Anne Twomey (actor)

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Anne Twomey
Born
Anne Carolyn Twomey

(1951-06-07) June 7, 1951 (age 71)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActress
Years active1980–2003
Spouse(s)
(m. 1986)
[1]
Children
  • Hannah Lloyd
  • Elizabeth Lloyd [2]

Anne Carolyn Twomey (born June 7, 1951) is an American actress.

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Early life

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, daughter of Muriel Descoteaux Twomey and Harry F. Twomey Jr. of Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. She has a brother, John Twomey. John is married to Maria S. Chan.

Career

Twomey earned critical acclaim for her performance in the 1980 play Nuts , for which she won the Theatre World Award and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play. Her additional Broadway credits include To Grandmother's House We Go (1981) and Tennessee Williams' Orpheus Descending (1989). Off-Broadway she appeared in Vieux Carré (1983), also by Williams, which garnered her a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, and The Vampires (1984).

Twomey's feature film credits include Deadly Friend (1986), Last Rites (1988), The Scout (1994), Picture Perfect (1997), and The Confession .

Twomey had recurring roles in the 1993 season of L.A. Law and the 2000–01 season of Third Watch . She has made guest appearances on Shannon , The Cosby Show , The Twilight Zone , Magnum, P.I. , Seinfeld , Spin City , Law & Order , Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , and Law & Order: Criminal Intent , and had a featured role in the 1998 television remake of Rear Window starring Christopher Reeve and Daryl Hannah.

Twomey has narrated several audiobooks, including works by Dean Koontz, Joyce Carol Oates, Tracy Chevalier, and M. T. Anderson.

Charity work

Twomey has worked with prisoners at Rehabilitation Through the Arts. [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986The ImagemakerMolly Grainger
1986 Deadly Friend Jeannie Conway
1988 Last Rites Zena
1994 The Scout Jennifer
1997 Picture Perfect Sela
1999 The Confession Judge Judy Crossland

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1982 Shannon Episode: "Curtain Calls"
1984 American Playhouse JeanEpisode: "Refuge"
1984 The Cosby Show Mrs. JenningsEpisode: "You're Not a Mother Night"
1985No Complaints!Joanna NewmanTV movie
1985 The Twilight Zone Nola GranvilleEpisode: "Her Pilgrim Soul"
1985Behind Enemy LinesHelen IsaacsTV movie
1987HomeMaggie CostiganTV movie
1987 Magnum, P.I. Alicia MaxfieldEpisode: "Murder by Night"
1987 Everything's Relative Episode: "It's a Business Doing Pleasure with You"
1988 The Equalizer Meredith BrowningEpisode: "Always a Lady"
1989 Day One Kitty OpenheimerTV movie
1990 Orpheus Descending Carol CutrereTV movie
1991 Bump in the Night SarahTV movie
1992 The Secret Dr. MeyersTV movie
1992 Seinfeld RitaEpisode: "The Virgin"
1993 Seinfeld RitaEpisode: "The Pilot"
1993 L.A. Law Linda SalernoRecurring role (5 episodes)
1995 New York News Episode: "Cost of Living"
1995 Law & Order Mrs. HarlanEpisode: "Hot Pursuit"
1996 Law & Order Kate Bergreen-SpiegelEpisode: "Family Business"
1997 Spin City Holly CohenEpisode: "An Affair to Remember"
1998 Rear Window LeilaTV movie
1999 Law & Order Pepper GarrisonEpisode: "Merger"
2000 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Sharon HadleyEpisode: "Misleader"
2000 Wonderland Judge ManheimEpisode: "20/20 Hindsight"
2000–01 Third Watch Catherine ZambranoRecurring Role (7 episodes)
2003 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Lyz WebsterEpisode: "The Gift"
2003 Hack Mrs. FarrelEpisode: "The Looking Glass"

Theatre

YearTitleRoleNotes
1980 Nuts Claudia Faith Draper
1981To Grandmother's House We GoBeatrice
1989 Orpheus Descending Carol Cutrere

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References

  1. "Anne C. Twomey, actress, weds John Bedford Lloyd". The New York Times . August 24, 1986. p. 58. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  2. Clell Bryant (November 15, 2011). "Katonah Residents Anne Twomey Lloyd and John Bedford Lloyd's Acting Careers". Westchester Magazine . Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  3. "RTA Press Release November 15th Benefit". Rehabilitation Through the Arts. November 1, 2010. Archived from the original on August 21, 2012 via Wayback Machine.