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Josie de Guzman, also known as Jossie de Guzman, is an American actress and singer of Puerto Rican descent, [1] best known for work in the theatre. [2]

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Career

Josie de Guzman graduated from the Academia del Perpetuo Socorro. After studying at the Boston Conservatory of Music, Guzman made her Broadway debut in 1978 as Lidia in the original production of Elizabeth Swados's Runaways . She returned to Broadway the following year to portray Gia Campbell in the original production of Joseph Stein and Alan Jay Lerner's Carmelina .[ citation needed ]

In 1980 she was handpicked by Leonard Bernstein to portray Maria in the 1980 revival of West Side Story for which she received her first Tony Award nomination. [3] She returned to Broadway in 1992 to portray Sarah Brown in Jerry Zaks's critically acclaimed revival of Frank Loesser's Guys and Dolls with Nathan Lane, Peter Gallagher, and Faith Prince. For her performance she earned a second Tony Award nomination. [3] The recording of the cast album was filmed for broadcast on PBS's Great Performances . She is currently a member of the Acting Company of the Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas.

Although Guzman's career has been in theatre, she has occasionally performed on television and in films. Her television credits include The Tenth Month (1979), Miami Vice (1984), Reading Rainbow (1998), and Third Watch (2002). Her film credits include F/X (1986)

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986 F/X Marisa Velez
1991 F/X2

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979 The Tenth Month IlianaTelevision film
1983 Guiding Light Anita
1984 Miami Vice Maria RiveraEpisode: "Brother's Keeper"
1984 The Cosby Show Mrs. RamosEpisode: "How Ugly Is He?"
1998 Reading Rainbow Episode: "Saturday Sancocho"
2002 Third Watch AliciaEpisode: "The Unforgiven"

Stage

YearTitleRole(s)NotesRef.
1978 Runaways LidiaBroadway (debut)

Also provided translations and original material in Spanish

[4]
1979 Carmelina Gia CampbellBroadway [5]
1980 West Side Story MariaBroadway [6]
1991Fuente OvejunaLaurencia Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger [7]
Nick & Nora Maria ValdezBroadway [8]
1992 Guys and Dolls Sarah BrownBroadway [9]
1997 Carmen Carmen Court Theatre (Chicago) [10]
2001 The Music Man Marian ParooCherry County Playhouse [11]
2003DiosaAmber Hartford Stage [12]
2004 Nine Luisa North Shore Music Theatre [13]
2009 The Man Who Came to Dinner Maggie Cutler Alley Theatre [14]
Rock 'n' Roll Esme [15]
2010Mrs. MannerlyMrs. Mannerly [16]
2011 August: Osage County Barbara Fordham [17]
And Then There Were None Vera Claythorne [18]
2012 The Seagull Arkadina [19]
Noises Off Belinda Blair [20]
Black Coffee Barbara Armory [21]
Death of a Salesman Linda Loman [22]
2013Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide ClubClub Secretary [23]
The Hollow Lady Lucy [24]
You Can't Take It with You Penelope Sycamore [25]
2014 Communicating Doors Ruella [26]
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Masha [27]
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of ChristmasSpirit of Christmas Past [28]
2015 All My Sons Kate Keller [29]
The Other Place Juliana [30]
2016The NetherDetective Morris [31]
Agatha Christie's Spider's Web Clarissa Hailsham-Brown [32]
A Midsummer Night's Dream Hippolyta, Titania [33]

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