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Elizabeth Franz | |
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| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1981–present |
Elizabeth Franz is an American stage and television actress.
In 2004–05, she appeared at the Royal National Theatre in London, in the Sam Shepard play Buried Child . She has starred in numerous Off-Broadway and regional theater productions, including the American premiere of Frank McGuinness's Bird Sanctuary . She also appeared in Long Day's Journey into Night , The Glass Menagerie , The Comedy of Errors , Madwoman of Chaillot , The Lion in Winter , A View from the Bridge , The Matchmaker , The Wizard of Oz , Great Expectations , The Model Apartment, and Woman in Mind .
On television, Franz is most notably a character actor. She became best known for her role as the villainous Alma Rudder on Another World , which she portrayed from 1982–83, while she was performing Brighton Beach Memoirs on Broadway. She played Helen Wendall on As the World Turns from 1994–95, and appeared as free-spirited beauty salon owner Marsha in three episodes of Roseanne .
She appeared in the series Gilmore Girls , as the inn owner, Mia, and in Law & Order , Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , Cold Case , Dear John and Judging Amy .
She has appeared in such feature films and motion pictures as Sabrina , Christmas with the Kranks , The Substance of Fire , The Pallbearer , Thinner , The Secret of My Success , School Ties and Jacknife .
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | The House of Mirth | Grace Stepney | Television movie |
| 1987 | The Secret of My Success | Grace Foster | |
| 1989 | Jacknife | Pru Buckman | |
| 1991 | Face of a Stranger | TV movie | |
| 1992 | School Ties | Jane Dillon | |
| 1993 | It's Nothing Personal | Unknown | |
| Shameful Secrets | Maryanne's Mother | TV movie | |
| 1995 | Sabrina | Joanna | |
| 1996 | The Pallbearer | Aunt Lucille | |
| The Substance of Fire | Miss Barzakian | ||
| Thinner | Leda Rossington | ||
| Twisted | Mrs. Bundrass | ||
| 1999 | A Fish in the Bathtub | Bea Greenberg | |
| 2000 | Death of a Salesman | Linda Loman | Television movie |
| 2001 | A Girl Thing | Josephine McCormack | TV movie |
| 2004 | Christmas with the Kranks | Bev Scheel | |
| Loopy | Doris Highsmith | Short Film | |
| 2005 | The Reader | Sissel | Short Film |
| 2009 | In Memoriam | Woman | Short Film |
| Alone | Sarah | Short Film | |
| 2015 | Take Me to the River | Evelyn |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1982 | American Playhouse | Doctor | Episode: "Pilgrim, Farewell" |
| 1982 | Another World | Alma Rudder | Episode: "July 30, 1982" |
| 1985 | Spenser: For Hire | Mrs. O'Rourke | Episode: "Original Sin" |
| 1986 | American Playhouse | Mrs. Rice | Episode: "The Rise and Rise and Daniel Rocket" |
| 1987 | The Equalizer | Mrs. Thomas | Season 3: Episodes 1&2: Blood & Wine |
| 1987 | American Playhouse | Dottie McCann | Episode: "Dottie" |
| 1989 | ABC Afterschool Special | Cecile Nelson | Episode: "A Town's Revenge" |
| 1989 | American Playhouse | Unknown | Episode: "Love and Other Sorrows" |
| 1990 | Roseanne | Marsha | 3 episodes |
| 1994–1995 | Sisters | Gladys Lear | 2 episodes |
| 1995 | ABC Afterschool Special | Alice Kelly | Episode: "Notes for My Daughter" |
| 2000–2001 | Judging Amy | Vivian Galloway | 2 episodes |
| 2001 | Gilmore Girls | Mia | Episode: "The Ins and Outs of Inns" |
| 2003 | Cold Case | Evelyn Shelby | Season 1: Episode 1: "Look Again" |
| An Unexpected Love | Dorothy | Television movie | |
| 2004 | Law & Order | Alison Bishop | Episode: "Married with Children" |
| 2004 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Jeannette Henley | Season 6: Episode 4: "Scavenger" |
| 2011 | Homeland | Isabel Samler | Episode: "Marine One" |
| 2012 | Grey's Anatomy | Emma Carroll | Episode: "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" |
| Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You | Nominated |
| 1983 | Tony Awards | Best Featured Actress in a Play | Brighton Beach Memoirs | Nominated |
| 1990 | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special | ABC Afterschool Special | Nominated |
| 1999 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Death of a Salesman | Nominated |
| 1999 | Tony Awards | Best Featured Actress in a Play | Death of a Salesman | Won |
| 2000 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Death of a Salesman | Nominated |
| 2001 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Death of a Salesman | Nominated |
| 2002 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Morning's at Seven | Nominated |
| 2002 | Tony Awards | Best Featured Actress in a Play | Morning's at Seven | Nominated |
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