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Zoe Caldwell Biography (1933-)
Original name, Ada Caldwell; born September 14, 1933, in Hawthorn, Victoria,Australia; daughter of A. E. (a plumber) and Zoe (a singer and dancer) Caldwell; married Robert Whitehead (a producer), May 9, 1968 (died June 15, 2002);children: William "Sam" Edgar, Charlie. Addresses: Contact: c/o Whitehead-Stevens, 1501 Broadway, New York, NY 10036.
- Nationality
- Australian
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Actress, director
- Birth Details
- September 14, 1933
- Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Stage Appearances
- Title role, Major Barbara, Union Theatre Repertory Company, Melbourne, Australia, 1953
- Bubba, The Seventeenth Doll, Elizabethan Theatre Trust, Sydney, Australia, 1954
- Ophelia, Hamlet, Elizabethan Theatre Trust, 1954
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Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1958
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Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, 1958
- Daughter of Antiochus, Pericles, Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, 1958
- Margaret, Much Ado about Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, 1958
- Bianca, Othello, Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, 1959
- Cordelia, King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, 1959
- Helena, All's Well That Ends Well, Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, 1959
- A fairy, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, 1959
- (London debut) Whore, "Cob and Leach," in Trials by Logue (double-bill), Royal Court Theatre, London, 1960
- Ismene, Antigone, Royal Court Theatre, 1960
- Isabella, The Changeling, Royal Court Theatre, 1961
- Jacqueline, Jacques, Royal Court Theatre, 1961
- Rosaline, Love's Labour's Lost, Stratford Shakespeare Festival ofCanada, Stratford, Ontario, 1961
- Sonja Downfahl, The Canvas Barricade, Stratford Shakespeare Festival of Canada, 1961
- Pegeen Mike, The Playboy of the Western World, Manitoba Theatre Center, Winnipeg, Canada, 1961
- Title role, Saint Joan, Adelaide Festival of the Arts, Adelaide, Australia, 1962
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Ham Funeral, Elizabethan Theatre Trust, 1962
- Nola Boyle, The Season at Sarsaparilla, Union Theatre Repertory Company, Union Theatre, Melbourne, Australia, 1962
- Frosine, The Miser, Minnesota Theatre Company, Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, 1963
- Natalia, The Three Sisters, Minnesota Theatre Company, Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, 1963
- Woman, Death of a Salesman, Minnesota Theatre Company, Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, 1963
- Elizabeth Von Ritter, A Far Country, Crest Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1964
- Title role, Mother Courage, Manitoba Theatre Center, 1964
- Countess Aurelia, The Madwoman of Chaillot, Goodman Memorial Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1964
- Millamant, The Way of the World, Minnesota Theatre Company, TyroneGuthrie Theatre, 1965
- Grusha Vashnadze, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Minnesota Theatre Company, Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, 1965
- Frosine, The Miser, Minnesota Theatre Company, Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, 1965
- (Broadway debut) Sister Jean, The Devils, Broadway Theatre, 1966
- Polly, "The Gnadiges Fraulein," in Slapstick Tragedy (double-bill), Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1966
- Orinthia, The Apple Cart, Shaw Festival, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, 1966
- Lena Szczepanowska, Misalliance, Shaw Festival, 1966
- Lady Anne, Richard III, Stratford Shakespeare Festival of Canada,1967
- Mrs. Page, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Stratford Shakespeare Festival of Canada, 1967
- Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Stratford Shakespeare Festival ofCanada, 1967
- Title role, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Helen Hayes Theatre, 1968
- Title role, Colette, Ellen Stewart Theatre, New York City, 1970
- Emma, Lady Hamilton, A Bequest to the Nation, Haymarket Theatre, London, 1970
- Eve, The Creation of the World and Other Business, Shubert Theatre, New York City, 1972
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Love and Master Will, Opera House, John F. Kennedy Center for thePerforming Arts, Washington, DC, 1973
- Alice, Dance of Death, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Center, New York City, 1974
- Mary Cavan Tyrone, Long Day's Journey into Night, Eisenhower Theatre, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 1975, then Brooklyn Academy of Music/Opera House, New York City, 1976
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The Neighborhood Playhouse at 50: A Celebration, Shubert Theatre,1978
- Title role, Medea, Cort Theatre, New York City, 1982, then Clarence Brown Company, Knoxville, TN, 1982
- Title role, Lillian (solo show), Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New YorkCity, 1986
- Katharine Brynne, A Perfect Ganesh, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1993
- Maria Callas, Master Class, John Golden Theatre, New York City, 1995
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Come A-Waltzing With Me, Boston University Theatre, Boston, MA, 1997
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The Play What I Wrote, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 2003
- Made stage debut at age nine as Slightly Soiled, Peter Pan, Melbourne; also appeared as Maria Callas, Master Class, Philadelphia TheatreCompany and Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles.
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Major Tours
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Hamlet,
Twelfth Night, and Romeo and Juliet, U.S.S.R. cities, 1958-1959
- Also toured with her solo show.
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Stage Work
- Director, An Almost Perfect Person, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1977
- Director, Richard II, Stratford Shakespeare Festival of Canada, Stratford, Ontario, 1979
- Director, These Men, Harold Clurman Theatre, New York City, 1980
- Director, Othello, Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, 1981
- Director, The Taming of the Shrew, American Shakespeare Theatre, 1985
- Director, Hamlet, American Shakespeare Theatre, 1985
- Director, Macbeth, Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, 1988
- Producer and director, A Christmas Carol, Hudson Theatre, New YorkCity, 1990
- Director, Park Your Car in Harvard Yard, American National TheatreAcademy, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1991
- Director, Vita and Virginia, New York City, 1995
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Film Appearances
- Countess, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Orion, 1985
- Voice of Grand Councilwoman of the United Galactic Federation, Lilo & Stitch (animated), Buena Vista, 2002
- Voice, Stitch! The Movie (animated), Buena Vista Home Video, 2003
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Television Appearances
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Movies
- Sarah Bernhardt (title role), "Sarah," Great Performances, PBS, 1977
- Mrs. Kennedy, Lantern Hill (also known as Jane of Lantern Hill), The Disney Channel, 1990
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Specials
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Witness to Yesterday, 1974
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The 36th Annual Tony Awards, 1982
- Title role, Medea, 1983
- Carlotta Monterey O'Neill, Eugene O'Neill: A Glory of Ghosts (alsoknown as American Masters: Eugene O'Neill: A Glory of Ghosts), 1985
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The 43rd Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 1989
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The 50th Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 1996
- Also appeared in The Seagull;
The Apple Cart;
Macbeth; The Lady's Not for Burning.
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Episodic
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, 1970
- Margaret Lloyd, "Old Lady Lloyd" (also known as "Song in the Night"), Road to Avonlea, The Disney Channel, 1990
- Voice of Grand Councilwoman, "Lilo & Stitch," Stitch! The TV Series, 2002
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Radio Appearances
- Appeared as Arkadina, The Seagull, BBC; Sarah Bernhardt, Sarah, CBC.
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WRITINGS
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Autobiography
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I Will Be Cleopatra: An Actress's Journey, 2002
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Books
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International Dictionary of Theatre, Volume 3: Actors, Directors, and Designers, St. James Press, 1996
Periodicals
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New York, September 11, 1995, p. 64; May 13, 1996, p. 48
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Opera News, September, 1997, p. 28
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Publishers Weekly, August 20, 2001, p. 67
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TheaterMania, June 2, 2000; December 31, 2001
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Variety, January 21, 2002, p. 45
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