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Debra Monk
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Debra Monk (born February 27, 1949) is an American actress, singer, and writer, best known for her performances on the Broadway stage. Monk has received a Tony Award and Emmy Awards. Monk was born in Middletown, Ohio. She was voted "best personality" by the graduating class at Wheaton High School in Silver Spring,Maryland. She graduated from Frostburg State University in 1973. In 1975, Monk received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Monk garnered first attention in theatrical circles as one of the co-writers and co-stars of the 1982 musical Pump Boys and Dinettes. She has won the Tony Award for Best Fea…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Debra Monk (born February 27, 1949) is an American actress, singer, and writer, best known for her performances on the Broadway stage. Monk has received a Tony Award and Emmy Awards. Monk was born in Middletown, Ohio. She was voted "best personality" by the graduating class at Wheaton High School in Silver Spring,Maryland. She graduated from Frostburg State University in 1973. In 1975, Monk received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Monk garnered first attention in theatrical circles as one of the co-writers and co-stars of the 1982 musical Pump Boys and Dinettes. She has won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for performance in Redwood Curtain (1993). She also was nominated an Tony Award for roles in Picnic (1994), Steel Pier (1997), and Curtains (2007). In 2000, she has won Obie Award for The Time of the Cuckoo. Monk has appeared in over 30 films as of early 1990s. She made her film debut in the movie version of Prelude to a Kiss, playing Aunt Dorothy. She later appeared in The Bridges of Madison County and The Devil's Advocate. On television, she has won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for recurring performance as Katie Sipowicz in the ABC series, NYPD Blue. She also guest-starred on Law & Order, Desperate Housewives, The Closer, and Girls. Monk had a recurring roles in A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001-2002), Grey's Anatomy (2006-2011), and Damages (2007-2012).
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Debra Monk's Filmography
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Hold
as Virginia
Standing Up, Falling Down
as Jeanie Rollins
Drew
as Hannah Gruen
Demolition
as Davis' Mom
This Is Where I Leave You
as Linda Callen
The Brass Teapot
as Trudy
One for the Money
as Mrs. Plum
Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!
as Petunia
The Other Woman
as Laura Greenleaf
The Great Buck Howard
as Doreen
The Savages
as Nancy Lachman
The Producers
as Lick Me-Bite Me
Dark Water
as Young Dahlia's Teacher
Palindromes
as Mama Sunshine
Eloise at Christmastime
as Maggie the Carriage Driver
Eloise at the Plaza
as Maggie the Carriage Driver
The Music Man
as Mrs. Paroo
Milwaukee, Minnesota
as Edna Burroghs
Plain Dirty
as Officer Avon
Center Stage
as Nancy
My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies
as Self - Performer
Knitwits Revisited
as Catherine (voice)
Bulworth
as Helen
Ellen Foster
as Aunt Nadine
The Devil's Advocate
as Pam Garrety
In & Out
as Mrs. Lester
Knitwits
as Catherine (voice)
Extreme Measures
as Dr. Judith Gruszynski
The First Wives Club
as Jilted Lover
The Substance of Fire
as Martha Hackett
Mrs. Winterbourne
as Lieutenant Ambrose
Bed of Roses
as Lewis' Mom
Reckless
as Therapist
Jeffrey
as Mom
The Bridges of Madison County
as Madge
Redwood Curtain
as Geneva, Laird's Sister
A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
Quiz Show
as Kintner's Secretary
Fearless
as Alison
For Love or Money
as Mrs. Wegman
Prelude to a Kiss
as Aunt Dorothy
Assassins
as Sara Jane Moore
Women and Wallace
as Psychiatrist
No Poster
Summerhouse
as Lois