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Madeleine Stowe
Madeleine Stowe in 2002
Born	Madeleine Mora Stowe August 18, 1958 (1958-08-18) (age 51) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1978–2009
Spouse(s)	Brian Benben (1982–present) 2 children

Madeleine Stowe (born August 18, 1958) is an American actress.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 Awards and nominations 6 References 7 External links

Early life

Stowe, the eldest of three sisters, was born Madeleine Mora Stowe¹² in Eagle Rock, a suburb of Los Angeles. Her mother, Mireya (née Mora), immigrated from Costa Rica and came from a prominent family, and her father, Robert Stowe, a civil engineer, was a native of Oregon.²³⁴ Stowe's father suffered from multiple sclerosis.⁵

At the age of ten, Stowe began taking piano lessons with the aim of becoming a concert pianist — and also as a way of not having to socialize with other kids. Her Russian-born music teacher Sergei Tarnowsky had faith in her, teaching her from his deathbed. But when he died at the age of 96, she quit ("I just felt it was time to not be by myself anymore") — and at 18 she went on her first date.⁶ She then studied cinema and journalism at the University of Southern California. Not overly interested in her classes, Stowe volunteered to do performances at the Solaris, a Beverly Hills theater, where a movie agent saw her in a play and got her several offers of appearances in TV and films.

Career

For nearly fifteen years Stowe appeared mostly in minor or supporting roles in movies and on TV. A few of her performances from this period became well-known to the public, as in Stakeout (1987), where she played with Richard Dreyfuss, and Revenge, (1990), which co-starred Kevin Costner. In 1991, she appeared topless in a supporting role as the wife of Kurt Russell in the gritty crime drama, Unlawful Entry. In 1992 Stowe finally landed a leading role in a high-profile film, playing the part of Cora Munro in The Last of the Mohicans, which also starred Daniel Day-Lewis.

The next year, director Robert Altman cast Stowe in Short Cuts, in which she gave one of her most acclaimed screen performances as the wife of a compulsive lying and adulterous police officer played by Tim Robbins. The following year, Madeleine was a blind musician in the thriller Blink, co-starring Aidan Quinn. (Fourteen years earlier, she had a guest role as a blind painter in Little House on the Prairie).⁷ The year after that, she was a sympathetic psychiatrist in the science-fiction movie Twelve Monkeys. Stowe postponed her acting career in 1996 to concentrate on motherhood. In 1998, she came back with The Proposition. Then The General's Daughter in 1999.

She most recently appeared in the Jeff Goldblum detective drama Raines on NBC, a 2007 mid-season replacement. The series was canceled after two months.

Personal life

Stowe has been married to actor Brian Benben since 1982, whom she met when they acted in a TV film the previous year. The couple have a daughter, May (born 1996) and a son. They spend spare time on the ranch they own in Texas.

In 2008, Stowe travelled to Haiti and helped found Artists For Peace And Justice. She is on the advisory board.

In December 2007, she endorsed and campaigned for John Edwards in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.⁸

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1981	Gangster Wars	Ruth Lasker
1987	Stakeout	Maria McGuire
1989	Tropical Snow	Marina
	Worth Winning	Veronica Briskow
1990	Revenge	Miryea Mendez
	The Two Jakes	Lillian Bodine
1991	Closet Land	Victim
1992	Unlawful Entry	Karen Carr
	The Last of the Mohicans	Cora Munro
1993	Another Stakeout	Maria	Uncredited Role
	Short Cuts	Sherri Shepard
1994	Blink	Emma Brody
	China Moon	Rachel Munro
	Bad Girls	Cody Zamora
1995	Twelve Monkeys	Kathryn Railly
1998	The Proposition	Eleanor Barret
	Playing by Heart	Gracie
1999	The General's Daughter	Warr. Off. Sara Sunhill
2002	Impostor	Maya Olham
	We Were Soldiers	Julia Moore
	Avenging Angelo	Jennifer Barrett Allieghieri
2003	Octane	Senga Wilson
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Baretta	Anna	Episode: The Marker
	The Amazing Spider-Man	Maria Calderon	Episode: Escort to Danger
	The Nativity	Mary	ABC TV-Movie
	The Deerslayer	Hetty Hutter	NBC TV-Movie
1979	Barnaby Jones	Diane	Episode: School of Terror
1980	Beulah Land	Selma Kendrick Davis	CBS Miniseries
	Little House on the Prairie	Annie Crane	Episode: Portrait of Love
1981	Trapper John, M.D.	Cassie	Episode: Creepy Time Gal
	The Gangster Chronicles	Ruth Lasker	NBC Miniseries
1984	Amazons	Dr. Sharon Fields	ABC TV-Movie
1986	Blood & Orchids	Hester Ashley Murdoch	CBS TV-Movie
2002	The Magnificent Ambersons	Isabel Amberson Minafer	A&E Network TV-Movie
2005	Saving Milly	Milly	CBS TV-Movie
2006	Southern Comfort	Charlotte	Unsold TV-Pilot
2007	Raines	Dr. Samantha Kohl	6 episodes
2009	The Christmas Hope	Patricia Addison	Lifetime Television TV-Movie

Awards and nominations

ALMA Awards

• 2000: Nominated, "Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film" - The General's Daughter

Saturn Awards

• 1996: Nominated, "Best Actress" - Twelve Monkeys

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards

• 2000: Nominated, "Favorite Supporting Actress in a Suspense" - The General's Daughter

Golden Globe Awards

• 1994: Won, "Best Ensemble Cast" - Short Cuts (shared w/castmembers)

Imagen Foundation Awards

• 2005: Won, "Best Television Actress" - Saving Milly

National Society of Film Critics Awards

• 1994: Won, "Best Actress in a Genre Motion Picture" - Twelve Monkeys

Venice Film Festival Awards

• 1993: Won, "Best Ensemble Cast" - Short Cuts (shared w/castmembers)

References

1. ^ According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. At Ancestry.com
2. ^ ^{a b} Madeleine Stowe Biography
3. ^ Down-to-earth actress Madeline Stowe co-stars in '12 Monkeys'
4. ^ Search Results
5. ^ MOVIES The Trip to Bankable After a series of supporting roles, Madeleine Stowe has finally achieved name-above-the-title star status. And all it took was 15 years of paying dues and speaking her mind-and one big hit in `Last of the Mohicans'
6. ^ WHAT DRIVES MADELEINE STOW UP THE WALL?
7. ^ "Little House on the Prairie" Portrait of Love (1980) - Full cast and crew
8. ^ Political Punch

External links

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• Madeleine Stowe at the Internet Movie Database