Elaine Bromka

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Elaine Bromka
Born (1950-01-06) January 6, 1950 (age 74)
Montclair, New Jersey, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1980–present

Elaine Bromka (born January 6, 1950) is an American actress. [1] [2] [3] [4] She is known for cowriting the one-woman play Lady Bird, Pat & Betty: Tea for Three with Eric H. Weinberger, in which Bromka portrayed First Ladies Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon and Betty Ford. [5] [6] [7] [8] She is also known in film for playing Cindy Russell in Uncle Buck (1989). [9] [10] [11] [12] Bromka also played Gloria in the 2011 film In the Family . [13] She has also appeared on television shows including Days of Our Lives , The Sopranos , Sex and the City and ER as well as on Broadway in such productions as The Rose Tattoo , I'm Not Rappaport and Macbeth . [14] Bromka won a New England Emmy Award for her work in the television special Catch a Rainbow. [15] [16] [17] [18]

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Bromka is from Montclair, New Jersey. [19]

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