Bess Armstrong

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BIRTHDAY

December 11, 1953

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

RECENT CREDITS

Criminal Minds (TV) Feb. 18, 2009

Boston Legal (TV) Dec. 8, 2008

One Tree Hill (TV) Sep. 28, 2004

Frasier (TV) Jan. 6, 2004

Good Morning, Miami (TV) Dec. 5, 2002

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BIOGRAPHY

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Fresh-faced, all-American performer with strong stage experience. Armstrong was sympathetic as the new wife whose presence disrupts the harmony of a close-knit group of friends in Alan Alda's "middle ages" comedy, "The Four Seasons" (1981). She also appeared in the hit TV miniseries "Lace" (1984) as Judy Hale, a magazine publisher and one of the three women Phoebe Cates rounds up in her quest for her mother. Armstrong's film work of the same period includes a starring role in the flat "Jaws 3-D" (1983), playing Tom Hanks' ex-girlfriend in the comedy "Nothing in Common" (1986) and Elaine in "Dream Lover" (1994).

Armstrong turned up in ABC's groundbreaking one-hour dramatic series "My So-Called Life" (1994-95) as the well-meaning but controlling mother of a l5-year-old girl going through adolescence. Armstrong brought a certain edgy vulnerability to her character, a strong woman hitting 40, feeling insecure about her fading youth and her family's devotion to her.

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