born 23 April 1946 in Washington, District of Columbia
Birth name :
Bonnie Blair Brown
Height :
5' 8" (1.73 m)
Nickname :
The Thinking Man's Bombshell
Trade mark :
Often cast as intelligent but flawed or insecure women.
Blair Brown Trivia -
Esquire Magazine labeled her 'The Thinking Man's Bombshell.'
Graduated from Canada's National Theatre School [1969]
Performed at Canada's Stratford Festival, and took over the roles of Lady Teazle in "School for Scandal" and Jessica in "Merchant of Venice" during the pre-season Spring tour. [1970]
Lived with Richard Jordan from 1976-85. They have 1 son, Robert. [1976-1985]
Won Broadway's 2000 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for "Copenhagen."
Blair Brown Detailed Biography -
Blair Brown (born 23 April 1946 in Washington, District of Columbia) is an acclaimed stage actress who has also reached a broader audience with her television and film work, particularly, in the 1980s. More recently, since 1993, Ms. Brown has been reaching a new and growing audience as an audiobook narrator. Ms. Brown has at least 15 audiobook productions to her credit.
Examples of her stage work (in alphabetical order):
Tom Stoppard's Arcadia at Lincoln Center
At least two runs as Frau Schneider in Cabaret
The Comedy of Errors for the New York Shakespeare Festival
Copenhagen, for which she won a Tony Award in 2000
A revival of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music
The Threepenny Opera on Broadway
Playwright David Hare wrote The Secret Rapture specifically for her.
Examples of her television and film work (also in alphabetical order):
Altered States
The Choirboys
A Golden Globe nomination for her role in A Continental Divide, headlining with John Belushi
Jacqueline Kennedy in the 1983 TV miniseries Kennedy
Costarring with Paul Simon in his One Trick Pony
An early, small role in The Paper Chase (1973)
Her most widely-viewed success was as the Emmy Award-winning lead in the dramedy The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd. The show spent two years on NBC then moved to the Lifetime cable channel for another three years.
Examples of her audiobook narration work (in chronological order):
John Grisham's The Client for Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing (1993)
Stephen King's Rose Madder for Penquin Audio (1995)
Kevin Henkes' Olive's Ocean for Harper Audio (2004)
Sue Miller's Lost in the Forest for Random House Audio (2005)
