Marita Geraghty

Marita Geraghty
Born	26 March 1965 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1986–2009

Marita Geraghty (b. 26 March 1965 in Chicago) ^[1] is an American television and film actress. She had roles in several movies during the late 1980s and early 1990s, most notably as Nancy Taylor in Groundhog Day .

She graduated from the University of Illinois and made her Broadway debut on 6 October 1987 ^[2] in Coastal Disturbances , ^[1] where she played the role of Holly Dancer, a somewhat depressive 24-year-old photographer from New York, who fancies Leo, a handsome, impulsive lifeguard of 28, still smarting from a failed engagement. ^[3]

Filmography

Film

• No Mercy (1986) — Alice Collins
• Hiding Out (1987) ^[4] — Janie Rooney
• Broadcast News (1987) — Date-rape Woman
• Fresh Horses (1988) — Maureen
• Sleeping with the Enemy (1991) — Julie
• This Is My Life (1992) — Mia Jablon
• Hero (1992) — Joan
• Groundhog Day (1993) — Nancy Taylor
• Don Juan DeMarco (1994) — Woman in Restaurant
• In the Flesh  [ de ] (1995) — Carla Mitchelson
• Use as Directed (2008, Short) — June

Television

• Spenser: For Hire (1988) — Janet / Elizabeth Canning Anthony
• Hard Time on Planet Earth (1989) — Karen
• Law & Order (1990) — Rebecca Byrne
• Against the Law (1990) — Mariella Wilson
• To Save a Child (1991, TV movie) — Isabella Larson
• Woops! (1992) — Suzanne Stillman
• Past Tense (1994, TV movie) — Dawn Tripplet
• Seinfeld (1994) — Margaret
• Mad About You (1995) — Velma
• Frasier (1996) — Amanda
• Chicago Hope (1997) — Monica Blaine
• The Luck of the Irish (2001, TV movie) — Kate O'Reilly Johnson / Kate Smith ^[5]
• Judging Amy (2001) — Julie Baker
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2003) — Jane Damon
• Touched by an Angel (2003) — Deborah Jackson
• Charmed (2003) — Katrina
• Miss Match (2003) — Meaghan Smalls
• Numb3rs (2005) — Jessica Avery
• The Ex List (2009)

Stage work

• Present Laughter (1986) ^[6]
• Biloxi Blues (1986)
• Coastal Disturbances (1987) ^[1]
• Spoils of War (1989) ^[7]
• The Night of the Iguana ^[8]
• The Heidi Chronicles ^[8]
• The Good Doctor (2000) ^[9]
• Distracted (2007) ^[10]

References

1. Theatre World, 1987–1988 Crown Publishers, 1989, p. 204
2. The Best Plays of 1987–1988 Applause Theatre Book Publishers, 1989, p. 400
3. Oxford Reference : Coastal Disturbances OUP, 2023
4. Maslin, Janet (November 6, 1987). "Film: 'Hiding Out'". The New York Times. p. C.21.
5. Curran, Peggy (March 17, 2001). "Awash in all things Irish: Three offerings give fresh takes on Emerald Isle and its history". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. p. D.7.
6. "Present Laughter".
7. Wilson, Edwin (November 17, 1988). "Theater: Family Skirmishes; Shavian Melodrama". Wall Street Journal. p. 1.
8. Willis, John (1992). Theatre World 1990–1991. Hal Leonard. p. 179. ISBN   1-55783-125-4 . Retrieved September 15, 2010.
9. Henerson, Evan (August 18, 2000). "Critics' Picks". Daily News. Los Angeles. p. L.5.
10. "Home". BroadwayWorld.

External links

• Marita Geraghty at IMDb