Marnie Andrews

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Marnie Andrews
Born
Marie Whitener Andrews

1951 (age 68–69)
Cedartown, Georgia
Occupation Television, stage actress
Years active40+
Spouse(s) Jeff Jacobson (m. 1979)
Children1
AwardsGarland Award, Los Angeles, Dramlogue Award, Los Angeles, Berrilla Kerr Playwrighting Award
Website https://marnieandrews.com

Marnie Andrews (born 1951 in Cedartown, Georgia) is an American stage and television actress ER , JAG , Murder One , "Reasonable Doubts", (with Mark Harmon and Marlee Matlin) (1991-1993), The Wonder Years and made for TV movies "Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story," (1991), Shattered Mind (1996), among others. Much of her stage work comes from the development of new plays. She has originated numerous roles in world premieres, several as a member of New Jersey Repertory Company. Andrews is also a director [1] of theatre. As a singer and lyricist, she has composed with Christopher McHale, and Tyler Orr Sterrett.

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As writer and poet (with articles published in such magazines as Natural History, CR, Amica and American Theatre), she writes often of her travels with Jeff Jacobson. Her writing focusses on the issues of environmental protection, working within the community to effect change, and the advantages of long, sustaining friendships. Also a teacher. [2] at New York University, University of Southern California Graduate Film School, and SUNY/Albany.

Personal

Married photographer Jeff Jacobson in 1979. Their son, Henry Jacobson, is a film director, producer and co-owner of Mind Hive Films http://mindhivefilms.com.

Marnie is a subject of books, including "50 Hours" by Eugene Richards and "The Last Roll" by Jeff Jacobson

Theater

As actor

Much of her career she worked with playwrights as an actor, director, and dramaturge developing new plays. Member of Plays in Progress, Hudson Opera House, Hudson, NY, and New Jersey Repertory Company.

Filmography

Director

"The Mousetrap", Guest Director, Eastern Illinois University. 'Fifth of July", by Lanford Wilson SUNY/Albany, 2011 Merit Award in Ensemble Work and Technical Achievement, American College Theatre Festival, "Family: Can't Live with Them, Can't Live Without Them", one-acts, including works by James Farrell, U/Albany, 2008, "Trojan Women" adaptation by Steven Wolfson, Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA 1999.

Writer

Poem-"The Trees of Miller Road" published in "The Last Roll," Daylight Books, 2013

Various magazine articles, see www.marnieandrews.com

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References

  1. ↑ Genzlinger, Neil. "JERSEY FOOTLIGHTS; The Unadorned Words." The New York Times, 1 April 2001.
  2. ↑ "New Jersey Repertory Co. - profile of Marnie Andrews". Archived from the original on 2006-10-14. Retrieved 2006-12-02.
  3. ↑ Klein, Alvin. "THEATER REVIEW; A Subject No One Wants to Talk About." The New York Times, 10 March 2002.
  4. ↑ Genzlinger, Neil. "THEATER REVIEW: Just Doing That Crazy Hand Jive." The New York Times, 23 January 2005.
  5. ↑ Allen, Kerri. "THEATER REVIEW: Mourning Becomes Lockerbie." The New York Times, 2 April 2006.
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