Maryann Plunkett

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Maryann Plunkett
Born (1952-10-31) October 31, 1952 (age 71)
OccupationActress
Years active1982present
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(m. 1991)
Children1

Maryann Plunkett (born October 31, 1952) is an American actress and singer. Plunkett made her Broadway debut playing Sister Agnes in Agnes of God . In 1987, she won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance as Sally Smith in Me and My Girl . [1] In addition, she has made appearances in various films and series’ such as Little Women , Manifest , A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood , and Dr. Death .

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Career

Plunkett graduated from the University of New Hampshire, and was a founding member of Portland Stage repertory company in Maine. [2] She appeared on Broadway as Bernadette Peters's replacement in the role of "Dot" in Sunday in the Park with George in 1985. [3] In 1987, she won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance as "Sally Smith" in Me and My Girl . [1]

She appeared in the 1991 Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's The Crucible , in which she played Elizabeth Proctor opposite Martin Sheen as John Proctor, in an all-star cast including Michael York and Fritz Weaver. [4] She was part of the Tony Randall National Actors Theatre company, and performed in their production of Saint Joan by Shaw in 1993 on Broadway. [5] She performed in the National Actors Theatre productions of A Little Hotel on the Side by Georges Feydeau and Maurice Desvallières on Broadway in 1992, [6] and in The Seagull by Anton Chekov in 1992. [7]

Plunkett appeared in the television movies The Littlest Victims and Breaking the Silence, and in feature films including Claire Dolan and The Company Men . She guest-starred on episodes of Matlock , L.A. Law , Murder She Wrote , Miami Vice , Star Trek: The Next Generation , and Law & Order .

She and her husband, actor Jay O. Sanders, appeared together in the Richard Nelson play Sorry in 2012 at the Off-Broadway Public Theatre. [8]

She was nominated for the 2013 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her role as "Barbara Apple". [9] Plunkett played the role of "Barbara Apple" in the other Nelson "Apple Family" plays as well. She and Sanders appeared together in the Off-Broadway production of That Hopey Changey Thing in October 2010 at the Public Theatre. [10]

Plunkett and Sanders appeared in Sweet and Sad in September 2011 at the Public Theatre. [11] Sweet and Sad won the 2012 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Ensemble Performance and the 2012 Obie Award, Ensemble Performance. [12] She appeared in The Apple Family Plays in repertory at the Public Theatre, from October 22, 2013, to December 15. [13]

Richard Nelson election trilogy

Plunkett and Sanders appear in all three of Nelson's new play cycle, with the overall title of The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family. The first play, Hungry, premiered in March 2016 at the Public Theatre. [14] [15] [16] The second play, What Did You Expect? ran at the Public Theatre from September 10, 2016, to October 9. [17] [18] The third and final play, Women of a Certain Age, opened on election night, November 8, 2016, and runs to December 4, at the Public Theatre. [19]

Personal life

She and Jay O. Sanders were married in 1991. [2] They met while acting on the television series A Man Called Hawk . They have a son, Jamie (born 1994). [20]

Work

Stage productions

Filmography

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