984
- OB, Dennis, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York City, 1985
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The Colored Museum, Crossroads Theatre Company, New Brunswick, NJ,1985-1986
- Norma Faye, Black Girl, The Second Stage, New York City, 1986
- (Broadway debut) Negro Woman, A Streetcar Named Desire, Circle inthe Square Theatre Uptown, 1988
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American Clock, Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, MA, 1988-1989
- Lorraine/Maid/Mrs. Johnson/Dr. Croyers/Mom, Phantasie, Vineyard Theatre, New York City, 1989
- Maya Deboats, Walking The Dead, Circle Repertory Company, New YorkCity, 1991
- Mattie Clark and understudy for the roles of Zora/Teets/Mambo/Lindsay, Mule Bone, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1991
- Puck, A Midsummer Night's Dream, New Jersey Shakespeare Festival,Drew University, Madison, NJ, 1991
- Maya Deboats, Walking the Dead, Circle Repertory Company, Circle Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1991
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Come Down Burning (workshop), Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1992-1993
- Dr. Oleander, Fugue, The Cleveland Playhouse, Cleveland, OH, 1992-1993
- Tee, Come Down Burning, American Place Theatre, New York City, 1993
- Nancy, The Women, Hartford Stage, Hartford, CT, 1993-1994
- Ruby Savage, Marathon Dancing, Soho Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1994
- Ms. Pike, July 7, 1994, 1994-1995
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Suddenly Last Summer, Hartford Stage, 1994-1995
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The Poet, Hartford Stage, 1994-1995
- Victoria, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 1995
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To Kill a Mockingbird, Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, MA, 1995-1996
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Once upon This Island, Virginia Stage Company, Norfolk, VA, 1995-1996
- Quilly McGrath, The Old Settler, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ,1997
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American Clock, Signature Theatre Company, Signature Theatre, 1997
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Electra, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1998
- Witch, Macbeth, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 2000
- Paulina, The Winter's Tale, Royal Shakespeare Company, London andStratford-upon-Avon, England, 2002
- Dionyza, Pericles, Royal Shakespeare Company, London and Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 2002
- Saraghina, Nine, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York City, 2003
- Also appeared in Greensboro (A Requiem), McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ; Byrd's Boy, Primary Stages, New York City; Force Continuum, Atlantic Theater Co., New York City; Oo-Bla-Dee, La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, CA; Scent of the Roses, Helen Hayes Performing Arts Center; Splash Hatch on the E Going Down, New York Stage and Film; appeared in productions at the Williamstown Theatre Festival and Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, CT; and in a special performance of Conrack at the White House for President George Bush.
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Stage Work
- Stage Manager, Success Story, Jewish Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1981
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Film Appearances
- Hospital dancer, Everyone Says I Love You, Miramax, 1996
- Beverly Wilson, Music of the Heart, Miramax, 1999
- Waitress, Better Living, Goldheart, 2000
- Judge Frances Abarbanel, Changing Lanes, Paramount, 2002
- Gloria, Unfaithful (also known as Untreu), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2002
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Confection, Life of Riley, 2003
- Also appeared in Wes Craven's Fifty Violins.
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Television Appearances
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Episodic
- Jocelyn Weston, "Wager," Law & Order, NBC, 1994
- Suzanne Waters, "A Question of Truth," New York News, CBS, 1995
- Jane Monroe, "Good Girl," Law & Order, NBC, 1996
- Leslie Yulkowski, "Breaking In, Breaking Out, Breaking Up, Breaking Down," Trinity, NBC, 1999
- Donna, "Collision," Law & Order, NBC, 2000
- Nurse, "Young Men and Fire ... ," Third Watch, NBC, 2000
- Metro editor, "Lovers and Madmen," Deadline, NBC, 2000
- INS officer, "Dearly Deported," Madigan Men, ABC, 2000
- Myra, "The Old Ball Game," Deadline, NBC, 2001
- Myra, "Somebody's Fool," Deadline, NBC, 2001
- Amanda Juno, "Poison," Law & Order: Criminal Intent, NBC, 2001
- Principal, "Popular," Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (alsoknown as Law & Order: S.V.U.), NBC and USA Network, 2002
- Also appeared in episodes of One Life to Live, ABC; All My Children, ABC; Wonderland, ABC; Sesame Street, PBS.
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals
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Variety, February 17, 1997, p. 80
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