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Regina Taylor Biography (1960-)

Full name, Regina Annette Taylor; born August 22, 1960, in Dallas, TX; daughter of Nell Taylor (a social worker and poet). Addresses: Agent: Innovative Artists, 1505 10th St., Santa Monica, CA 90401; William Morris Agency, 151 South El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-2775; Sally Ware, The Gersh Agency, 130 West 42nd St., New York, NY 10036.; Manager: Joel Shire, The Radmin Company, 9201 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 305, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress, writer

Birth Details

August 22, 1960

Dallas, Texas, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Lilly Harper, I'll Fly Away, NBC, 1991-1993
• Sandra Broome, Feds, CBS, 1997
• Judith Hackett Bryant, The Education of Max Bickford, CBS, 2001-2002
• Movies
• Nurse, 1980
• Minniejean Brown, Crisis at Central High, CBS, 1981
• Pam Hayes, Howard Beach: Making the Case for Murder (also known asIn the Line of Duty: Howard Beach, Making a Case for Murder and Skin), NBC, 1989
• Lilly Harper, I'll Fly Away: Then and Now, PBS, 1993
• Lieutenant Alec Curtis, Hostile Waters (also known as Im Fahrwasser des Todes and Peril en mer), HBO, 1997
• Anita Hill, Strange Justice, Showtime, 1999
• Cora Jenkins, "Cora Unashamed," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 2000
• Miniseries
• Burnetta, Concealed Enemies, PBS, 1984
• Drusilla, Children of the Dust (also known as A Good Day to Die), CBS, 1995
• Mish Delaware, The Third Twin (also known as Ken Follett's TheThird Twin), 1997
• Specials
• The American Television Awards, ABC, 1993
• The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards, TBS, 1993
• Echoes from the White House, PBS, 2001
• Episodic
• Evelyn Griggs, "Mushrooms," Law & Order, NBC, 1991
• Sarah Maslin, "Virtue," Law & Order, NBC, 1994
• Pilots
• Appeared as Eve Marchetta in the pilot Silent Witness.
• Film Appearances
• Mrs. Carter, Lean on Me, Warner Bros., 1989
• Rosie, Jersey Girl, Electric Pictures, 1992
• Angela Lamont, The Keeper, Rada Film, 1995
• Gussie, Losing Isiah, Paramount, 1995
• Iris Jeeter, Clockers, Universal, 1995
• Ann, A Family Thing, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1996
• Meredith Serling, Courage under Fire, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
• Willy, Spirit Lost, LIVE Entertainment, 1996
• Karen Roman, The Negotiator (also known as Verhandlungssache), Warner Bros., 1998
• Stage Appearances
• Celia, As You Like It, New York Shakespeare Festival, 1986-1987
• First witch, Macbeth, New York Shakespeare Festival, 1986-1987
• Juliet, "Romeo and Juliet," Shakespeare on Broadway for the Schools, New York Shakespeare Festival, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1986-1987
• King Lear, 1987
• Ariel, The Tempest, La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, CA, 1988
• Doctor Faustus, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, New York City,1988
• Regina, Sarafina!, Cort Theatre, New York City, 1988-1989
• Escape from Paradise (solo show), Circle Repertory Company, New York City, 1994
• Urban Zulu Mambo, Signature Theatre Company, New York City, 2001
• Also appeared in The Illusion, New York Theatre Workshop, New YorkCity; Jar the Floor, Second Stage Theatre, New York City; Machinal and Map of the World, both Public Theatre, New York City; Millennium Mambo, Goodman Theatre, Chicago; and The Vagina Monologues,New York City and Los Angeles productions.
• Stage Work
• Director
• "Dr. Kheal," Transformations, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, 1997
• RECORDINGS
• Audiobooks
• The Wedding, Simon & Schuster Audio, 1998
• WRITINGS
• Stage Plays
• Watermelon Rinds (one-act play), Women's Project, Westbeth TheatreCenter, New York City, 1993
• Escape from Paradise (solo show; based on her earlier work Jenine's Diary), Circle Repertory Company, New York City, 1994
• Mudtracks (one-act play), Marathon 1994, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York City, 1994, published in EST Marathon 1994: One-Act Plays, Smith & Kraus, 1995
• Ties That Bind (solo show; contains two one-act plays, Watermelon Rinds and Inside the Belly of the Beast), Goodman Theatre, Chicago, 1994-1995
• Between the Lines, Humana Festival of New American Plays, Louisville, KY, 1995, published in Humana Festival '95: The Complete Plays, Smith & Kraus, 1995
• Behind Every Good Man, Humana Festival of New American Plays, 1999
• Oo-Bla-Dee, Goodman Theatre, 1999, then La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, CA, 2000
• A Night in Tunisia, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Montgomery, AL,then Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA, both 2000
• (Adaptor) Drowning Crows (based on The Seagull by Anton Chekhov), Goodman Theatre, 2001
• Urban Zulu Mambo (based on her earlier work Millennium Mambo), Signature Theatre Company, New York City, 2001
• Other plays include Jenine's Diary, Humana Festival of New American Plays; Jubilee (musical; based on the Fisk Jubilee Singers), Alliance Theatre Company, Atlanta, GA; Love Poem (short play), 7 Stages, Atlanta; and Millennium Mambo, Goodman Theatre, Chicago; adaptor of Ghost Train and Sty Farm, one-act plays based on works by Franz Xavier Kroeta, both for New York Theatre Festival, New York City.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• Contemporary Black Biography, Volume 9, Gale, 1995

Periodicals

• Chicago, November, 1995, pp. 53-55