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An excellent character actress of the 1970s, 80s and 90s, Crouse had established herself as an outstanding off-Broadway actress in such roles as Ophelia opposite William Hurt's "Hamlet" and Viola in "Twelfth Night; she won an OBIE in her then-husband David Mamet's "Reunion" in 1980. After a strong cameo in "The Verdict" (1982), a moving performance as an Ethel Rosenberg-inspired character in "Daniel" (1983) and an Oscar-nominated turn in "Places in the Heart" (1984), Crouse played a cool, impressive lead in "House of Games" (1987), written and directed by Mamet....

Filmography

Mr. Brooks - ( Captain Lister / 2007 / Released / )
Almost Salinas - ( Allie / 2003 / Released / )
Cherish - ( Therapist / 2002 / Released / )
Imposter - ( Chancellor / 2002 / Released / )
The Insider - ( Sharon Tiller / 1999 / Released / FS Film Oy )
Progeny - ( Dr Susan Lamarche / 1998 / Released / )
Prefontaine - ( Elfriede Prefontaine / 1997 / Released / )
The Arrival - ( Ilana Green / 1996 / Released / Gaga Entertainment )
The Juror - ( Tallow / 1996 / Released / )
Bye, Bye Love - ( Grace / 1995 / Released / )
The Indian in the Cupboard - ( Jane / 1995 / Released / )
Being Human - ( Janet / 1994 / Released / )
Desperate Hours - ( Chandler / 1990 / Released / Finnkino )
Communion, A True Story - ( Anne Strieber / 1989 / Released / )
House of Games - ( Dr Margaret Ford / 1987 / Released / )
Iceman - ( Dr Diane Brady / 1984 / Released / )
Places in the Heart - ( Margaret Lomax / 1984 / Released / Columbia-EMI-Warner )
Daniel - ( Rochelle / 1983 / Released / )
The Verdict - ( Kaitlin Costello Price / 1982 / Released / )
Prince of the City - ( Carla Ciello / 1981 / Released / Columbia-EMI-Warner )
Between the Lines - ( Abbie / 1977 / Released / Midwest Film Productions )
Slap Shot - ( Lily Braden / 1977 / Released / )
All the President's Men - ( Kay Eddy / 1976 / Released / )
TV Credits
Drive ( 2007 / Released ): Actor
Criminal Minds ( 2005 / Released ): Actor
L.A. Dragnet ( 2003 / Released ): Actor
TV Episode Captain Ruth Hagermann

Redemption ( 2003 )
TV Episode Captain Ruth Hagermann

TV Episode Captain Ruth Hagermann

The Brass Ring ( 2003 )
TV Episode Captain Ruth Hagermann

TV Episode Captain Ruth Hagermann

Hack ( 2002 / Released ): Actor
TV Episode Beth Kulvicki

TV Episode Beth Kulvicki

Black Eye ( 2003 )
TV Episode Beth Kulvicki

TV Episode Beth Kulvicki

Alias ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
The Warden ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ( 2000 / Released ): Actor
One Hell of a Guy ( 2000 / Released ): Actor
Total Stranger ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
Brimstone ( 1998 / Released ): Actor
If These Walls Could Talk ( 1996 / Released ): Actor
Norma Jean & Marilyn ( 1996 / Released ): Actor
Between Mother and Daughter ( 1995 / Released ): Actor
The Outer Limits ( 1995 / Released ): Actor
ER ( 1994 / Released ): Actor
Out of Darkness ( 1994 / Released ): Actor
Parallel Lives ( 1994 / Released ): Actor
Traps ( 1994 / Released ): Actor
Campus Culture Wars: Five Stories About P.C. ( 1993 / Released ): Narrator
Chantilly Lace ( 1993 / Released ): Actor
Final Appeal ( 1993 / Released ): Actor
Frasier ( 1993 / Released ): Actor
The Proposal ( 2002 )
TV Episode Peg

Juvenilia ( 2002 )
TV Episode Peg

NYPD Blue ( 1993 / Released ): Actor
Made in America? ( 1992 / Released ): Actor
The Health Quarterly (05/20/92) ( 1992 / Released ): Narrator
Living Against the Odds ( 1991 / Released ): Voice
Law & Order ( 1990 / Released ): Actor
Red Ball ( 2005 )
TV Episode Cast

DNR ( 1999 )
TV Episode Judge Denise Grobman

Promises to Keep ( 1993 )
TV Episode Dr. Diane Meade

Local Heroes, Global Change ( 1990 / Released ): Narrator
American Nuclear ( 1989 / Released ): Actor
Sex and the Married Detective ( 1989 / Released ): Actor
Lemon Sky ( 1988 / Released ): Actor
I Want to Go Home ( 1985 / Released ): Actor
Summer Solstice ( 1981 / Released ): Actor
Eleanor and Franklin ( 1976 / Released ): Actor
Buffy, the Vampire Slayer ( Released ): Actor
Primeval ( 2000 )
TV Episode Maggie Walsh

