Mary beth peil biography of barack

PERSONAL

Born June 25, 1940, in Davenport, IA.

Career: Actress. Won the Metropolitan Opera Auditions, singing opus and concerts with the Metropolitan Work National Company; also appeared with Another York City Opera, Young Concert Artists, and New York Philharmonic; the Play Department, founding member.

Awards, Honors: Antoinette Philosopher Award nomination, best actress in simple featured role—musical, 1985, for The Stand-up fight and I; Obie Awards, Village Voice, all 1995, for Missing Persons, Grandeur Naked Truth, and A Cheever Evening; Outer Critic Circle Award nomination, prominent featured actress in a musical, 2003, for Nine;Joseph Jefferson Award nomination, by oneself performance, 2006, for M. Proust.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Day care center teacher, Jersey Girl, 1992.

Bartender, Reckless, Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1995.

Emily Principal, Comfortably Numb, Meistrich Corp., 1995.

Felice, The Odd Couple II (also known significance Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple II"), Paramount, 1998.

Lana, Number One, 1998.

Homeless spouse, Advice from a Caterpillar, 1999.

Helen Devlin, The Stepford Wives, Paramount, 2004.

Olivia, The Caretakers (short), 2006.

Mrs. Bradley, Flags oust Our Fathers, DreamWorks, 2006.

Daisy Stokes, The List, 2007.

Television Appearances; Series:

Evelyn "Grams" Ryan, Dawson's Creek, The WB, 1998–2003.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Edith Davis, The Reagans, Showtime, 2003.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Pauline Lewis, Birthmarks, Fox, 1997.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Evelyn "Grams" Ryan, Songs elude "Dawson's Creek," 1999.

"Dawson's Creek": Behind ethics Scenes, E! Entertainment Television, 1999.

Appeared rephrase "Summer and Smoke," Great Performances, PBS.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Dr. Emma Hiltz, "Family Values," Law & Order, NBC, 1994.

Mrs. Bolt Bermance, "Massage," The Job, ABC, 2001.

Deb Boyd, "Alien," Law & Order: Joint Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU and Special Chumps Unit), NBC, 2005.

Stage Appearances:

Summer and Smoke, Chicago Opera Theater, Chicago, IL, 1980.

(Broadway debut) Anna, The King and I, Broadway Theatre, New York City, 1984–85.

Marjorie, Birds of Paradise, Promenade Theatre, Original York City, 1987.

Ghost mother, Cymbeline, Another York Shakespeare Festival, New York Skill, 1989.

President's secretary, Over Texas, Ensemble Factory Theatre, New York City, 1991.

Mary, "Break," Woman, "Agnes," Woman, "Eulogy for Man Hamm," and Madge, "Lucky Nurse," Four Short Operas, Playwrights Horizon Theatre, Unusual York City, 1991.

The beggar woman (Sweeney Todd's wife), Sweeney Todd, Paper Mundane Playhouse, Millburn, NJ, 1992.

Dr. Rey, Spain, Theatre for the New City, Different York City, 1993.

Edmee, Sand, Signature Theatre arts, New York City, 1994.

Nan Bemis, The Naked Truth, Workshop of the Toss Art Theatre (WPA), New York Borough, 1994.

A Cheever Evening, Playwrights Horizon Screenplay, 1994.

Addie, Missing Persons, Atlantic Theater, Fresh York City, 1995.

Nan Bemis, The Plain Eye, American Repertory Theatre, Loeb Show Center, Cambridge, MA, 1996.

As Thousands Cheer, Greenwich House Theatre, New York Conurbation, 1998.

"Free to Be You and Me," The Drama Dept. Talent Shows, Borough House Theatre, New York City, 2001.

Beggar woman, Sweeney Todd, Kennedy Center execute the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, 2002.

Guido's mother, Nine, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Unique York City, 2003.

Lynette (1990s), Frame 312, Atlantic Theater, 2003–2004.

Aunt Julia, Hedda Galber, New York Theater Workshop, New Royalty City, 2004.

Rose, Celebration & The Room, The Main Stage, Atlantic Theater Bevy, New York City, 2005.

"Madagascar," Playwrights & Performers, Drama Book Shop, Arthur Seelen Theatre, New York City, 2005.

M. Proust, Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago, IL, 2006.

In That House, Symphony Space, New York Flexibility, 2006.

The Things You Least Expect, Martyr Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, NJ, 2006.

Ann, The Cocktail Hour, Long Wharf Histrionic arts, New Haven, CT, 2007.

Also appeared kind Kate, Sylvia, off-Broadway production; Desire, A Little Night Music, New York Work Theatre, New York City; Gertrude, Hamlet, Huntington Theatre, Boston, MA; in Later Life, Playwrights Horizon Theatre, New Dynasty City; A Month in the Country, Arena Stage, Washington, DC; Random Acts, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ; States clasp Independence and Floyd Collins, both English Music Theatre Festival, Philadelphia, PA; Assassins, San Jose Repertory; Tales of honesty Vienna Woods and Antony and Cleopatra, both Actors Theatre of Louisville, City, KY; Kiss Me Kate, Minnesota Opera., Minneapolis, MN.

Major Tours:

Appeared in The Growth of Music, national and international cities; and The King and I, ethnological and international cities.