Elaine Stritch

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RECENT CREDITS

30 Rock (TV) Dec. 13, 2007

Romance & Cigarettes (FILM) Sep. 7, 2007

Monster-in-Law (FILM) May. 8, 2005

Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV) Sep. 21, 2004

Larry King Live (TV) Oct. 1, 2003

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HIGHLIGHTS

Studied theater with Erwin Piscator at the Dramatic Workshop of the New School for Social Research in New York City, where fellow students included Marlon Brando, Walter Matthau and Tony Curtis.

Briefly dated Brando while they were both at New School, an experience she recounted in her one-woman show.

Made her Broadway debut in the 1947 revue Angel in the Wings.

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Romance & Cigarettes 2007 -Nick's Mother

Actor

Film

Monster-in-Law 2005 -Gertrude

Actor

Film

September 2003 -Diane

Actor

Film

Autumn in New York 2000 -Dolly

Actor

Film

Small Time Crooks 2000 -Chi Chi Potter

Actor

Film

Screwed 2000 -Miss Crock

Actor

Film

Cadillac Man 1990 -The Widow

Actor

Film

30 Rock 2007 -Colleen, Colleen Donaghy

Actor, Actor

Ludachristmas (2007) -Colleen Donaghy

Actor

TV Episode

Hiatus (2007) -Colleen Donaghy

Actor

TV Episode

An Unexpected Life -Lucinda

Actor

Cosby Show -Mrs. McGee

Actor

Ellen Burstyn Show -Sydney Brewer

Actor

Growing Paynes -Mrs. Payne

Actor

Law & Order 1992-1997 -Lanie Stieglitz, Lawyer

Actor, Actor

Working Mom (1997) -Lanie Stieglitz

Actor

TV Episode

Point of View (1992) -Lawyer

Actor

TV Episode

Runaway Heart

Actor

Sparks: The Price of Passion

Actor

Two's Company -Dorothy McNab

Actor

Krippendorf's Tribe 1998 -Irene Harding

Actor

Film

Out To Sea 1997 -Mavis

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Film

Providence 1977 -Helen Weiner

Actor

Film

Who Killed Teddy Bear? 1965 -Billie

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Film

The Perfect Furlough 1958 -Liz Baker

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Film

A Farewell to Arms 1957 -Helen Ferguson

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Film

The Scarlet Hour 1956 -Phyllis Rycker

Actor

Film

The Spiral Staircase -Nurse

Actor

Film

Three Violent People -Ruby LaSalle

Actor

Film

Too Many Thieves

Actor

Film

Sparks: The Price of Passion -Marti Sparks

Actor

Film

Stranded

Actor

Film

An Inconvenient Woman

Actor

Film

Paradise

Actor

Film

Pigeons -Tough Lady

Actor

Film

Pollyanna -Aunt Polly

Actor

Film

Chance of a Lifetime -Sybil

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Cocoon: The Return -Ruby

Actor

Film

Follies in Concert

Actor

Film

Gun Fury

Actor

Film

Kiss Her Goodbye -Marge

Actor

Film

Highlights

Studied theater with Erwin Piscator at the Dramatic Workshop of the New School for Social Research in New York City, where fellow students included Marlon Brando, Walter Matthau and Tony Curtis.

Briefly dated Brando while they were both at New School, an experience she recounted in her one-woman show.

Made her Broadway debut in the 1947 revue Angel in the Wings.

Understudied Ethel Merman in 1950's Call Me Madam.

Created the role of Joanne in Stephen Sondheim's 1970 musical, Company, which included her now-famous rendition of "The Ladies Who Lunch."

Struggled with alcoholism for years as a way of dealing with her stage fright.

Won a 2002 Tony Award for her one-woman show, Elaine Stritch at Liberty. Two years later, she won an Emmy for the same show when it aired on HBO as a documentary.