The I in Team ( 2000 )
TV Episode Maggie Walsh

A New Man ( 2000 )
TV Episode Maggie Walsh

Hush ( 1999 )
TV Episode Maggie Walsh

The Initiative ( 1999 )
TV Episode Maggie Walsh

Civil Wars ( Released ): Actor
L.A. Law ( Released ): Actor
Millennium ( Released ): Actor
Murder, She Wrote ( Released ): Actor
Providence ( Released ): Actor
Touched By an Angel ( Released ): Actor
Full Biography (Back to top)

An excellent character actress of the 1970s, 80s and 90s, Crouse had established herself as an outstanding off-Broadway actress in such roles as Ophelia opposite William Hurt's "Hamlet" and Viola in "Twelfth Night; she won an OBIE in her then-husband David Mamet's "Reunion" in 1980. After a strong cameo in "The Verdict" (1982), a moving performance as an Ethel Rosenberg-inspired character in "Daniel" (1983) and an Oscar-nominated turn in "Places in the Heart" (1984), Crouse played a cool, impressive lead in "House of Games" (1987), written and directed by Mamet. Her film career picked up in the mid-1990s with turns as Randy Quaid's ex-wife in "Bye Bye, Love" (1994), as the boy's mother in "The Indian in the Cupboard" (1995) and in support of Charlie Sheen in sci-fi actioner "The Arrival" (1996). Crouse also appeared briefly as Marilyn Monroe's acting coach in "Norma Jean and Marilyn" (HBO, 1996). She is the daughter of playwright/producer Russel Crouse.

Profession(s):
Actor, pianist, dancer, flutist
Sometimes Credited As:
Lindsay Ann Crouse
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Family
daughter:Willa Mamet (born c. 1982)
daughter:Zosia Mamet (born February 2, 1988 in Randolph, Vermont)
father:Russel Crouse (born in 1889; died in 1966; collaborated with Howard Lindsay on such plays and musicals as "Life With Father", "The State of the Union", "Call Me Madam" and "The Sound of Music")
husband:David Mamet (married on December 21, 1977; divorced in 1990)
mother:Anna Crouse (board member of Lincoln Center Theater)
Companion(s)
Robert Duvall , Companion , ```..was living with Crouse when she met Mamet


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Education
Radcliffe College Cambridge, Massachusetts BA 1970
Awards (Back to top)
Theatre World Award 1992
OBIE Award Performance "Reunion" 1979 - 1980

Milestones (Back to top)
2001 Co-starred with John Mahoney in the L.A. premiere of stage play "The Weir"
2001 Appeared alongside Ally Sheedy in the TNT drama "The Warden"
1999 Offered fine turn as Lowell Bergman's wife in the Oscar-nominated Best Picture "The Insider"
1997 Acted in "Prefontaine", portraying the runner's mom
1996 Portrayed Marilyn Monroe's acting coach in the HBO movie "Norma Jean and Marilyn"
1995 Cast as Randy Quaid's bitter ex-wife in "Bye Bye, Love"
1994 Reteamed with Yellen for the similarly improved "Parallel Lives" (Showtime)
1994 Was a regular on the short-lived CBS police drama "Traps"
1993 Acted in the ensemble of the improved TV-movie "Chantilly Lace", a Showtime comedy-drama directed by Linda Yellen
1991 Returned to Broadway in revival of Harold Pinter's play "The Homecoming"
1989 Played the wife of a man convinced he had been abducted by aliens in "Communion"
1987 Moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts (date approximate)
1987 Had starring role in then-husband David Mamet's film "House of Games"; portrayed a psychiatrist who agrees to help a patient get out of his gambling debt
1984 Co-starred with Timothy Hutton in "Iceman"
1984 Received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination as a married woman whose husband is having an affair in a small Texas town in "Places in the Heart"
1982 Second movie with Paul Newman, "The Verdict"; scripted by Mamet
1981 Played the lead character of Margaret (essayed by Myrna Loy) in flashbacks in the ABC drama "Summer Solstice"
1979 - 1982 Member of the Circle Repertory Company; acted in such acclaimed productions as "Reunion" (1979) and "Childe Byron" (1981)
1977 Had featured role as the wealthy wife of a hockey player (Michael Ontkean) in "Slap Shot"; first film with Paul Newman
1977 Featured in the ensemble of "Between the Lines", a low-budget comedy-drama about the staff of an underground Boston newspaper
1976 Screen acting debut in "All the President's Men"
1976 TV-movie debut in "Eleanor and Franklin" (ABC)
1972 Made first Broadway appearance in the acclaimed New York Shakespeare Festival revival of "Much Ado About Nothing"
Had recurring role on the popular NBC police drama "Hill Street Blues"
Had recurring role in episodes of the popular series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (The WB)


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