Maura Tierney, Frances McDormand and More Revive Wooster Group's ...
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Playbill - Found Mar. 10, 2010 It features Steve Cuiffo, Ari Fliakos, Koosil-ja, Paul Lazar, Frances McDormand, Zachary Oberzan, Scott Shepherd, Jenny Seastone Stern, Maura... |
And the Winner Is... Sandra Bullock (Confusing Actress Math)
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Film Experience Blog - Found Mar. 8, 2010 Almost never ever. The last time I had the same #1 as Oscar? Thirteen years ago when Frances McDormand won for Fargo. |
Frances McDormand and Maura Tierney Lead LA's NORTH ATLANTIC, Opens ...
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Broadway World - Found Dec. 21, 2009 Frances McDormand, Maura Tierney, and more will be joining the cast of Los Angeles based Redcat's production of NORTH ATLANTIC. |
Dispelling Sandra Bullock's "Oscar curse"
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Salon - Found 18 hours ago Frances McDormand's been married to the same guy since 1984, Jessica Lange since 1982; Kate Winslet Pulls a Bullock - E! Online The "Oscar Curse," Real or Hollywood Invention? - ABC News Kate Winslet Pulls a Bullock - EOnline.com The "Oscar curse," real or Hollywood invention? - Reuters Explore All |
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Giving a Boost to the Wooster Group
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ArtInfo - Found Mar. 18, 2010 Chelsea for the 35-year-old group's first major charity auction, chaired by none other than actress Frances McDormand, one of North Atlantic's... |
Vibrational healing sounds from Sirius
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Examiner.com - Found Mar. 18, 2010 ... was a successful stage actress in Ireland whose theatrical colleagues included Liam Neeson, Cate Blanchett, Glen Close, and Frances McDormand. |
Relax Everyone! There?s No Oscar Curse!
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Hecklerspray - Found Mar. 19, 2010 Frances McDormand Despite having her marriage to Joel Coen (of Coen Brothers fame) severely tested when Frances McDormand won the Best Actress... |
Movie Man: 'A Serious Man' explores comedy of suffering
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Montevideo American News - Found Mar. 19, 2010 The strong cast also includes Frances McDormand, James Gandolfini, Scarlett Johansson and Tony Shaloub. |
Gate Theatre director awarded OBE
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Irish Times - Found Mar. 18, 2010 ... by Stephen Berkoff, The Collection starring Harold Pinter, A Streetcar Named Desire starring Frances McDormand, and Three Sisters starring the... |
Flash Gordon and Darkman Get Heroic on Blu-ray on June 15th
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MovieWeb - Found Mar. 16, 2010 Of The Flash Gordon 1936 Serial My Scenes BD Live - Basic Download Center Neglecting Julie (Frances McDormand), his lawyer lady friend, Dr... |
Frances McDormand Biography
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Frances McDormand
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| Frances McDormand | |
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 On the set of Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day in May 2007 |
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| Born | Frances Louise McDormand June 23, 1957 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Spouse(s) | Joel Coen (1984–present) |
Frances Louise McDormand1 (born June 23, 1957) is an American film, stage, and television actress, well known for her role as Marge Gunderson in Fargo, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1996.
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Early life
Frances was born in Chicago, Illinois and was adopted by the McDormands, a Canadian couple: Noreen, a registered nurse and receptionist, and Vernon, a Disciples of Christ pastor. Frances has said that her biological mother may have been one of the parishioners at Vernon's church.2 McDormand has a sister, Dorothy A. McDormand, who is an ordained Disciples of Christ minister and chaplain,3 as well as two other siblings, all of whom were adopted by the McDormands, who had no biological children. As her father specialized in restoring congregations,2 he frequently moved their family, and they lived in several small towns in Illinois, Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee,4 before settling in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area town of Monessen, where she graduated from high school in 1975. She attended Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia, and earned a B.A. in Theater in 1979.
In 1982, McDormand earned an M.F.A. from the Yale University School of Drama. She was roommates with Holly Hunter at the time. Her first professional acting job was in Trinidad and Tobago, performing in a play written by poet Derek Walcott and funded by the MacArthur Foundation.
Career
McDormand's film debut was in Joel and Ethan Coen's first film, 1984's Blood Simple. In 1985, McDormand, the Coen brothers, Holly Hunter, and director Sam Raimi shared a house in the Bronx. In 1987 she appeared as the wacky neighbor Dot in the hit film Raising Arizona starring Holly Hunter and Nicolas Cage.
In addition to her early film roles, McDormand played Connie Chapman in the fifth season of the television police drama Hill Street Blues. In 1988, she played Stella Kowalski in a stage production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award. Frances McDormand is an associate member of the experimental theater company The Wooster Group.
McDormand appeared in several theatrical and television roles during the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. She has gained renown and critical acclaim for her dramatic work, and is a respected actress, having been nominated for Academy Awards four times. In 1988, she was nominated for a Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Mississippi Burning; in 1996, she won the Academy award for Best Actress for her performance as police chief Marge Gunderson in Fargo; in 2000, she earned her second nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her portrayal of a concerned mother in Almost Famous. Also for Almost Famous, she won the Best Supporting Actress nod from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the Chicago Film Critics Association, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, San Diego Film Critics Society, Southeastern Film Critics Association, and the Florida Film Critics Circle. For her role in Wonder Boys (2000), she won Best Supporting Actress from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the Florida Film Critics Circle, and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
In 2006, McDormand received her third Best Supporting Actress nod for her performance in 2005's North Country, although she lost to Rachel Weisz. She also had a role in the film Friends with Money, a dark comedy co-starring Jennifer Aniston, Catherine Keener and Joan Cusack, and directed by Nicole Holofcener. She recently received an Independent Spirit Award for her role in Friends with Money. She also voiced the role of the lady principal Melanie Upfoot in the Simpsons episode Girls Just Want to Have Sums, which aired on April 30, 2006. McDormand has recently starred in the films Burn After Reading and Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day.
Personal life
McDormand has been married to director Joel Coen since 1984, and the two adopted a son from Paraguay, Pedro McDormand Coen, in 1994. They live in New York City. McDormand has starred in six of the Coen Brothers films, including a minor appearance in Miller's Crossing, a secondary role in Raising Arizona and lead roles in Blood Simple, The Man Who Wasn't There, Fargo, for which she won an Academy Award, and more recently Burn After Reading. Additionally, she contributed an uncredited offscreen (voice only) appearance to the opening scene in the Coens' Barton Fink.
Frances McDormand also participates as a member of the Jury for the NYICFF, a local New York City Film Festival dedicated to screening films for children between the ages of 3 and 18.5
Filmography
References
- ^ Crowe, Cameron. Frances McDormand interview. Interview. October 2000. FindArticles.com. 25 December 2007.
- ^ a b Naked ambition. theage.com.au. 25 October 2003.
- ^ Disciples "PK" wins best actress' award. Disciples News Service Release. 31 March 2007.
- ^ I'd love to play a psycho killer. film.guardian.co.uk. 26 January 2001.
- ^ NYICFF Jury
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Frances McDormand |
- Frances McDormand at the Internet Movie Database
- Frances McDormand at the Internet Broadway Database
- Frances McDormand at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Frances McDormand at TV.com
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