Which actress was nominated for three Tony Awards and played the character of Mollie in Take Her, She's Mine?
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Take Her, She's Mine Take Her, She's Mine is a 1963 comedy film starring James Stewart and Sandra Dee based on the 1961 Broadway comedy written by Henry Ephron and Phoebe Ephron. The film was directed by Henry Koster with a screenplay by Nunnally Johnson. It also features an early film score by prolific composer Jerry Goldsmith. The character of Mollie, played by Elizabeth Ashley on Broadway and in the film by Sandra Dee, was based on the then 22-year-old Nora Ephron. Ashley's performance won her a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play and served as the launchpad for her career.
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Elizabeth Ashley Elizabeth Ashley (born August 30, 1939) is an American actress of theatre, film, and television. She has been nominated for three Tony Awards, winning once in 1962 for "Take Her, She's Mine". Ashley was also nominated for the BAFTA and Golden Globe awards for her performance in "The Carpetbaggers" (1964), and was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1991 for "Evening Shade".
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Melinda Dillon Melinda Ruth Dillon (born October 13, 1939) is an American actress. She received a 1963 Tony Award nomination for her Broadway debut in the original production of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles as Jillian Guiler in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977) and Teresa in "Absence of Malice" (1981). Her other film appearances include "Bound for Glory" (1976), "F.I.S.T." (1978), "A Christmas Story" (1983), "Harry and the Hendersons" (1987), "The Prince of Tides" (1991) and "Magnolia" (1999).
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The Gingerbread Lady The Gingerbread Lady is a play by Neil Simon, written specifically for actress Maureen Stapleton, who won both the Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for her performance.
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Jo Van Fleet Catherine Josephine Van Fleet (December 29, 1915 – June 10, 1996) was an American theatre and film actress. Known primarily for playing roles older than she was, her career spanned over three decades, and she won an Academy Award as well as a Tony Award.
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Toni Collette Toni Collett (born 1 November 1972), known as Toni Collette, is an Australian actress and musician, known for her acting work on stage, television, and film as well as a secondary career as the lead singer of the band Toni Collette & the Finish. She received six AACTA Awards, one Emmy Award and one Golden Globe Award, and has been nominated twice for a BAFTA Award and once for both an Academy Award and a Tony Award.
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Antonique Smith Antonique Smith (born August 11, 1983) is an American Broadway, film and television actress, and a Grammy nominated singer and songwriter.
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Irene Molloy Irene Molloy (born 1978 as Irene Theresa Molloy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actress, singer and songwriter. She is best known for her main role as Hunter Fallow/Becky Johnson in The WB's short-lived but critically acclaimed comedy series "Grosse Pointe" from 2000 to 2001. She has also starred in Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals, television series and movies. Molloy was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical and received an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical.
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Renée Zellweger Renée Zellweger ( ; born April 25, 1969) is an American actress and producer. She has received critical acclaim and many accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. She was named Hasty Pudding's Woman of the Year in 2009, and established herself as one of the highest-paid Hollywood actresses in 2007.
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Grace Keagy Grace Keagy (December 16, 1921 – October 4, 2009) was an American actress, best known for her work on the stage in character roles. She is best known for her Drama Desk Award nominated performance as "Rosa" in the original 1979 production of Joseph Stein and Alan Jay Lerner's "Carmelina".
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Whoopi Goldberg filmography Whoopi Goldberg is an American actress, comedian and singer. The following is her filmography throughout her entire life acting career. She has won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards. She won the Academy Award for the Best Supporting Actress for the 1990 film "Ghost".
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Nell Carter Nell Ruth Carter (born Nell Ruth Hardy; September 13, 1948 – January 23, 2003) was an American singer and actress. Beginning her career in 1970, Carter started in theater; singing and later crossed over to television. Carter was perhaps best known for her role as Nell Harper on the NBC sitcom "Gimme a Break!" which originally aired from 1981 to 1987. Carter received two Emmy and two Golden Globe award nominations for her work on the series. Prior to Gimme a Break!, Carter won a Tony Award for "Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical" in 1978 for her performance in the Broadway musical "Ain't Misbehavin'", as well as an Primetime Emmy Award for her reprisal of the role on television in 1982.
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LaChanze Rhonda LaChanze Sapp, known professionally as LaChanze (/ləʃɑnz/; born December 16, 1961) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. She won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical in 2006 for her role in "The Color Purple".
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Patty Duke Anna Marie "Patty" Duke (December 14, 1946March 29, 2016) was an American actress, appearing on stage, film, and television. She first became known as a teen star, winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 16 for her role as Helen Keller in "The Miracle Worker" (1962), a role which she had originated on Broadway. The following year she was given her own show, "The Patty Duke Show," in which she portrayed "identical cousins". She later progressed to more mature roles such as that of Neely O'Hara in the film "Valley of the Dolls" (1967). Over the course of her career, she received ten Emmy Award nominations and three Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Duke also served as president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1985 to 1988.
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Carole Shelley Carole Shelley (born 16 August 1939) is an English actress. Among her many stage roles are the character of Madame Morrible in the original Broadway cast of the musical "Wicked". She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in "The Elephant Man" in 1979.
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Julie Taymor Julie Taymor (born December 15, 1952) is an American director of theater, opera and film. She is best known for directing the stage musical "The Lion King", for which she became the first woman to win the Tony Award for directing a musical, in addition to a Tony Award for Original Costume Design.
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Karla Burns Karla Burns (born December 24, 1954) is an American operatic mezzo-soprano and actress who has performed nationally and internationally in opera houses, theatres, and on television. She is notably the first black person, African-American or otherwise, to win the Laurence Olivier Award, Britain's most prestigious award for theatre.
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Kacey Ainsworth Kacey Ainsworth (born 19 October 1968) is an English actress, best known for playing the long-suffering Little Mo in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders" (2000–2006), for which she won the 2002 National Television Award for Most Popular Actress, and twice won the British Soap Award for Best Actress (2002–03).
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Nikki M. James Nikki Michelle James (born June 3, 1981) is an American actress and singer. James is best known for her performances in the popular stage musicals "The Book of Mormon" and "Les Misérables", her role in the former having earned her a Tony Award.
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Frances Ruffelle Frances Ruffelle (born Frances Jane Ruffell; 29 August 1965) is an English musical theatre actress and recording artist. She won a Tony Award in 1987 and represented the United Kingdom in the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Lonely Symphony (We Will Be Free)", finishing 10th. The song became a UK Top 30 hit.
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Liza Minnelli Liza May Minnelli ( ; born March 12, 1946) is an American actress and singer. Primarily known for her Academy Award-winning role as Sally Bowles in the 1972 musical film "Cabaret" directed by Bob Fosse, she is noted for her energetic stage presence and her powerful contralto singing voice.
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Erin Dilly Erin Dilly (born May 12, 1972) is an American actress. She is most noted for her portrayal of Truly Scrumptious in the 2005 musical "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical and the Outer Critics Circle Award.